On April 22, 2025, the Yamaha Corporation of America building in Buena Park revealed its newly renovated building which cost $34 million dollars in total. Mayfair’s band had the great opportunity of touring their facilities with many different employees and representatives at the Yamaha company. First we walked into a lobby room that had many different models of instruments like synthesizers, drumkits, grand pianos, and guitars. We were then taken to another building where t

USC baseball had very high expectations after they finished last season with a 37-23 overall record and a conference record on 18-12 with key wins against number #14 UCLA and #22 TCU. Then after making a playoff to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2015 they beat TCU in regionals before getting eliminated by Oregon State in the regional final. Even though they had very promising feats and a solid record, fans didn’t expect for them to do that much better the next

Many people hear and celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day every year without knowing the true reason how it came to be. The holiday started as a 17th century religious day to honor the patron saint of Ireland because he brought Christianity to the Pagan people. St. Patrick himself was a 5th century missionary who became enslaved and taken to Ireland. He eventually escaped but then felt called to return to convert the people there which ended up being successful. Eventually, the ch

As of March 21st 2026, marks the very day Tsuki the seal from Tokkari Center was born, and is turning a year old today! Tsuki was born from Yo-chan and her father Katsunori, both being well known seals within the seal community — or at least anyone who’s a huge fan of seals. Tokkari Center is the only place in Japan where weak or injured seals are held inside to rehabilitate or permanently foster them if they aren’t capable of being released. They also teach the seals some tr

Enhypen was established in 2020 through the reality competition series I-LAND, and it made its debut with the first being Heeseung, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo, Jungwon, and Ni-ki. Enhypen's debut album is the first mini album, BORDER:DAY ONE, released on November 30th, 2020, featuring the title track "Given-Taken." This album talked about the complex emotions as they transitioned from trainees to artists. It has been a big and amazing year for Enhypen. In April 2025 they made

Ramadan is a holy month of fasting and prayer for Muslims, the followers of Islam. It celebrates the month during which the Prophet Muhammad received the initial revelation of the Quran, the holy book for Muslims, around the 7th century. Fasting is one of the five fundamental principles of Islam. During each day of Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk each day, and they are supposed to avoid eating, drinking, and smoking as well as unkind or impure thoughts and words and

Women’s History Month grew from Women’s History Week from 1978. The recognition originated in Santa Rosa, California in correlation with International Women’s Day, March 8th. Former President Jimmy Carter issued the week of March 8th in 1980 to be National Women’s History Week, but in 1987 Congress had expanded it to be a full month.  This month is dedicated to recognizing the important women and women who led movements in history that have often been overlooked in the past.

Kristi Noem was the former Secretary and led the Department of Homeland Security. However, she was just fired by President Donald Trump. She was previously the governor of South Dakota and is part of the Republican party. She was only appointed on January 25, of last year and was the 8th appointed secretary. She was fired due to many forms of malpractice.  Her most recent controversy was a commercial that cost $220 million. While she has claimed that Trump knew about this co

On Saturday March 14, 2026, Mariners and Showtime participated in a show choir competition hosted by the Los Alamitos Choirs where they competed against other show choirs in their own division. Mariners were scheduled to perform around 2:30 PM and went against three schools in the intermediate treble division. They started off with “Holding Out For A Hero” with a powerful intro of wanting something that they're trapped into. Throughout their set, they had a powerful finale w

Ever since the tragic death of Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on February 28th, Iran has finally settled on who the new leader is. His son, Mojtaba Khamenei,  became Iran’s new leader on March 8th. Many wonder about who he is. He was born September 8th, 1969, and is the second child of Khamenei amongst six others. At seventeen, he served in the military, and in 1999, went to Qom to continue his religious studies. Now at 56 years old, despite keeping a low profile in h

On February 15th, 2026, famous actor Robert Duvall passed away peacefully in his home in Middleburg, Virginia. Robert Duvall was most well known for his roles in “The Godfather” and "Apocalypse Now” as Tom Hagen in “The Godfather” and as Lieutenant Colonel William Kilgore in “Apocalypse Now.” He has also received the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1983 and nominated for an Oscar seven times because of his incredible performances. Besides his incredible acting career, Robert

The U.S. Women's Olympic hockey team has been participating in every single Olympics Winter games since the first women’s game in 1998. The U.S. has won a total of three gold medals, four silver medals, and one bronze medal. The U.S. women's team has been one of the most successful hockey teams in every international play. This year’s Olympic Winter game has been chaotic, creating history and controversy. The men’s team was bashing the women’s team, laughing at them and not s

Back on February 28th, the U.S. and Israel had launched an attack on Iran  claiming that Trump was trying to prevent Iran from getting their hands on nuclear weaponry, as well as encouraging the people of Iran to overthrow their own government. However, these attacks had resulted in the death of the  Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , setting off Iran with the U.S. and Israel receiving major backlash, and Iran attacking Israel in retaliation. Since then, people

The California Scholarship Federation, commonly referred to as CSF, is a state-wide organization that acknowledges academic excellence and provides scholarship opportunities. Many high schools branch out this organization in the form of a club including Mayfair. On February 26, 2026, Mayfair High School’s CSF was given the opportunity to tour the California Institute of Technology, also known as CalTech. Founded in September 23, 1891, this STEM private university is located i

Looksmaxxing is the practice especially among young men online, to enhance their physical appearance. These practices range in intensity, from everyday skincare to cosmetic surgery. In recent years, there has been a huge surge online in self-care and wellness. This could be largely due to the pandemic in 2020 and the huge shift to better taking care of yourself and being quarantined for over a year and people deciding to work out more. Trends on Tik Tok, such as ‘clean girl a

On Sunday, February 8, 2026, the most anticipated game of the entire NFL season took place, Super Bowl 60. The game was played in Santa Clara, California between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots. After a pregame performance by Green Day and the singing of the national anthem by Charlie Puth, the game kicked off on a sunny afternoon in the Bay Area. The game got off to a very slow start, as the Seahawks scored a field goal in the first quarter and two in the seco

Congratulations to Mayfair's girls varsity soccer team for making it to the first round of the C.I.F tournament! Girls soccer has had an amazing season with a ratio of 15 wins, 5 losses and 2 ties. The varsity team is being led by head coaches Arroyo and Ortega. The captains of the team consist of seniors, Zoey Pettit, Lizbeth Gutierrez, Kendyl Gutierrez and sophomore, Faith Stewart. The varsity team consists of freshman Kaylee Escobar, Aimee Santamaria, Emma Garcia, Jennale

Turnstile is a hardcore punk/rock band that is signed under Roadrunner Records. With that, Turnstile has been nominated for nine Grammys across their career. They won their first two Grammys with their wins for “Best Rock Album” and “Best Metal Performance”. Now with these wins there has been a public outroar online with the metal community. This started because Turnstile is mainly punk and rock, but they won best metal album. This gets even more outrageous when they won ove

A few months after the record-breaking government shutdown, a partial government shutdown has now unfortunately surfaced due to funding over immigration enforcement, with Trump taking action  in hopes of putting an end to the shutdown ASAP. He urged the House to vote; however, both political parties have not been the most eager to approve of the funding, and have their own demands towards immigration forces after the deaths of two Americans in Minneapolis (Alex Pretti and Ren

On February 6th, 2026, the Olympic games officially started in the host city of Milan, Italy. They had the opening ceremony breaking the record for most viewership with 21.4 million viewers which is a 34% increase from the Beijing Olympics in 2022. This year's opening ceremonies had many performances from singers like Mariah Carey and famous Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli who headlined the whole event. Then with the Olympic flame being lit that starts the beginning of 8