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 for passersby to enjoy, a…
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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 the annual Glowfari at the…
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 on November 28, transforming the…
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 session of the United Nations…
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 TikTok user said, captioning a…
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 reporter asking about the Epstein…
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 what was one of the…
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 it in every corner of…
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 — extraordinarily so — flashes a…
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 homeless individuals at Isherwood Park…