During their set, there was a total of five background changes. Since the Santa Barbara Bowl doesn’t have screens to project the stage, these background changes added to each of the songs played in that portion of the set. From a starry night to a sunset, these backgrounds greatly changed the energies around the concert.

During the closing portion of the set, the band chose to light up their stage with more colors and patterns than before. Minnette told the audience that to close their set, fans should get out of their seats and dance. After the closing song “I Don’t Want To Talk,” the band came back on stage to play two tracks as an encore.

The Santa Barbara Bowl sits upon the Santa Barbara hills, displaying the open ocean and channel islands in the distance. Any seat in the venue is a sight to see, as well as getting a great view of the stage. The band Wallows dazzled said stage with various background images and strobe lights, which made the concert visually and vocally beautiful.

This week’s flavors reflect the upcoming season of fall, consisting of their famous milk chocolate chip, pumpkin square, s’mores brownie, peanut butter blossom, iced oatmeal and berries & cream. Many of the cookies are unique to the week, however milk chocolate chip remains a classic for the chain.

Lyla Huff ’27 and Emmanuel Takaya ’27 try the weekly cookie line up at Crumbl Cookie during the week of Aug. 25, 2024 to Sept. 1, 2024. Crumbl Cookie is a dessert franchise that specializes in weekly cookie rotations. Recently, the company has gained popularity through social media sites, such as Instagram and Tiktok.

With the first part released on July 18, 2024, season six of the show “Cobra Kai” is set to be released in three parts on Netflix. Each part contains one set of five episodes, making a total of 15 episodes within the season with the third part releasing in 2025. The show is primarily focused on martial arts, along with being a sequel to the original “The Karate Kid” films created by Robert Mark Kamen that were released from 1984 to 1994.

On the blazing day of Sept. 5, 2024 the Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) girls golf team took their skills to Olivas Links Golf Course, against surrounding Ventura high schools. Pictured here is Bella Baum ’26 kneeling down to line up her ball to achieve the perfect putt. She finished with a score of 50, having the second lowest score of the team, and contributed to the total of 274 that Foothill Tech scored. The team placed third overall behind Ventura High School (Ventura) and Saint Bonaventure High School (St. Bonnie).

The tournament that took place was the eighth annual Ventura City Cup, in which Foothill Tech has had a pretty impressive history with winning the first six tournaments in a row. Unfortunately the last two year including this one, Ventura has taken this title. Freshman Brooklyn Brown ’28 ended her match with a score of 65, contributing to Foothill’s total score. This is the first of many seasons for Brown to support the girls’ golf team at Foothill Tech.

This chart shows the average percentage of students at Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) who are driven, walk, bike or take the bus to school. The sample size is considerably small, approximately 70 people, compared to Foothill Tech’s 980.

As a new school year starts and we welcome new faces on campus, students are relying on different transportation methods every day such as the bus, carpooling, driving or cycling to get to school. Each with there own pros and cons based on different preferences.

On the sunny afternoon of Sept. 4, 2024, a group of seniors enjoyed the lunch that was catered by Urbane Cafe. Smiling for the camera, they enjoyed one of the first senior events during their last year of high school together. The event was hosted by Associated Student Body (ASB), who fenced off the quad area to celebrate the special event: senior picnic.

Vivian Ryan ’25, Stella Jennings ’25, Aadhya Bavkar ’25, Aditi Shanbhag ’25, Julia Geib ’25 and Rhea Gill ’25 enjoy the bittersweet moments at Foothill Technology High School’s (Foothill Tech) annual Senior Picnic. Although sad to be graduating, they are enjoying every moment.

Foothill Technology High School’s (Foothill Tech) Associated Student Body (ASB) serves the senior class of 2025 at the annual senior picnic that was hosted on Sept. 4, 2024.

“Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion” is a documentary that came out in April, 2024. This documentary touched on many things, including the racism and bodyism that is a foundation in the Brandy Melville company, as well as their problematic sizing and questionable ethical choices. The Brandy Melville company uses “one size fits all/most” which is, for the most part, not true. This harmful sizing makes it seem like if you don’t fit, you are the problem and that it makes you different from the people who can fit into this unrealistic standard. This is even more harmful when you take into consideration the targeted age demographic: middle and high school girls. This documentary also shows a day in one of the biggest second hand markets in Ghana, highlighting the over consumption of clothes and how fast fashion is impacting people all over the world.

As Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) starts a new school year, new rules have been implemented, including mandatory free menstrual products in all California school bathrooms. This applies to all gender restrooms, women’s restrooms, as well as at least one men’s restroom on campus. This law includes students that are in the vicinity of grades 3-12. In addition, Foothill Tech’s cellphone usage during class has become a growing concern over the last couple of years. The school aims to improve this issue during the 2024-2025 school year.

With the dawn of a new school year comes new faces among the staff at Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech). Joining staff, Edward Gillet is a new English teacher at Foothill Tech. He attended the University of Florida and then later transferred to University of California, San Diego.(UCSD). There Gillet studied philosophy and taught at East Lake High School in San Diego.

Another new teacher, Jason McDuffee, joins Foothill Tech to teach different subjects such as English, American democracy, study skills and special education for United States history. Before his teaching career, McDuffee assisted children with autism and behavioral analysis intense therapy for 12 years.

Andres Viera Torres joins the Spanish department as a new Spanish teacher at Foothill Tech. Viera Torres instructs students who are entering their second and third year of learning the Spanish language. Prior to teaching at Foothill Tech he attended California State University Northridge (CSUN).