On Tuesday, Jan. 10th, California announced that it is projected to have a budget deficit of $22.5 billion in the fiscal year of 2023, a sharp reversal from the state’s $98 billion surplus in 2022. Among the budgeting cuts from this deficit is a $6 billion decrease in climate change initiatives, a...

Statistically more than half of all K-12 teachers in the United States earn income from sources other than their base teaching salary (according to the National Center for Education Statistics). So what are some of the Casa Grandes teachers' side hustles?    1.    Ms. Byrne Ms. Byrne,...

Hey Gauchos! Welcome back to the new semester and the first issue of Gaucho Sports Now for the 2023 school year. The Gauchos are still continuing to play winter sports until their seasons end next month, and over the break, we had many wins and, to the dismay of Casa Grande, some losses. However, instead...

On Jan. 28, 2023, LumaCon is going to be held at the Petaluma Community Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. LumaCon is a free comic convention for youth where literacy and creativity are celebrated by various members of the community all around Petaluma.  LumaCon has been going on since 2015 when the librarians...

On Dec. 1, 2022, during the previous semester, there was a power outage at Casa Grande High School. A massive amp breaker blew, cutting off all electricity at the school, which closed the campus down for two days.  School was canceled at 8:30 in the morning on Dec. 1. All students who had zero period...

Released within the first week of 2023, the movie M3GAN, brought laughter, cringing, and fear to everyone in the audience.  The trailer for M3GAN launched in late 2022, immediately going viral to the tune of “It’s Nice to Have a Friend” by Taylor Swift. In the trailer, it showed a young girl...