Current Events – The Emerald

PG&E Blackouts: Preventing Fires

Atessa Anoshiravani ‘23 and Nicole Mabborang ‘23

December 12, 2019

If you’ve been listening to the news in the last few months, you’ll know that the Pacific Gas and Electric Company caused blackouts throughout California in an attempt to prevent fires from starting in mid-October and November. After last year’s disastrous blazes, they’re taking steps to ensur...

SHC’s 30th Annual Walkathon: A Record Set

Nicole Mabborang ’23 and Atessa Anoshiravani ’23

October 11, 2019

“The 30th Annual Walkathon has been great so far! This year we broke a school record for the Early Bird deadline, bringing in over $130,000! This year we have seen a spike in online donations and online fundraising pages for our students– we have over double the amount of online fundraising pages...

UN Climate Summit: A Call for Change by the World’s Youth

Kaya Richards

October 2, 2019

Photo Credit: Secretary-General António Guterres speaking with youth On Saturday, the 21st of September, a climate summit in New York was held by the United Nations. Youth from around the world gathered together to advocate changes in policies regarding climate change. The young attendees ranged ...

Why Heart in Motion is a Valuable Volunteer Opportunity

Kali Hoang

September 23, 2019

Why Heart in Motion is a Valuable Volunteer Opportunity SHC’s motto is “Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve.” With the annual volunteer fair for juniors coming up, I thought I would share one of my favorite volunteer opportunities that allow me to serve. Heart in Motion is a non-profit ...

The First Black Hole (Messier 87)

Adrienne La '22, Writer

May 8, 2019

Black holes have always been a theory that has been studied and researched for decades. Albert Einstein used his general theory of relativity and was the first to propose the idea that black holes existed. The theory of general relativity suggests that a substantial amount of compact mass can puncture spacet...

What is Brexit?

Kaya Richards ‘22

April 2, 2019

You have probably heard of Brexit before, but you may not know exactly what it is or the current politics surrounding it. The term Brexit refers to the exit of the UK (Britain) from the European Union. The EU is a collection of 28 European countries that work together to trade, determine laws and tra...

Why the United States Is Detrimental to Stopping Climate Change

Frank Woods ‘20

December 12, 2018

Almost one and a half years ago, on June first, 2017, President Donald Trump announced he would pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement, a worldwide treaty for countries who participate to make an effort to lower the carbon emissions, reduce the increasing temperature of the Earth to bel...

Indonesian Catastrophe

Adrienne La ’22

December 3, 2018

On Friday, September 28, 2018, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Sulawesi island is a province located in the Indonesian Islands; this province, in particular, is one of the poorest according to The Economist. The province is less advanced than other parts of Indonesia...

The Lowdown on the Supreme Court and Justice Kavanaugh

Stephen Ira ‘21

November 13, 2018

Recently, the media has been flooded with headlines concerning the Supreme Court and the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, who is one of the new Associate Justices of the Supreme Court. With all the conflict and heat surrounding the Supreme Court and Brett Kavanaugh, one may feel overwhelmed. You may b...

The Balboa High School Shooting: A Student’s Perspective

Julianne Risslen '20

October 17, 2018

“I’ve never genuinely been scared for my life; nothing has ever put me in that much danger,” says Balboa High School student Mila de la Torre after the incident that occurred at her school in San Francisco on Thursday, August 30, 2018. It was an average school day for teenage students at Balboa High...

Australia’s Disorganized Political Cycle Continues

Anya Bernan '19 and Summer Bolcerek '19

October 17, 2018

Politics in Australia are dysfunctional, to say the least. A prime minister hasn’t lasted a full three-year term in a decade; as of August 24, 2018 Scott Morrison is the fifth prime minister in five years. But before diving into the chaos of it all, we’ll give you a brief rundown of how the poli...

Resistance From Within – What does it mean that the White House isn’t all on the same page?

Summer Bolcerek '19

October 15, 2018

On September 5th, 2018 an editorial was published to The New York Times titled, “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration”. The author, remaining anonymous, was cited as a senior official in the Trump administration, whose identity is only known to The New York Times. In this ...