A girl toes up to the line, and with the bang of the gun, she explodes from her starting position. One lap later, she won her first race, and five years later she committed to UC Berkeley. Lauren Calcagno started running in seventh grade at Arden Middle School and she has loved the sport ever since. Calcagno decided to try track because of her mom’s success with running...

After a week of uncertainty and student protesting, Principal Brian Ginter told the Mirada Thursday afternoon that the school will continue to offer digital art classes and retain teacher Jonathan Feld, whose job had been threatened. The school had previously announced plans to cut Photography, Digital Art and Advanced Commercial Art--all taught by Feld--because of the cost...

With a rising number of students comes more teenage drivers. The parking lots are filled to capacity every morning, and many students arrive earlier each day to insure a parking spot to avoid parking on the streets and having to walk to even get to school making them have to rush just to get to class on time. The fear of being late or getting caught in the rain has caused...

Rio’s boys soccer did not disappoint this year, going 11-2-2 in the regular season. Standouts like junior center attacking midfielder Manu Rey have boosted the team up a division into the division two playoffs. Rey scored 22 goals, good for first in the Capital Athletic League. In addition, he finished first in assists, points and points per game (15 game minimum). The...

It’s easy to associate blackface with the South where slavery and Jim Crow remain a scar on their history, or fraternities where costumes and party attire are taken too far and become racist. Californians like to think of themselves as embracing equality, but in its capital, at our school, blackface was once celebrated. In 1986 and 1987, students at Rio performed...