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Golf, Tennis, Other Sports Starting Soon!

With COVID-19, vaccines, political drama, and trying to get back to a sense of normalcy, school feels heavy, boring, and too much at times.  All…

Lesley Guerrero

Lesley Guerrero is Santa Barbara High Schools’ new bilingual curriculum specialist. Under her title, she works to provide language support to the school’s emergent multilingual…

Putin’s Playground

 Trump began his presidency in 2016 when the first scandal of his term had risen. A man he had hired to be his national security…

Speaking of Stories Part 3: Gender

Jules Williams This piece is a tribute to trans people, especially trans women and nonbinary people of color. I don’t know if there is another…

Dear Mr. President

Dear President Biden,I have never written a letter to the president before but feel like I needed to get a few things off my chest.…

CIF Changes In Sports Tiers

Recently the CIF(California Interscholastic Federation)has made some major changes in all sports that are trying to put a season together for high school athletes. Unfortunately…

Honoring Angel Castillo and Omar Montiel Hernandez

On Sunday, Jan. 3rd, the Santa Barbara High School and Eastside community lost two youth. Omar Montiel Hernandez (above left), 2020 graduate, and Angel Castillo…

The Passing of Tanya Roberts

Tanya Roberts is best known for starring on the show called “That 70s show” under the name Midge, the mother of Donna and next-door neighbor.…

An Update from the Editors

As the semester ends, the Forge would like to take a quick moment to acknowledge the efforts of everyone who has made our work possible…