Check my nails
Mia Dowdell, Staff Writer
February 13, 2020
After a person requests to get acrylic nails from senior Lilly Sanchez, he/she is invited to her house, or she may go to his/hers. She takes out her supplies, consisting of Mia Secret acrylic powder and glue, a Kolinsky brush, a dappen dish to hold the acrylic monomer and a UV light. Sanchez starts ...
Getcha head in the game
Jess Alvear, Staff Writer
February 13, 2020
Referees in competitive sports are not normally the most popular people on the court or the field. But in this case, RUHS junior referees are making all the right calls. Redondo students are working as junior referees at the Redondo Beach Youth Basketball Program (RBYB). Participants must com...
Let’s talk about it
Elise Hauland, Staff Writer
February 13, 2020
Despite suicide being the third leading cause of death among people ages 15 to 24, 40% of suicidal teens do not seek help, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Teenagers all over the country struggle with depression and suicidal thoughts and tendencies, but recovery is not i...
Hitting the slopes
Charlotte Pawlukiewicz, Staff Writer
January 30, 2020
It’s the weekend for freshman Jaxon Archer, an Alpine skier from the Mammoth team. He is in Mammoth surrounded by deep snow and his fellow teammates, skiing down a snowy mountain at full speed. Archer goes skiing with his ski team nearly every weekend. He recently switched from the alpin...
Brain games
Emilie Takahashi, Staff Writer
January 30, 2020
Starting with nothing, they are given a task and they have to build a machine that can complete the given tasks in a certain time period. There are two main parts to robotics, Mechanical and Programming, Mechanical members work with the programing members to make sure that they can build a functio...
Pickin’ up good vibrations
Sammie Hall, Staff Writer
November 12, 2019
Shivering at the water’s edge, a group of athletes prepare to stride into the 60° ocean water. First the younger elementary aged kids jump in, closely followed by experienced older athletes. It’s 8 AM on a Sunday and Ocean Fever, a nonprofit open water swim group, is preparing for their first oc...
It sticks with you
Elena Hanna, Staff Writer
November 12, 2019
Selling over 300 stickers within the span of four months, junior Kaori Takiguchi runs a sticker business that allows her to channel her creativity and interact with a unique demographic. Balancing creativity and customers’ interests, Takiguchi believes that the hardest part of running a business is mark...
Damage control
David Delatorre, Staff Writer
November 12, 2019
One night when her father arrived home from work, he surprised senior Kaith Wong with a pair of small-sized nitrile gloves. Being only 10 years old at the time, Wong didn’t fully understand the gift’s significance. But the gift foreshadowed the future memories they would share together while work...
Dancing to the beat of her own drum
Hannah Landry, Staff Writer
November 12, 2019
When thinking of the word dance, the mind wanders to more modern places like ballet or contemporary. But when sophomore Ava Bradley thinks of it, her mind wanders somewhere more exotic and relaxed. Bradley has been dancing for 13 years, starting when she was two. Bradley does Polynesian dances in...
Down the runway
Charlotte Pawlukiewicz, Staff Writer
November 12, 2019
Freshman Lilly Kruk’s passion for modeling started when she was six years old, watching America’s Next Top Model and being inspired by her many idols. That led her to where she is now: a model who has participated in jobs from commercials to photoshoots, to runways. Kruk has been modeling for about eight years...
Free runner
Heather Lee, Staff Writer
March 16, 2019
Steadying himself on the metal beams, senior Marcellus Finklea prepares to do a backflip over a bridge, the traffic rumbling below him. Calmly, he walks up the beams and stands on top, adjusting his feet. He launches himself into the air and sticks the landing. The sport, parkour, created by Dav...
Surveillance at school
March 16, 2019
The twenty-first century was when the concept of total privacy officially died. If it’s on the internet, almost anyone can access it. From looking at a person’s search history to tracking down someone’s social security number, nothing anyone does nowadays is truly private anymore. And a school e...