A meager amount of canned foods and non-perishable goods sit on almost empty shelves at the Food Pantry at Project Understanding, waiting to be distributed to Ventura homeless. The volunteer organization...

All day, students are faced with the constant distractions of technology. Whether it’s texting a friend or posting a status on Facebook, students are often torn away from their schoolwork by the many...

Foothill junior Nick Alexander’s nickname is “Birdman.” How did he obtain such a quirky nickname from ‘Nick’? “I was sitting in Biology freshman year,” Alexander said, “and somebody...

Today, teens are waiting to obtain their drivers license, unlike the teens of the previous generation who hustled to Drivers Ed class when they reached the appropriate age. It is said that this...

Foothill students celebrated this afternoon as they left school to start Fall Break, one week off of school. We asked some of them what their plans are for the week ahead. Vacation plans:     Mallory...

Thirty hours of travel by plane and bus lie ahead for junior Tara Yanez as she prepares for a medical mission trip to Sierra Leone on October 20. Yanez will be helping out for a week at a medical...

Children and teens walk from door to door, ringing the doorbell and waiting in eager anticipation, but it’s not candy that they’re asking for. Youth members of the local Ventura Loma Vista 4-H...

The Speech and Debate team, the Anime club, and the National Honors Society have new competition on campus: worshipers of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. The Pastafarian religion, generally...

For many students at Foothill Technology High School, swing dancing is something they never thought about trying. Juniors Victoria Bonds and Katie Sones had a vision to change that. This year, Bonds...

New teacher Daniel Fitz-Patrick teaches 10th grade World History and English and enjoys using his love of learning to teach his students. Fitz-Patrick chose to teach History and English because...

New Foothill teacher Kurt Miller describes his first few weeks on campus as “amazing and busy."  Miller, who teaches geography and health to freshmen and government and economics to seniors,...

Behind the classroom’s major makeover is Kelly Savio, an enthusiastic new English teacher and journalism co-adviser at Foothill. “It’s been amazing. Everyone has been welcoming,” Savio said...