Selena Quintanilla: Her Life

Sofia Lopez, Reporter and Editorial Board

April 12, 2018

Filed under History, Showcase, Uncategorized

Selena Quintanilla was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, model, actress, and fashion designer. She was called the Queen of Tejano music, and her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century. Media outlets called...

The Shooting of Stephon Clark

Sofia Lopez, Reporter and Editorial Board

April 2, 2018

Filed under JLMS News, Showcase

Stephon Clark, 22, was a unarmed black male, a father of, who was killed by police in his grandmother's backyard in early March. The shooting has caused a lot of widespread protests in California and New York. The two officers responded to the 911 call of someone breaking car windows. A Sacramento County...

Shootout near Geneva and Mission

Sofia Lopez, Reporter and Editorial Board

March 23, 2018

Filed under JLMS News, Showcase, Uncategorized

A shootout near Geneva and Mission streets leave and officer and 5 others included a male juvenile were wounded. It all started in a barber shop, gunfire broke out at around 4:40 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. The police officer who was struck on the leg is in fair condition at San Francisco General Hospital,...

Maryland School Shooting

Sofia Lopez, Reporter and Editorial Board

March 22, 2018

Filed under JLMS News, Showcase

On Tuesday at 7:55 a.m. 17-year-old Austin Wyatt Rollins, who was armed with a gun, shot two other students at Great Mills High School. The two students who have been identified as 16-year-old Jaelynn Willey who is in critical condition and 14-year-old Desmond Barnes who has been discharged from MedStar...

The Murder of Junko Furuta

Sofia Lopez, Reporter and Editorial Board

March 22, 2018

Filed under JLMS News, Showcase, Uncategorized

Junko Furuta was a 17-year old high school student who was abducted, tortured, raped, and murdered in the 1980s. These crimes were mostly perpetrated by four teenage boys: Hiroshi Miyano, Jō Ogura, Shinji Minato, and Yasushi Watanabe. In the whole case there are more than 100 people who knew about her...

Trump: Idiot or Best President Ever

Natalia Marshall, Reporter and Editorial Board

March 20, 2018

Filed under JLMS News, Opinion, Showcase

We all remember the night.  When we anticipated the results for the 2016 elections.  The stressing about how close it was. But then the final bell was struck and the winner announced.  The winner dread by most and followed blindly by the rest. The republicans candidate, Donald Trump. Racing through pe...

The Screamer

Zoe Gronbukt, Reporter

March 20, 2018

Filed under JLMS News

The air was crisp, and chilly, though it wasn’t to me. Our class was on an overnight field trip to the zoo, and as I lay there in my sleeping bag, I think about the amazing time I had before the clock had struck 10:00, and we had to go to bed. We had a big campfire, and one of the zookeepers told ...

Miami Bridge Collapses on Traffic Passing Underneath

Sofia Lopez, Reporter and Editorial Board

March 16, 2018

Filed under JLMS News, Showcase, Uncategorized

A newly constructed pedestrian bridge collapsed and fell onto eight vehicles that were passing underneath. At least six people died and ten others with injuries were transported to nearby hospitals. The bridge was built over Southwest Eight Street which consists of seven lanes, this bridge was supposed...

Straws Suck

Aubrey Sumi, Editorial Board

March 14, 2018

Filed under JLMS News, Opinion, Showcase

Did you know that the US consumption of straws every year is enough to fill the Yankee stadium over 9 times or that the US consumption of straws per day is enough to wrap around the Earth’s circumference 2.5 times a day. These facts are true and scary to me which made me think could I get people to ...

Unsolved Mysteries: Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders

March 14, 2018

Filed under History, JLMS News, Showcase, Uncategorized

The Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders are a series of unsolved murders including women hitchhikers. These murders took place in Sonoma County and Santa Rosa of the North Bay are of California in 1972 and 1973. Every one of the vixtims was found nude in rural areas near steep embankments and/or in creek beds...

Peter Quartaroli Interview

Jefferey Loo, Reporter

March 13, 2018

Filed under JLMS News, Showcase

Q: What's your favorite part about acting? A: Playing a character and telling the truth from another perspective. Q: When did you begin acting? A: A Woman in Red in 1983. Q: What do you like better, acting or producing? A: Acting because you lose yourself in the story. Q: Who is your...

Unsolved Mysteries: Gypsy Hill Murders

Sofia Lopez, Reporter and Editorial Board

March 13, 2018

Filed under History, JLMS News, Showcase

The Gypsy Hill murders are a group of five unsolved homicides of young women and girls in San Mateo County, CA that began in the late 1970's. In the media this murderer became known as the " The San Mateo Slasher" Killings: On January 8th, 1976, the body of 18-year old Veronica Cascio was found in...