The Broadview

Statewide mask mandate lifted

Masks still required on campus

Amelia Froyd-Kamrath, Senior Reporter • February 17, 2022

Between Super Bowl Sunday and upcoming ski week break, California is lifting the state-wide mask mandate effective today, Feb. 17. The lifting of the mandate was announced by California Governor Gavin...

Coyotes resurface in cityscapes

Locals notice wildlife closer to home

Kassie DeJean, Senior Reporter • October 12, 2021

WEB EXCLUSIVE | Over the past few months, San Francisco and the Bay Area have experienced a surge in coyote sightings and attacks. Coyotes commonly threaten dogs but are also dangerous to humans. The...

Too dry, too fast

Impacts of California drought increase in Bay Area

Amelia Froyd-Kamrath, Senior Reporter • August 23, 2021

WEB EXCLUSIVE Lake Oroville, the second largest reservoir in California, is currently at 23 percent capacity, the lowest it’s ever been in 44 years. Seven out of nine Bay Area counties have at least...

Rise in COVID-19 cases leads to curfew

10 p.m. curfew instated after SF reaches Purple Tier

Amelia Froyd-Kamrath, Reporter • November 30, 2020

WEB EXCUSIVE Mayor London Breed and Director of Health Dr. Grant Colfax announced in a press release on Saturday that San Francisco has reached the Purple Tier in COVID-19 cases, leading to a Limited Stay...

Glass and Shady fires cause major damage to North Bay

Fires cause homeowners in the North Bay to flee

Tala El Qadah, Senior • September 28, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE Two roaring wildfires erupted on Sunday morning in the North Bay, burning 11,000 acres and forcing many residents to evacuate. Junior Anneli Dolan has a home in Glen Ellen, 15 minutes...

RV there yet?

Locals find different ways to get outside during pandemic

Kassie DeJean, Reporter • September 24, 2020

Most families have postponed or canceled vacations that require a plane order to reduce the spread of COVID-19, but that is not stopping locals from exploring the Bay Area. The Centers for Disease...

Double trouble

Wildfire smoke produces additional complications to COVID-19

Olivia Rounsaville, Senior Reporter • September 24, 2020

Wildfire smoke, which can be harmful to the lungs, can also intensify a person’s reaction to COVID-19 as it irritates the lungs and damages the immune system which can make a person more susceptible...

The heat is on

California fires are causing poor air quality in the Bay Area

Alina Kushner, Senior Reporter • August 19, 2020

California residents woke up this morning to clouds of ash outside their windows due to fires sparked by lightning strikes. Smoke from fires as close as Monterey, Fresno and Sacramento have drifted...

Students rattled after nighttime earthquake

Laura Mogannam, In-House Media Editor • January 4, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE An earthquake with a magnitude 4.4 rocked the Bay Area early this morning at 2:41 a.m., making many students realize how unprepared they would be in time of a larger shake. “I heard...

Northern Bay Area fires cause destruction

Sophia Aeby, Reporter • October 10, 2017

WEB EXCLUSIVE A series of fires in the North Bay that began over the weekend have covered over 119,000 acres and affected 1,500 homes, businesses and structures. With 40,000 people evacuated, 99,000...

Thunderstorm surprises Bay Area Monday, may continue tonight

Mason Cooney, Assistant Features Editor • September 12, 2017

WEB EXCLUSIVE Seven thousand lightning bolts lit up the Bay Area sky Monday afternoon and continued into the evening. “I was scared out of my mind,” junior Kiki Apple said. “I was worried that...

Urbanization overwhelms district

Gentrification takes long-term residents out of the Mission.

Alyssa Alvarez, Sports Editor • March 15, 2016

The Mission district’s 24th Street, dotted with “For Sale” signs and traced by Google bus routes, is just one street in the area facing gentrification and changes in culture for the heavily Hispanic...