Skip’s Kitchen Review
Emily Borg, Staff Writer
June 4, 2018
Skip’s Kitchen is a small lively place for friends and family to meet and enjoy meals together. Skip’s Kitchen offers a variety of foods: burgers, salads, soups, sandwiches, ice cream, and even fried mac and cheese. As you walk in the restaurant you are greeted with a friendly “hello” or ...
School Lockdown Drill
Emily Borg, Mirada Staff
June 4, 2018
Many high schools across the country are having to suffer through painful and violent events. The lockdown drill was supposed to reassure students on what to do in case of a violent event, but it sadly left students still wondering. On March 6 our school had a lockdown drill, but was it success...
Anna Swanson and Emma Hutchinson Profile
Emily Borg, Staff Writer
June 4, 2018
Both Anna Swanson and her partner Emma Hutchinson were thrilled and surprised that their English mid term had won them 7th place in the Caring for Our Watersheds proposal writing contest. The two freshman began their Bird Box Project aiming for an A in their English class, but the project was then entered int...
Freedom of Speech
Sarah Sault and Margaret O’Brien
May 24, 2018
The oscar nominated movie The Post focuses on the struggle to exercise freedom of speech. America, “the land of the free”, has fought hard for hundreds of years to create a place where people can be free. The first amendment of the constitution explicitly states that the people have freedom of...
BMX riders flip in style
Alex Lydon, Staff Writer
May 15, 2018
For Rio Americano freshmen Logan Connelly and Connor Stroud a weekend bike ride means getting dirty, risking injury and maybe taking home a trophy. They both compete at BMX--short for bicycle motocross--racing over hills and through tight turns on a dirt track against seven other riders in each heat. W...
School Shootings
Emma Riley, Staff Writer
May 15, 2018
Walkouts, protests, and a demand for action. Since the recent Stoneman Douglas school shooting, students, teachers, and parents have been making a plea to the government for more rigorous gun control. After the lack of interest from the FBI and the school shooting that took place in Douglas a few ...
Why Animal Shelters Should be No Kill
Cierra Mason and Katelyn Roat
May 11, 2018
About eight million animals enter shelters each year, and only about five million make it out alive. That number may not sound like a lot, but it is almost three million animals being put down every year. One percent of the animals get put down because they aren’t healthy nor treatable.This is shock...
Spikeball and Frisbee Club
Katelyn Roat, Guest writer
May 11, 2018
The cheers, the chants, and the roaring passion. Spikeball and Frisbee Club focuses on staying active, while also having fun. Often referred to as the love child between popular sports volleyball and four-square, the newly acclaimed game known as spikeball has been on the rise. The game pairs well w...
The Coffee Bar
Sarah Sault and Margaret O’Brien
May 11, 2018
New Carmichael cafe, The Coffee Bar, has big shoes to fill, as it is opening in place of Boulevard Coffee, which was a staple in the community for years. Boulevard Coffee was in business for more than 35 years, and closed in August because the owners were tired of running the business. Co-owner Clif...
Snapchat story causes controversy on campus
Jared Moisey, Mirada Staff
May 11, 2018
From Snapchat story to Saturday school, junior Shane Becker posted an image stating that there are only two genders, and anything else is a mental disorder. He would find “later that day” that vice principal Robert Kerr was notified and that Becker would receive a saturday school for harassment....
The Parlor Ice Cream Puffs
Erica Pozdirca and Elona Shchirov
May 8, 2018
The Parlor Ice Cream Puffs is not like any typical ice cream place you pass by. This ice cream shop likes to change the way we eat ice cream by putting it in donuts. We absolutely recommend indulging in these delicious ice cream filled donuts and will be returning for seconds some time soon especia...
Cafeteria Jobs
May 4, 2018
High school is the time for many teens to start working and learn how to earn money. What better place to get your first job then at your own school? Rio Americano High School cafeteria offers work for students and pay at minimum wage which is currently $11. All high school grades are welcome t...