For decades, Silicon Valley has been universally recognized as the heart of technology and innovation. The establishment of a booming tech industry has cultivated a culture that has distinguished the South Bay from its surrounding counties and drawn the attention of those around the world. Media coverage...
Grace Williams, Changing the Narrative Editor
• October 12, 2018
In 1939, Bill Hewlett and David Packard founded the Hewlett-Packard (HP) Company in a small, one- car garage located in Palo Alto. In the following years, the surrounding Silicon Valley came to be regarded as the hub of technology. As time has passed, more and more techies have moved to Palo...
Written by Grace Tramack
Students have plenty to be proud of—awards, grades, extracurriculars—and graduating from a nationally ranked high school is an achievement in itself. However, with Gunn being located in Silicon Valley and having a close proximity to Stanford, a bragging culture is inevitably...
Written by Eric Epstein
Facebook,the third most visited website in the world, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004. Originally, it was called “The Facebook” and was only available to Harvard students, but it soon expanded to a few more Ivy League schools as well as Stanford. In June 2004,...
By Chelsie Park
Google is one of the most widely known companies in the world. Since its creation, Google has steadily taken over the internet as the world’s number one search engine. Google currently holds 89 percent of the search engine market share, with its many other services including email,...
Written by Kristen Yee
Apple is just one of the major tech companies in the Silicon Valley. e company was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne on April 1, 1976 in the garage of Jobs’ house in Los Altos, Calif. Originally, the company was named Apple Computers Inc.; it was changed...
Written by Alex Dersh
Esther’s German Bakery is a family-owned bakery located on San Antonio Road in Los Altos. Started in 2004, they sell traditional German pastries and baked goods using healthy and wholesome ingredients. The namesake of the restaurant is Esther Nio, the mother of sophomore David...
Written by Shawna Chen and Janet Wang
It’s test day. You’re sitting at your desk, nervously tapping your pencil. You’ve prepared to the best of your ability, but your anxiety increases as you open the test booklet. One problem in particular is worth a lot of points, but you don’t know how to...
