Updates on Local Businesses in Millbrae
By Leanna Yu & Rita Li, Editor-in-Chief & Staff Writer The reopening of Millbrae has led to new guidelines for local businesses, in which retail, eateries, and markets have changed operations to comply with San Mateo County restrictions and tackle…
How the fires and smoke are affecting Mills and the Millbrae community
By: Joshua Choe, Staff Writer The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have incorporated itself into every life around America, with California receiving a large portion of cases, and the state government bringing about many changes in a mutual effort to…
Q & A: 2020 Millbrae City Council Candidates
The Thunderbolt Editor Team reached out to the 2020 Millbrae City Council Candidates to complete a voluntary online Questionnaire. All responses are copied directly from each candidate (unless otherwise stated). Answers may have been edited for minor spelling/grammatical errors or…
How Different School Districts Are Handling COVID
By Rita Li, Staff Writer This semester, different school districts around our area have adopted different methods to handle the new socially distant school year. While the San Mateo Union High School District has adopted a fully online fall semester,…
Critical Approach to Racism Town Hall
Katelyn Chang, Staff Writer On September 2nd, Millbrae’s newly formed Anti-Racist Coalition (ARC) hosted its first ever “Critical Approach to Racism: Understanding Your Position: Town Hall”. The ARC was formed following the protests over George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna…
How SMUHSD Administration Expects the Year to Play Out
By: Jordan Hasty, Staff Writer During these current unprecedented times, several changes to the typical school agenda have been made. Many aspects of day-to-day student/teacher life have also been drastically affected; school is now held strictly online, workouts are socially…
New Wishing Wall at the Millbrae Museum
By: Leanna Yu, Editor-in-Chief The new Wishing Wall implemented at the Millbrae History Museum is a safe place for residents to showcase their social justice hopes for Millbrae. The Millbrae Museum is located at 420 Poplar Ave, directly across from…
Zoom Expectations With Distance Learning
By Anjuli Niyogi, Editor-in-Chief Zoom meetings, held on one of the world’s most popular video conferencing platforms, have become the new norm for thousands of schools across the country, including Mills High School. As it is still a completely new…
The First Virtual Back-to-School Night
By: Leanna Yu, Editor-in-Chief The first online Back-to-School Night was held on a live webinar with a presentation by the school administration. To visit classes, parents were invited to create a parent observer account on Canvas and watch the course…
Apocalyptic Skies: Millbrae Awakes to Red Haze
On Wednesday, September 9th, students woke up to an orange-like filter outside their Bay Area homes. These ominous skies have continued to prevail all morning and afternoon, casting a night time feel to this darkened day. I’ve never seen anything…