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Mark Keppel marching band

Lunar New Year's festivals kick off in Rosemead

Nate GrayCommunity Contributor
The Year of the Dragon officially began Monday. Rosemead started early with a celebration on Sunday featuring the Mark Keppel Marching Band, Dragon...
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Students evacuated at Alhambra High | photo by Patrick Sangra

Bomb threat at Alhambra High

Esmee XavierIntern
Students and faculty were evacuated on Friday, when an unidentified person called in a bomb threat.
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Memory Lane, a.k.a Main Street. | By Stephanie Ho

An Alhambra beauty

Nathan SolisCommunity Contributor
Stephanie Ho took a stroll down Main Street, Alhambra on New Year's Day and caught this shot of Alhambra's Beauty College.
Slideshow: Photos by Albert Lu

The San Gabriel mighty boba challenge

Albert LuCommunity Contributor
The Mighty Boba Truck, whose owners Frances Lee and Luca Tseng are graduates of Alhambra High, paid a visit to rival San Gabriel High School on...
Alhambra High senior Libby Gutierrez took this photo of a downed tree on her wind day.

Alhambra students treated to two "wind days"

Jennifer SmithCommunity Contributor
It's the closest things many San Gabriel Valley students will ever get to a snow day: School is canceled for no reason but the weather and...

Alhambra schools closed on Friday due to power outages *Updated

Jennifer SmithCommunity Contributor
Alhambra schools will be closed on Friday due to power outages caused by excessive wind damage, said Alhambra Teachers Association President Roz...
SGHS has managed to raise its API score 111 points over the last four years.

The principal driving San Gabriel High School's surge in academic performance

Jennifer SmithCommunity Contributor
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SGHS has increased its API scores by more than 100 points over the past four years, surpassing Alhambra High School.

Faith in Alhambra football

Nasrin AboulhosnCommunity Contributor
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For the first time, the Alhambra High School football team has a volunteer chaplain on the staff this season: 26-year-old Joshua Sands.
SLIDESHOW: Photos by Albert Lu

Occupy ELAC: A movement with a mission

Elizabeth Hsing-Huei Chou
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Since October 31, a group of students have camped out on Cesar Chavez Avenue, demanding that the state stop cuts to community colleges, reports...
SLIDESHOW: Cecilia Garcia

Celebrating Dia de los Muertos in Alhambra: Not strictly an indigenous holiday anymore

Kristopher FortinCommunity Contributor
Growing up with Mexican heritage in Alhambra Kris Fortin never celebrated Dia de los Muertos. Now an adult, he finds connection to the dead at a...