Jillian Smith

I have not attended middle school since 2019. But following the glamorous twists of my career, I have recently found myself back in the old house, so to speak, through teaching. What amazes me most about this notoriously precarious age group is not how much has changed, but how much has stayed the same. Namely, it astounds me that there has not been a more creative word developed to apply to girls who do not exactly conform to a very narrow definition of normalcy. Instead, they are still called what they have always been called: weird.

One person was killed and three others were injured after a car hit an ambulance going through an intersection in Fairfax County on Tuesday.

If you have read this column before, you have likely noticed my anti-technology paranoia. I have written a lot about the harm of disconnection caused by cell-phone addiction and an overwhelming technological landscape. But until recently, this has been all talk. I never practiced what I preach until this week, after a complete breakdown from a days-long doomscrolling session.

A Montgomery County police officer shot an armed man Tuesday afternoon, officials say.

I would not say I am particularly religious. I have an underlying sense of spirituality, but instead of associating with one particular religion, I choose to take bits and pieces from everything and make a patchwork quilt of vaguely Christian ideology to wrap myself in. This is not something particularly unique, as 29 percent

Town hall set on Hollister Prep middle schooler move

In Monterey County, 27 students are wrapping up the Summer Health Institute at Salinas Valley Health, closing out a five week program designed to

In today's newscast: Local teen goes to World Cup final A recent high school graduate from Salinas is headed to the FIFA World Cup Final in New York this weekend.

The victim was able to fight her attacker off and called 911 to report the assault.

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