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Celebrating Spraddy!

Celebrating Spraddy!

Josh Spradlin, Staff Reporter February 24, 2025

A friendly face, a bodacious leader, obsessive over Dick Van Dyke — These are all words that I would use, as her nephew, to encapsulate Ms. Spradlin, the AP Human Geography and AP World History teacher...

UCLA Blood Drive

UCLA Blood Drive

Alondra Bonilla Mendoza, Staff Reporter February 18, 2025

The UCLA Blood drive is an essential community event organized by Torrance High School to support local hospitals and medical facilities with a critical need for blood donations. This event was held previously...

SpaceX Does a Flyby in Southern California

SpaceX Does a Flyby in Southern California

Josh Spradlin, Staff Reporter February 14, 2025

Anyone who looked up to the skies about 6:09 PM on Monday night would’ve been greeted with a curious sight: A trail of fire and smoke blazing through the sky. Not to disappoint, but those trails weren’t...

How Tartars Can Celebrate Black History Month

Zyra Mikaella Castino, Staff Writer February 5, 2025

The annual celebration of Black History Month holds a lot of importance in today's society. It serves as a powerful reminder of the resilience, accomplishments, and cultural influences of Black individuals...

Torrance High’s KIWINS Pitch in for the Rose Parade

Torrance High’s KIWINS Pitch in for the Rose Parade

Josh Spradlin, Staff Reporter January 8, 2025

The annual Rose Parade down Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena is an iconic New Year’s tradition (if you weren’t sure of its cultural significance, it’s part of the climax in The Bee Movie. Really prestigious),...

UCLA BLOOD DRIVE - Tartars Donate 94 Pints of Blood

UCLA BLOOD DRIVE – Tartars Donate 94 Pints of Blood

Lexis Hoang, Staff Reporter November 22, 2024

Torrance High students made generous donations on October 30th, donating 94 pints of blood, beating ASB’s goal of 85 pints! Students donated their blood during UCLA’s Health’s blood drive that took...

The Great Stink

Zakir Yousufzai, Staff Reporter November 5, 2024

Last week the Torrance Refinery had a gas leak which was smelt throughout the school. The gas leak was identified near North High School. North High School had to go into lockdown as a result of the smell...

How does Torrance High take part in Red Ribbon Week?

How does Torrance High take part in Red Ribbon Week?

Paige Hoang, Staff Reporter October 31, 2024

The nation’s largest drug-prevention campaign has officially reached Torrance High! This campaign brings awareness to all the destruction that comes from drugs: the addictive disorders, the alteration...

Taco Tuesday on the Floor

Taco Tuesday on the Floor

Lexis Hoang, Staff Reporter October 29, 2024

Another pile of food, or more like scattering, popped up on Tuesday, October 22nd after school hours in the same area as the last piles of peanuts and fries; however, it was on the grass lawn near a tree....

Hurricane Season: Florida Ravaged after Back to Back Storms

Natalia Gasca, Staff Writer October 16, 2024

If you are not yet aware, on September 26th, 2024, a deadly hurricane named Hurricane Helene made its way towards the Southeast of the US. The hurricane passed through a total of 6 states: Florida, North...

3.2 Magnitude Earthquake: An early wake up call?

Paige Hoang, Staff Writer October 16, 2024

On September 23, the city of Lennox was woken up at 4:48 AM by a 3.2 magnitude earthquake, one of the many earthquakes hitting Southern California. Lennox, being only less than 10 miles from Torrance,...

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