Finding inspiration is hard for any artist at any time, but especially so when most have been flung out of their routines and stuck at home for weeks. Artists are needed now more than ever to keep the...

Alongside the empty bay of Newport Beach on April 20, a mob stands in front of the civic center with bolded messages on signs reading “Freedom” and “Open Work.”  About a month into the stay-at-home...

Thousands of boxes fill up the Second Harvest Food Bank’s warehouse, all created by the hands of hundreds of volunteers over the past few weeks. These packages are ready to be delivered during the COVID-19...

As nearly 90 percent of the United States remains in an economic standstill, jobless claims soared past 22 million on April 16, marking the highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression. Meanwhile,...

Holocaust survivor Sam Silberberg spoke to over 50 students about his experience during World War II in a Zoom conference organized by the Modern World History teachers on April 16.  The teachers began...

The Irvine Unified School District Board of Education decided on April 14 to switch to a credit or no credit system for the final reporting period of the 2019-20 academic year for all students in light...

While emergency distance learning may have begun on April 6, many students are still finding themselves with an abundance of extra time on their hands. Even though you may not be able to go shopping or...

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a six-step plan on April 14 to gradually reopen California’s economy, after his decision to send 500 of California’s available ventilators to New York on April 9, according...

California became the first state to issue a “stay at home” order to deal with the COVID-19 crisis with executive order N-33-20 on March 19. Clearly, Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken the threat seriously,...

Since Portola High has been declared closed through the end of the 2019-2020 school year, seniors have been struggling to deal with the harsh reality that the milestones they have awaited since childhood...

The quiet rustling of the trees and the soft hush of the ocean waves gently crashing against the shore cause me to forget that the world is under lockdown.  I am immersed in the pixelated paradise...