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Lotteria employees welcome customers at the Fullerton location, with potted plants, signs and balloons celebrating their grand opening, on Thursday, Aug. 14.

RESTAURANT REVIEW: Korean fast food chain Lotteria opens first U.S. location in Fullerton

Mina Imai, Copy Editor August 28, 2025

Lotteria opened its first non-Asian location at 150 W. Orangethorpe Ave. in Fullerton. Its soft launch began on Monday, Aug. 11, while it officially opened on Thursday, Aug. 14. This is the chain’s...

Justin Bieber comes back after a four-year hiatus with his seventh studio album on July 11.

MUSIC REVIEW: Justin Bieber’s ‘Swag’ marks new era of fatherhood, reflection

Yena Oh, Entertainment Editor August 25, 2025

Pop singer Justin Bieber finally returned after a four-year musical hiatus with his seventh studio album, Swag, and a new title for himself: dad. Fans have been eagerly awaiting his next project since...

Musical artists Blood Orange (left), Daniel Caesar and Laufey are all set to release their respective albums in the coming months, with the earliest launch being Friday, Aug. 22.

TUNE IN: 3 Upcoming albums to look out for this year

Tatiana Galvez, Business Team & Staff Reporter August 21, 2025

 

Under a red tent with the supermarket’s logo on it, employees help customers sign up for H Mart’s loyalty program and distribute gifts to those who purchased over $50 worth of merchandise on Aug. 9.

STORE REVIEW: H Mart’s new location to collection of Asian supermarkets around California too far for a worthy visit

Serenity Li, Entertainment Editor August 20, 2025

Lines, Lines, Lines. Lines of people, products and even lengthy receipts all seemed to enhance the grandeur of the first opening days of the new H Mart on 16450 Beach Blvd. The company’s official...

BLACKPINK member Jisoo's newly released album, "Amortage" is a combination of the Latin word for love, "amor," and "montage," symbolizing a montage of love.

MUSIC REVIEW: Blackpink member Jisoo makes right move with solo album debut

Bradyn Chiang, Data Team June 13, 2025

Jisoo’s K-pop solo album Amortage starts off like an explosion. It begins with an upbeat rhythm to draw the listener in, then slows down at the end with softer vocals and a slower beat. “Boy in...

In their formal attire, the cast of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” stands on the steps outside the Cerritos Performing Arts Center waiting for the awards ceremony to begin on Sunday, June 1.

BEHIND THE SEAMS: Revisiting world of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” with encore

Serenity Li, Entertainment Editor June 3, 2025

Accolade co-copy editor junior Serenity Li auditioned in the first semester of the 2024-2025 school year to join the cast of the spring musical, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” and...

CW's new show, Sherlock and Daughter released Wednesday, April 16 featuring Amelia Rojas, played by Blu Hunt (Inadu, "The Originals") and Sherlock Holmes, played by David Thewlis (Remus Lupin, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban").

Case closed for the CW’s ‘Sherlock & Daughter’

Esther Ahn June 2, 2025

The CW has recently decided to add to the Sherlock Holmes-verse with its own conjecture about the classic detective’s lineage. As the title suggests, “Sherlock & Daughter,” which as of the...

Haymitch Abernathy, main character of Suzanne Collins’ new book Sunrise on the Reaping scans his environment while awaiting the beginning of the 50th Hunger Games.

BOOK REVIEW: The sun shines favorably on newest Hunger Games novel

Serenity Li, Entertainment Editor May 13, 2025

Soon after the release of “Songbirds and Snakes,” a movie adaptation of the Hunger Games prequel of the same name, author Suzanne Collins announced, through Scholastic Press, she was making a fourth...

Abigail Veyna (left), who plays Charlotte Lucas — a friend of the female lead —  talks to senior Kathleen Handley, who plays one of the main characters, Elizabeth Bennet, during their fourth-period rehearsal of the stage version of Jane Austen’s classic novel, Pride and Prejudice on Friday, April 25, in the Performing Arts Center [PAC]. The two-hour-and-15-minute play consisting solely of theater students will debut tonight at 7 in the PAC.

SPRING PLAY PREVIEW: Theater students stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, debuting tonight

Elise Pak, Opinion Editor May 1, 2025

For the first time under theater teacher Christian Penuelas’ guidance, a student has been tapped to direct tonight’s debut of the spring play, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel, Pride...

Party School by Jon Hart challenges the idea that success is tied to prestigious colleges, showing that growth and self-worth can be found in unexpected places. The novel critiques societal pressures and redefines success as personal development rather than external validation.

BOOK REVIEW: Coming-of-age novel flips the typical college narrative

Emily Lee, Social Media Team & Staff Reporter April 25, 2025

In his coming-of-age novel, Party School, Jon Hart reveals that growth does not always come with prestige. He explores the tension between self-perception and societal expectations. In a competitive...

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