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Heightened competition and dropping acceptance rates made college a concern for high school seniors. Photo credit: iStock.com

College admission getting more and more competitive for students

Andrew Ma, Contra Costa Youth Journalism
July 21, 2024
Photo credit: Adobe stock photo

Israel-Hamas war: Students express concern over free speech rights

Loujain Habibi, Contra Costa Youth Journalism
July 13, 2024
Addiction and mental health are often coexisting issues and a lack of access to mental health services such as counseling or therapy can cause people of all ages to turn to drug abuse. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock.com

Drug rehab centers make difference amid Bay Area addiction crisis

Keerthi Eraniyan, Contra Costa Youth Journalism
July 6, 2024
Mentors and student mentees for the Kaiser Mental Health Mentorship Program celebrate the end of the program in the library of Dozier-Libbey Medical High School in Antioch on May 22. Photo courtesy of Kendra Ebinger, program coordinator for Dozier-Libbey Medical High School.

High school mentorship programs prepare next generation of medical professionals

Sophia Goyena, Contra Costa Youth Journalism
June 30, 2024
Some of the girls in the inaugural Ujima GIRL (Girls in Robotics Leadership) Project gather for a group photo with project officials in 2022. Photo courtesty of UC Davis Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education

Free robotics camp for young Black girls celebrates success

Emma Mayta Canales, Contra Costa Youth Journalism
June 24, 2024
Graduating seniors at Accalanes High School in Lafayette celebrated the end of their high school years with an annual car rally down Mt. Diablo Boulevard. Seniors decorated their cars with writings, garlands, and balloons, often revealing their future plans, such as college choices.

Acalanes High School seniors celebrate with annual car rally

Haley Chelemedos, Contra Costa Youth Journalism
June 7, 2024
Bella Merrill is the early literacy outreach librarian for the Contra Costa County Library. She travels across the county in the library’s all-electric early literacy outreach van, the Rolling Reader, providing bilingual storytimes, STEM programs, and other learning experiences to children in historically underserved areas. Photo Credit: Contra Costa County Library

‘Literacy is a gatekeeper’: Rolling Reader van targets low-income, underserved communities

Sophia Goyena, Contra Costa Youth Journalism
June 4, 2024
Workers from the Lafayette Public Works Department work to clear weeds from the median on Pleasant Hill Road. Photo Credit: Lafayette Public Works Department

Weed-filled medians on Pleasant Hill Road concerns neighbors

Grace Gallacher, Contra Costa Youth Journalism
June 3, 2024
A glimpse of students in the Deer Valley Academy of Performing Arts program, which offers dance, music and theater classes and performances.

Making music a priority – again – in high schools

Emma Mayta Canales, Contra Costa Youth Journalism
May 27, 2024
Local news remains crucial for smaller communities and local newspaper publishers have to adjust to meet changing habits.

Local news publishers find ways to engage, keep audience

Loujain Habibi, Contra Costa Youth Journalism
May 20, 2024
While there are still online learning options available for some students, many teachers and students say mandatory virtual instruction is not an experience they want to repeat.

Post-pandemic virtual learning remains in demand

Andrew Ma, Contra Costa Youth Journalism
May 13, 2024
The Burton Valley Elementary School Bobcat mascot is painted outside a classroom. The district governing board voted to continue its AIM program for another year.

Lafayette district supporters rally to save school AIM program

Grace Gallacher, Contra Costa Youth Journalism
May 8, 2024
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