El Estoque

Through the haze and the flames

Jason Chu and Shannon Yu • September 24, 2023

Several devastating wildfires unfolded in Maui, Hawaii on Aug. 8, burning thousands of acres and leaving at least 97 dead. In a lawsuit against Hawaiian Electric, Maui County officials attributed the tragedy...

Artivism on social media

Lily Jiang and April Wang • February 3, 2023

Discussing the unique impacts of combining art, activism, and the widespread use of social media

2020 Year in review

Rachel Jiang and Shivani Verma • January 5, 2021

Reflecting on the events of 2020

Rampant wildfires lead to poor air quality for weeks

Tina Low, Gavin Hung, Ayah Ali-Ahmad, Sean Yagi, Minjae Kang, Jefferson Le, and Arjan Madan • September 23, 2020

Recently, wildfires have been rapidly spreading throughout the West, most heavily affecting California, Oregon and Washington. These fires are mainly attributed the series of dry lightning storms that...

Let’s address climate change

Neysa Singh • September 11, 2020

Examining recent effects of climate change from Earth Overshoot Day to California’s current condition

Australian wildfires: Lack of media attention demonstrates global apathy

Shuvi Jha • February 5, 2020

Exploring the media coverage of the Australian wildfires

As the smoke settles: MVHS’s responses to CampFire

Lakshanyaa Ganesh • December 17, 2018

n Nov. 8, chemistry and AVID teacher Elizabeth McCracken’s daughter Samara McCracken and her boyfriend were two of thousands of people affected by one of the deadliest wildfires in American history:...

A Change in Plans

Justine Ha • November 17, 2018