The Smoke Signal, MSJ's Official Newspaper
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By: Staff Writer Harshita Gupta Local In its annual California Coastal Art and Poetry Contest, the California Coastal Commission has recognized eighth grader Roselene Chen and sixth grader Ashwin Chembu, both residents of Fremont. Chen’s…
By: Staff Writer Ansh Patel Local Facebook’s sprawling new Menlo Park campus MPK20 is now open. Designed by Frank Gehry, the 430,000 square foot LEED gold certified building has a large open floor plan and…
By: Staff Writer Sayan Ghosh Local The popular Taiwanese dumpling restaurant Din Tai Fung is expected to open a branch this year in San Jose’s Valley Fair Mall. Din Tai Fung was founded in…
By: Staff Writer Didi Wu Local: San Jose police ready to begin testing body cameras and drone use The San Jose Police Department (SJPD) recently set plans to pilot-test and integrate body cameras and one…
By: Staff Writer Brian Tseng Local: Berkeley mandates installing surveillance cameras at liquor stores The Berkeley City Council unanimously voted on March 10 to move forward with an ordinance mandating that liquor store owners have…
By: Staff Writer Monica Tang Local: Out-of-state enrollment in UCLA and Berkeley capped Beginning the 2015-16 school year, the UC system will cap the enrollment of out-of-state students at UCLA and UC Berkeley, where demand…
By: Staff Writer Annie Tang Local American Progressive Bag Alliance, a plastic bag manufacturing trade group, recently turned in a petition to call for a referendum on California’s plastic bag ban law. Governor Jerry…
By: Staff Writer Ruiwen Shen Local East Bay Regional Parks District is considering imposing a hiker’s fee for Mission Peak as requested by Fremont city leaders. People who live near the Mission Peak trail claimed…
By: Staff Writer Neha Shah Local Teachers and parents alike are pleased with the steady downward trend in expulsions and suspensions not only across the Fremont Unified School District, but also throughout California. So far, only…
By: Staff Writer Shivane Sabharwal Local The number of people with measles in California, a highly contagious disease that is widespread throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa, has grown to 92 according to the California Department…
