Mrs. Alicia Kerr
“Most people do not know that I used to be a performer for children’s birthday parties. It was about six or seven years ago. My husband and I were saving for a house … and for...
Pranjal Verma
"Bharatanatyam is a Indian classical dance and I’ve been doing it since I was 4 years old, and it’s taught me so much. I actually didn’t even like dancing until my seventh year of...
Ashwat Chidambaram
“Ever since I was a child, I’ve always loved aviation. It started off with paper and remote control airplanes. When I came to high school, I found out that I was old enough to...
Running on a platform of national unity and progressivism, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) formally announced her 2020 presidential candidacy on Jan. 21, entering a large field of Democratic candidates seeking...
It's a holiday. You sit quietly at a dining table, back slouched, eyes down, silent and uncomfortable while your parents’ friends and family, many of whom have appearances eminently similar to yours,...
On March 8, SRVEA and SRVUSD reached a Tentative Agreement after finally concurring on modifications to Article XIV, which addresses class sizes and student-to-staff ratios for counselors, librarians and...
As part of the negotiations process, SRVEA proposed modifications to Articles XX, XI and XIV in hopes of achieving a salary increase to accommodate for inflation, reworked hours of employment and improved...
In contrast to SRVEA, SRVUSD aims to maintain a relatively higher unrestricted reserve percentage proposal because, according to Graswich, that would better secure “fiscal solvency.” More specifically,...
This school year, SRVUSD received a total of $356 million in revenues and allocated $346 million in expenditures. District officials reserved the remaining difference of just under $10 million to be added...
After weeks of disagreement on union proposals, negotiations between the Board of Education of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District (SRVUSD) and the San Ramon Valley Education Association (SRVEA)...
The HBO two-part docuseries “Leaving Neverland” stunned audiences with a compelling portrait of Michael Jackson as a deliberate abuser, as told by two of his now-adult victims, Wade Robson and James...
At their first home game this season, Dougherty Valley Men’s Lacrosse defeated the Lincoln High Trojans 21-4, earning their victory by maintaining possession throughout the game and consistently scoring...
