The Talon

Doomscrolling democracy: How social media affects students’ political consumption
By Dorie Xie, Amelia Sun, Shannon Chiang, Lev Zeiger, and Alek Ding | October 24, 2025
SALT ‘seasons’ sports, giving every athlete a voice
By Alek Ding, Staff Writer | October 23, 2025
Girls volleyball wins senior night rivalry in back-half comeback
By Dorie Xie, Editor-in-Chief | October 23, 2025
Corgi love: Meet LAHS’s new library mascot
By Matilda Haney Foulds, Web Managing Editor | October 23, 2025
From serves to slalom: Ruhi Bhaskar trains for speed
By Matilda Haney Foulds and Athan Joshi | October 23, 2025

News

Recently, an Israel-Hamas war ceasefire took place, the Nobel prize winners were announced and the Peruvian president was removed from office. (Photo illustration by Jade Palatnik. Photos by Quispe Keen, Adam Jones, and Palestinian News & Information Agency (Wafa) in contract with APAimages.)

By Athan Joshi and Jade Palatnik | October 26, 2025

Current progress in the Israel-Hamas cease-fire agreement Israeli hostages in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners in Israel were released Oct. 13. This marked the first step of the U.S.-facilitated ceasefire...

Former Blue Crew members supporting a Varsity football game. This year, Blue Crew has made changes to its club structure to promote spirit efforts.

Blue Crew shifts to a team-centered structure

By Sahana Srinivasan, Arts & Culture Editor

Biotechnology Club uses visuals and candy models to explain the roles of organelles at the STEAM Week student showcase. For over six years, STEAM Week organizers have worked on balancing STEM and art in their annual event to show the importance of creativity in innovation.

The ‘A’ in STEAM stands for art, not afterthought

By Valerie Zhou, Staff Writer

Members of the Challenge Team (PAC), a local student organization, listen to members of PAC answer questions at their meeting on Oct. 9 at the Mountain View Police Station. This marked the first time PAC was able to express student needs to the community.

Principal Advisory Council discusses mental health, AI and college with city representatives

By Manya Sikka, Senior Writer

Features

From left to right: junior Andres Grima-Orozco, mother Maria Orozco and sister Michelle Grima-Orozco sit with their family corgi, Dixie. Dixie was recently chosen to represent Los Altos High School as the library mascot.

Amor Corgi: Conoce a la nueva mascota de la biblioteca de LAHS

By Matilda Haney Foulds, Web Managing Editor | October 23, 2025

Click on the link to read this article in English. La corgi de la familia de Andrés Grima-Orozco, estudiante de tercer año, camina alegremente alrededor de los jardines junto a su casa, siguiendo...

Homecoming Court: Aaron Zhu

By Alanna Grier, Sports Editor

Homecoming Court: Andrey Paraketsov

By Sara Lahr, Senior Writer

Homecoming Court: Audrey Sanchez

By Shannon Chiang, Features Editor

Sports

Los Altos High School girls cross country jogs to the starting line as they are announced for the Championship Race at the Clovis Invitational on October 11. The team placed 11th overall and 10th in the state of California.

Girls Cross Country looks forward to its post season

By Carissa Lai and Dayne Piscione | October 23, 2025

New runners and new goals are shaping the varsity girls cross country team this fall. Three years ago, the team made history by winning CCS, the Division II state championships and qualifying for Nike...

Maren Byrne reaches her personal best with commitment to UNC-Chapel Hill

By Mia Scott, Staff Writer

The Eagles’ varsity girls field hockey team defeated Valley Christian 1–0 Thursday, Oct. 16. Their record is now 5–4–3.

Varsity girls field hockey defeats Valley Christian in league game

By Anna Roman, Senior Writer

Los Altos prepares to snap the ball against Terra Nova High School. The varsity football team lost 0–27 in the Homecoming game last week.

Varsity football falls to Terra Nova in Homecoming shutout

By Alex Zuccaro, Senior Writer

Arts & Culture

Burning Question: What does “performative: mean to you?

By Logan Gossett, Camille Wurtz, Lev Zeiger, and Dana Gowdy | October 23, 2025

What does "performative" mean to you? In this episode of Burning Question, The Talon asked students around campus about what being "performative" really is. Video by Logan Gossett, Camille Wurtz and...