Cade Petrie, Staff Writer
October 2, 2019
Last week, Google unintentionally leaked a paper detailing the company’s experiments in quantum computing to a NASA lab website.
The paper was quickly taken down, but copies of it circulated online for a few days afterwar...
Isaac Sieblink, Staff Writer
October 2, 2019
This past Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced an official inquiry of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
Pelosi’s stated grounds for impeachment are President Trump’s pressuring of Ukrainian President ...
Abbie Leffler, Staff Writer
September 25, 2019
The Trump administration is cracking down on California’s car pollution standards. On Wednesday, Sept. 18, President Trump announced at the Washington Environmental Protection Agency that he will be revoking California’s auth...
Emily Peterson, News Editor
September 25, 2019
The Santa Barbara City Council has voted 4-2 in favor of building a new $80 million police station on the site of the Cota Street Commuter Parking Lot.
Narrowed down from 19 potential sites, the parking lot is close to the city's m...
Wesley Brown, Staff Writer
September 25, 2019
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law which compels companies like Uber and Lyft to classify their workers as official employees, effectively providing guaranteed minimum wage and health benefits. The controversial law...
Wesley Brown, Staff Writer
September 18, 2019
Santa Barbara-based organization Fair Education is gearing up for its ongoing lawsuit against Just Communities Central Coast, the Santa Barbara Unified School District, and Superintendent Cary Matsuoka.
Since the fall of last year, Fa...
Emily Peterson, News Editor
September 18, 2019
Last week, the Horizon covered the terrible Conception dive boat fire, which killed 34 people in the worst maritime disaster in Santa Barbara's history.
A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ...
Wesley Brown, Staff Writer
September 18, 2019
Last Saturday, the Santa Barbara community came together to perform simple but important acts of kindness during the 28th annual Day of Caring event, put on by nonprofit organization United Way of Santa Barbara County (UWSBC)...
Abbie Leffler, Staff Writer
September 18, 2019
On Monday, Sept. 9, a fire broke out at around 3:15 p.m. northeast of Buellton, about an hour away from Westmont.
The blaze, which is rumored to have started near McMurray Road, has been dubbed the McMurray Fire. An abundance of...
Emily Parks, Guest Writer
September 11, 2019
“Sitting down for a meal together is one of the most fundamental ways to bridge division and build community. It is a basic starting point toward deeper understanding and relationship-building,” writes Common Table, an event h...
Abbie Leffler, Staff Writer
September 11, 2019
The lines at the DC just got a whole lot longer thanks to the new pack of Westmont Warriors! The class of 2023 is one of the largest and most diverse groups of Westmont students to ever climb this campus’s hills.
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Wesley Brown, Staff Writer
September 11, 2019
Devastating storm Hurricane Dorian continues to ravage the East Coast as the US provides aid to the Bahamas and domestic victims.
At the beginning of last week, Hurricane Dorian swept through the Bahamas with wind spe...
