After opening league play with a tough loss against rival Los Altos last week, the Charter Oak girls water polo team had a chip on their shoulder. They had a successful preseason, with big wins over teams such as San Dimas and Webb, however all that was over. The girls knew they needed to have a…

Pulling focus on Ariana Hoshino
While other students were typing up their essays, a then thirteen-year-old Ariana Hoshino was bent over a stop motion animation of "Flowers for Algernon". With her mom’s old still-life camera, Hoshino was coaxing movement out of still images and stories out of clay. ...