After falling behind 3-2 in the Western Conference Semifinals, the Golden State Warriors hoped to force the series to a seventh game as they returned home to Oracle Arena in Oakland. Despite a late comeback in the fourth period, the Warriors could not get the win. During the first period, the Warriors and Spurs were [...]
Bay Area sports teams have gotten off to a great start this year. After the Golden State Warriors, seeded in the sixth position, upset the Denver Nuggets in the opening round of the National Basketball Association playoffs, the San Jose Sharks hoped to pull off a similar upset. However, in order to do so they [...]
After a season full of highs and lows, the Golden State Warriors (#6) battled the Denver Nuggets (#3) in the opening round of the playoffs in the National Basketball Association. In the first game of the series, the Warriors traveled to Denver. Although guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson scored a combined 41 points, they [...]

After a 119-day lockout in the National Hockey League, the NHL released a 2013 schedule. Unlike previous years, the regular season was trimmed from 81 games to 48. Ever since that announcement was made in Jan. 2013, I have watched over one hundred hockey games. When the regular season came to an end, [...]

Officers of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department arrested Bay Area resident Justin Crowley at his home in Redwood City on the evening of Monday, Jan. 14. Crowley, the 46-year-old owner of a coffee shop in the city of Burlingame, is being charged with failure to maintain his New Year’s resolution. “We have in writing [...]
Could you imagine not celebrating Halloween October 31? Could you imagine losing a hundred people in an unexpected storm in one of the busiest parts of America? For East Coasters, this loss became a reality, we see the chaos and devastation on the news, but we have no idea of the horror the people there [...]
A crowd of militants burned down the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, causing to the death of US Ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens, on Sept.11, 2012. Three other employees of the embassy were reported dead, including Foreign Service Officer Sean Smith, and former Navy SEALs members Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty. As students of [...]
As the final month before the election nears and political rhetoric starts to take over, many students begin to wonder why they should care about the coming election. Although the majority of students at Burlingame High School will not be old enough to vote in time for the election, there are many other ways to [...]
Economically speaking, the top three superpowers in the world are, in order of rank, the United States, China and Japan. The U.S. has been at the top of the economic spectrum since 1870, when the “American Age” began. The American Age is a term referring to American economic dominance and will end soon, according to [...]
It’s easy to get caught in the hectic life of school and stress that typical American teens experience throughout their high school career. Dashing between classes, sports, and extracurricular activities can leave students exhausted, and they haven’t even gotten to their homework yet. However, it is important to remember that our world stretches far beyond [...]