The Broadview

Double trouble

California residents face challenges presented by both wildfires and COVID-19.

Wildfire smoke produces additional complications to COVID-19

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...

Protection for all: California no longer requires prescriptions for certain birth control methods

April 11, 2016

Women of all ages in California will be one pharmaceutical visit away from obtaining any form of non-surgically inserted birth control. The new legislation will require women of no minimum age to visit...

Governor Jerry Brown considers changing the legal age for smoking

Cigarette legislation is a signature away from becoming law.

March 20, 2016

The California Senate passed a bill over Thursday that will raise the legal smoking age from 18 to 21 that will now go to Gov. Jerry Brown, who could veto it or allow it to pass with or without a signature...

Rain, rain, don’t go away

Juniors Olivia Hoekendijk and Bella Kearney eat lunch together in the Belvedere overlooking the soaked city. Rain collected and flooded in the balcony area outside the window.

Near flooding approaches the Flood Mansion, Siboni.

January 5, 2016

Standing at the Siboni windows, students and teachers watched sheets of water skate down the Webster hill. Rain fell throughout the morning, but during F Period, it began to pour. “I did hear...

School welcomes exchange student from Barcelona, Spain

Sophomore Clara Vilar participates in a Responses to Oppression class on her first day attending classes as part of an exchange program from Barcelona, Spain. Vilar will stay in San Francisco for three weeks before returning to Spain.

Exchange student from Sagrado Corazon travelled approximately 5,944 miles and is experiencing a new way of life.

October 5, 2015

A sophomore will be visiting classes for three weeks as part of an exchange program from Sagrado Corazón, the Sacred Heart school in Barcelona, Spain. “Some things are different from Spain, but...

Seniors sails into success

Senior Paige Dunlevy shows off her gold-medal from the International Sailing Federation Team-Racing World Championships. Dunlevy acted as replacement for a team member who was not eligible to compete.

Over a decade of adjusting the boom leads to the big leagues.

October 1, 2015

Despite 12 years of sailing experience, senior Paige Dunlevy had never team-raced or sailed in a Firefly boat until two days before she competed in The 2015 International Sailing Federation Team-Racing...

Sophomores conduct mock trial at Superior Court of California

Pilar Ballestreros-Cordero takes the witness stand as Pocahontas, supporting the side of the Europeans, while

Students posed as Native Americans and Europeans as they defended and prosecuted their own side of the case.

September 16, 2015

The sophomore Responses to Oppression ‘Hislish’ class traveled to the Civil Division of the Superior Court of California yesterday and today to hold mock trials, in which the Native Americans sued...

Hiking club plans its first trek

Sophomore Jemima Scott shows sophomore Emma Blaza the area the Hiking Club will hike. The club plans on hiking near Sutro Baths.

The first scheduled hike will be local and small-scale to establish a bond between members.

September 10, 2015

The newly formed Hiking Club will be hosting its first hike this Sunday at Lands End. “We wanted to stay local and do a short hike for our first excursion, so we picked Lands End,” Co-Head Gabby...