More than a tea party
September 18, 2018
Filed under Best of News
obatino, a city sponsored event at Main Street Sept. 15, brought Cupertino residents together. By featuring slime stations, hockey shootouts and free boba, the event provided youth with somewhere to socialize. Sophomore MVHS Teen Commissioner Sarah Tan was one of the organizers. She noticed a lack o...
Badminton: Team gets second win against Cupertino HS
April 8, 2018
Filed under Badminton, SPORTS, Spring Sports
As the MVHS badminton team prepared for its ninth game on a gloomy and cloudy afternoon, the team was warming up as they were about to play the Cupertino HS Pioneers. Having already previously defeated them on their home court, MVHS had a level of confidence and it showed when they played, ultimately be...
AMC Cupertino Square 16 closes its doors
April 4, 2018
Filed under NEWS
Once a well-known Cupertino landmark for people of all ages to get together and watch a movie, AMC Cupertino Square 16 closed its doors on Mar. 22, becoming the final business to leave Vallco Shopping Mall. After an evaluation of AMC Cupertino Square 16 and the current inactive state of Vallco Shoppi...
Smells Like Teen Connectivity: students discuss their experiences at the Teen Center
December 12, 2017
Filed under From the magazine, NEWS
enior Varun Muthukumaran is a busy guy. A member of the MVHS football team for four years, he has attended daily, four-hour long practices during the summer and fall. From lunges to deadlifts to conditioning, he performs various strenuous activities aimed at increasing strength and speed. While ...
Halloween around the Bay Area
November 13, 2017
Filed under FEATURES
Nowadays, Halloween is associated with sugar-high children and a mass of Moana clones scurrying from door to door, leaving a Hansel and Gretel trail of candy wrappers in their wake. Of course, that’s the most stereotypical image brought to mind, but Halloween celebrations are more varied than the traditional...
A walk through Main Street Cupertino’s Pumpkin Palooza
November 8, 2017
Filed under ENTERTAINMENT, Entertainment featured
Festivity filled the air during Main Street Cupertino’s Pumpkin Palooza on Saturday, October 28. Kids played tic-tac-toe with pumpkins and got their faces painted, while their parents took photos to capture the moment. Frolicking under everyone’s feet were puppies dressed in costumes ranging fro...
Restaurant Roulette: Sushi Kuni
October 20, 2017
Filed under ENTERTAINMENT, Food, Restaurant Roulette
wice a month, El Estoque goes to restaurants around the area and takes a chance by asking the server to personally choose our food for us. This week, we continued the alphabetical theme by going to Sushi Kuni in Cupertino. When you pull up into the parking lot, it’s almost impossible to see the restaurant because of how small and unimposing the building is. The entrance is on the left side of the building, and once you enter you feel either squashed, or hugged, depending on your point of view. The entire dining area is a...
Hawaii bans looking at phones while crossing the street: California may also do the same
September 22, 2017
Filed under OPINION
ayor of Honolulu, Kirk Caldwell, enforced a law expressing that pedestrians are not allowed to use their phone while crossing the street, and would be fined if they do so. The law was applied after the mayor realized the amount of deaths due to distracted pedestrians. After this law was implemented,...
Behind the grime
September 18, 2017
Filed under ENTERTAINMENT
ports gear. Balloon inflators. Mannequin dolls. At first glance a garage sale may seem to be a jumble of random, used up items worth discarding. But beneath the piles of junk, there may just be an item with a great story waiting to be discovered. Here's what some of the sellers at Cupertino’s annua...
Cupertino small businesses share their stories
May 11, 2017
Filed under ENTERTAINMENT, Lifestyle
Co-written by Ananya Bhat and Shayon Moradi very year, the U.S. government celebrates Small Business Week to commend the work done by small businesses across the nation and to aid rising entrepreneurs with their companies. In honor of this year’s Small Business Week, which lasted from April 30 to Ma...
A look back at Apple’s past
March 31, 2017
Filed under BEYOND THE MAGAZINE, NEWS, Science & Technology
pple is one of the biggest phenomenons of our generation, especially here in Cupertino. With a new headquarters currently being constructed, the company has came a long way since it was founded in 1976. Check out the infographic and timeline below to learn more about the legacy of Apple. &nb...
Baseball: Team dominates Cupertino HS in 8-4 win
March 30, 2017
Filed under Baseball, SPORTS, Spring Sports
On March 21, tensions were high as the Matadors finally faced their long-anticipated opponent, Cupertino HS. After their win against Lynbrook HS on March 16, MVHS awaited their game against their rival CHS, which the team believed would be a much more difficult opponent. What began as a strong start by...
