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The Student News Site of Foothill Technology High School

The Foothill Dragon Press

California’s recurring toxic algae bloom is destroying Ventura’s local beaches

Audrey Szijj and Layla Solomon | April 12, 2025

As the days get longer and the summer sun grows closer, beachgoers flock to enjoy tanning, catching waves and walking along the sand, but under the ocean’s picturesque waves lies a toxic problem: domoic...

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Baby eaglets bring joy from Big Bear

Layla Solomon, Writer | March 12, 2025

On the morning of March 4, 2025, bald eagle pair Jackie and Shadow — Big Bear Valley’s only year-round active eagle pair — welcomed two eaglets from a three egg brood. Thousands of viewers eagerly...

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Anxiety

Kalea Eggertsen, Writer | February 25, 2025

If you clicked on this article, there’s a one in five chance you have it. 40 million American adults do, and seven percent of children have it, most of whom develop symptoms before age 21. Everyone experiences...

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Exploring the natural beauty and history of Santa Rosa Island

Tessa Shinden, Writer | May 3, 2024

As the cool winds of the Pacific Ocean brush through the tall grass of the Channel Islands National Park, the natural beauty of Santa Rosa Island becomes apparent to any person who is lucky enough to partake...

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Satire: Foothill Tech’s hidden metropolis of menaces

Layla Solomon, Writer | March 14, 2024

The inconspicuous halls of Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) are filled with students every day. However, an unsuspecting glance upward reveals another resident that shares the hallway:...

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Pulling the plug on the Matilija Dam

Beatrice Barnes, Writer | February 29, 2024

Imagine a Ventura, Calif., where soft sand replaces abrasive rock on our beaches and endangered steelhead trout can freely migrate to their head water habitats. Sounds ideal, right? Well, removing...

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