By Michael Sugerman Despite pipeline installation under Coldwater Canyon in front of campus, the main South Entrance will open for the 2012-2013 school year. However, Los Angeles Department of Water and...

Safety tips will return to the Choices and Challenges curriculum this year after a four years absence. With unmonitored access to social media, and sophomores beginning to drive, the reintroduction was...

Three faculty members each gave birth to boys over summer break. Upper school Dean Tamar Adegbile gave birth to Aaron on Aug. 29. She expects to be out of school for about three months. Head of middle...

A new library catalog search engine called Destiny will replace the previous system, Infocentre, for the upcoming school year. "[Destiny is] faster, slicker, and easier," head librarian Shannon Acedo said....

Upper School Back-to-School Day was moved to Sept. 22 due to the second installment of "Carmageddon" 405 freeway closures between the 10 and 101 freeways. The 405 will be closed on Sept. 29 and 30 in order...

By Elizabeth Madden Emily Persky ’13 and Alex Ravan ’13 will serve as editors-in-chief of this year’s edition of Vox Populi. "Alex is our technical expert, and Emily’s...

By Lucas Gelfen Riemer is set to begin her new position as foreign language Department chair this year. Riemer, who is entering her 21st year of teaching as a Harvard-Westlake Spanish teacher, accepted...

By Kenneth Schrupp Community Council went on their first retreat, visiting venues across Los Angeles. The trip started with dinner at Maria’s, an Italian restaurant near campus. Students then...

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By Rachel Schwartz Having endured freezing winters his entire life, Upper School Dean Christopher Jones is looking forward to a California winter. “You get to a point where that cold...

By Sarah Novicoff A federal jury ruled Friday that the manufacturer of an electric razor was not responsible for the death of Ishan Bose-Pyne ’12. The jury found Wahl Clipper Cor­poration...

By David Lim Sally Ride ’68, the first American woman and youngest person to go into outer space, died of pancreatic cancer July 23 in her La Jolla home. She was 61. Ride, who was a nationally...