Costa junior Hannah Lauson brings style to students backpacks
Costa junior Hannah Lauson uses her passion and creativity in creating a user friendly business called BackPatch, a designed patch for students to put on their backpacks. […]
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Incoming freshman Emma Doyle shares her passion for pastries with community
By Danielle Smith Staff Writer While baking brownies and cookies are fun hobbies for most kids, incoming Mira Costa freshman Emma Doyle, below, took her passion for pastries to a new extreme by starting her […]
Justin Matsui reaches new heights on 14,505-foot hike through Sierras
By Sean Goodbody Staff Writer This summer, Mira Costa sophomore Justin Matsui will embark on a journey where walking in a valley surrounded by towering granite peaks, crossing rushing mountain streams and climbing skyward over […]
“Every 15 minutes” simulation
By Catherine Drinker and Mady Emerson
Entourage strays from roots, disappoints despite hype
Directed by Doug Ellin, “Entourage” features a perfect setting, simple dialogue, and an overly heavy yet hilarious cast. Despite the brilliantly directed film, the success is hindered by a slightly disorganized plot. […]
Barely Lethal hindered by convoluted plot
Many people would give up everything to be the most popular or be a part of an exclusive few, but Megan, the protagonist of the film “Barely Lethal”, wants nothing to do with being a spy desperately wants to be a normal teenager. […]
Girlpool disappoints with harsh, irritating vocals
Girlpool expresses a balance between strong lyrical and instrumental aspects with notable decline of their vocal quality on their second release, “Before the World Was Big”. Although the duo expresses strong aspects of the album in both their lyrical and instrumental composition, the dissatisfying vocals still manage to take away from the album’s overall quality. […]
La Vista Weekend Preview
Coming out this weekend are “Entourage” and “Insidious 3”, both showing promise. Also this weekend is the new Florence + Machine album.
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MBUSD awards Michael Hernandez 2015 District Teacher of the Year
Michael Hernandez, Video Production and Broadcast Journalism teacher at Mira Costa High School, was recognized as Manhattan Beach Unified School District’s Teacher of the Year at the June 3 MBUSD Board meeting. […]
Manhattan Beach Middle School basketball coach arrested for alleged rape
Hermosa Beach Police Department detectives Dean Garkow and Jonathan Cruz arrested Manhattan Beach Middle School instructional assistant Timothy Lucas, 31, at 9:20 a.m. today for forcible rape and unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor under 16 years of age. […]