Red Light Robbery
photo by flickr user Wyrmworld By Griffin Laymon The controversial issue of red light cameras in San Diego may soon come to a stop, or at least change course. Mayor Bob Filner recently promised to...
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photo by flickr user NOAA Photo Library By Zach Kucinski With Spring just around the corner, fishermen have high expectations for a the upcoming fishing season! Last year, Southern California’s...
View ArticleInocente
photo by flickr user cliff1066™ By Daria Kochevaia Last Sunday, a proud surprise for San Diegans unraveled itself at the Academy Awards. The short film documentary, Inocente, directed by local Andrea...
View ArticleHanging out with Hanggie
Welcome to the world of one of the newest AP Language teachers: brightly colored poster boards, a twitter wall, and several movie posters hanging from the walls, including one from her favorite movie,...
View ArticleScience Fair
photo by flickr user RichardBowen By Rithika Verma Amid approaching events like Challenge Day and finals “The Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair” is coming up, giving viewers the...
View ArticleToo many options!
By Brian Chekal The rolling murmur of the crowd eased into silence as the presentation began. The counselors began their talk with the routine, students already accustomed to the act began to quietly...
View ArticleMoby-Dick Marathon
photo by flickr user Luke Pearson By Delaney Roth Spending 24 hours reading the classic novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, cover to cover, may not sound like something most people would want to...
View ArticleDennis Rodman-America’s Greatest Asset?
photo by flickr user OPEN Sports By Kyle Grozen Last week, retired American basketball player and cultural phenomenon Dennis Rodman visited North Korea and met with leader Kim Jong-Un, whom he praised...
View ArticleNew TSA Regulations
photo by flickr user OnTask By Lauren Uchiyama Beginning April 25, 2013, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will allow passengers to carry-on planes certain objects including types of...
View ArticleSpring Sports
photo by flickr user slapstix55 By Griffin Laymon Spring sports have finally arrived! As the season starts, the anticipation for this year’s spring athletics is evident at CCA. Let’s start off with...
View ArticleSan Diego’s New Mayor
By Samantha Ho On Monday, March 3, 47 year old Kevin Faulconer was sworn in as San Diego’s 36th mayor. Faulconer, a Republican, previously served the city as a Councilman. He defeated fellow...
View ArticleKickstart This!
By Joshua Dillen Our generation’s lexicon is full of words that confuse our parents, let alone our grandparents. Among such words is crowdsourcing, a fastly growing and increasingly popular word and...
View ArticleThe Filed Blues and Opening Ceremonies
By Avery Naughton The newest addition to the CCA athletic facilities, the turf field, has benefited nearly all teams throughout the course of the new year. Field sports, including lacrosse, soccer,...
View ArticleBattle of the Bands Winner: Lobster Party
By Laura Fouquette Battle of the Bands is one of the most anticipated events all year for Canyon Crest students. Many bands audition to showcase their talent, yet only eight bands make the cut to...
View ArticlePutin Gets What Putin Wants: Highlights of Russian Geopolitics.
By Val Poiset According to Professor Angela Stent, who is Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at Georgetown University and has been following Russian affairs for...
View ArticleFinding Your College Path
By Zach Kucinski There are countless tools here at Canyon Crest Academy that are useful and available when you need them, but when college application time rolls around, there is one particularly...
View ArticleCCA’s Superheros
By Stephanie Guo This spring, CCA students scrolling through course profiles on the school website found a brand new elective in the Social Science Department: Social Justice. What is Social Justice?...
View ArticleMarch Madness Kicks Off
By Elliot Cohen The brackets have been chosen and the “madness” in March Madness is underway. Every year towards the end of March comes NCAA men’s basketball playoffs. The winner of March Madness...
View Article2048
By Brian Chekal At first glance, it’s easy to mistake the furious keyboard mashing and colorful tiles of 2048 as some new form of measuring typing skills. The game, which took off earlier this month,...
View ArticleThe Rise of Electronic Sports
By Josh Bi Katowice, Poland: March 16th 2014. The crowd erupts in cheers as the two finalist teams emerge on stage, ready to do battle for $250,000 in prize money. The two teams, one European and one...
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