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Guide to Bay Area Christmas Light Shows

By Staff Writers Abigaile Lei, Finn McCarthy, Saesha Prabhakar Every year, families spend hours putting up lights and holiday decorations…

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Dazzling Lights at Oakland Zoo’s Glowfari

By Staff Writers Cecilia Cheng & Amber Halvorsen A night of colorful lights and music welcomes busy crowds back to…

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SJ Made Holiday Fair: a Creative Masterclass

By Staff Writers Gaura Amarnani & Kayla Li The annual SJMade Holiday Fair returned to the Santa Clara Convention Center…

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COP30 and the world go up in flames

By Staff Writers Alex Duan, Amber Halvorsen, Michael Qin, Warren Su The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), an annual…

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AI tools highlight the decline in empathy in digital culture

By Staff Writers Erika Liu, Veer Mahajan, Finn McCarthy & Leland Yu Introduction “RIP Kirk, your sacrifice meant something,” one…

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Fake News is the Authoritarian’s Tool

By the Smoke Signal Editorial Board “Quiet. Quiet, piggy,” President Donald Trump said, poking his finger at a Bloomberg News…

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Vikram’s Viewpoint: Appreciating What You Can, While You Can

By Opinion Editor Vikram Mahajan Over the summer, I returned to India for the first time in two years in…

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Janet’s Journal: Starting again when you fall

By Opinion Editor Janet Guan For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved to set goals. There’s proof of…

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TikTok’s favorite politician takes office

By Editor-in-Chief Padma Balaji TikTok cannot get enough of Zohran Mamdani. It’s easy to see why: he’s well spoken —…

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Isherwood Park Closure Sparks Concern Over Fremont’s Homelessness Support Programs

By Staff Writers Amy Han, Mansi Mundada & Hamnah Akhtar Fremont officials cleared out an encampment of more than 40…

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