2,594,000 personnel served within the borders of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Of those who served, only approximately 850,000 veterans are still alive today. Of those who served, 97 percent were honorably discharged. Of those who served, 91 percent are proud to have served their country (Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine). The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, the Resistance War Against America or simply...

(CAUTION: SPOILER ALERT!) “See, the truth isn’t always the most exciting version of things, or the best or the worst. It’s somewhere in between. But it deserves to be heard and remembered” (Asher). In Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why”, protagonist Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford) sets out to tell the truth. Based on the book by Jay Asher, this 13-episode series revolves around Baker, who commits suicide in her junior y...

German electronic producer Gas’ fifth album “Narkopop” lives up to its name: this is narcotic pop music, hazy yet ecstatic, like a rave filtered through a dream. It’s the album to hear this spring. Gas is one of many monikers of German electronic maestro Wolfgang Voigt, whose legendary run of albums under the Gas name at the turn of the 21st century has slowly been enshrined as masterpieces of electronic music. His last a...

In addition to bloody lobotomies, socially awkward conversations and an unfortunate deer crossing, creative vision and multiple layers of social commentary meld together to form “Get Out,” a horror film marking comedian Jordan Peele’s directorial debut. With a 99 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a box office of over $150 million, Peele’s film boasts a solid, creative artistic vision — he confirmed in a 2016 in...

Having been closed for nearly two years, the San Ramon Library, a member of the Contra Costa County Libraries, finally reopened after a $6 million project of renovations on April 15. The joyous event began with motivational speeches from the multiple librarians, city services commissioner and San Ramon Mayor Bill Clarkson. Each speaker communicated to the visitors their extensive enthusiasm for the technological renovatio...