Modesto Joins Black Lives Matter Protests
By Ryce Stoughtenborough
June 1, 2020
Modesto marched along McHenry Avenue in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests across the nation on Sunday, March 31st, 2020. A large group of people gathered on Tenth Street Plaza with homemade signs, masks, water and their voices. The event was monitored by Modesto Police Department while...
The devil you don’t know
Story by Ryce Stoughtenborough and Illustration by Patrick Tamayo
May 12, 2020
He’s been tied to hundreds of heinous crimes throughout history, often pinned as the alleged influencer. Hollywood has profited heavily off his presence in films like “The Witch,” “Rosemary’s Baby” and William Friedkin’s 1973 horror classic “The Exorcist.” He goes by different names to ...
Art doesn’t stop because of shelter in place
Ryce Stoughtenborough
April 28, 2020
The current state of our world is turbulent, to put it lightly. Amid the panic of COVID-19, every country, city and the people within it are faced with the uncertainty of the future. Although America has allowed occupations deemed essential to progress — putting millions of other Americans out of work ...
Top five streamable horror films to scare you into forgetting COVID-19
Story by Ryce Stoughtenborough
April 14, 2020
5. “Creep” (2014) — Netflix For me, found footage horror films are usually a motion sickness inducing mess — I’m looking at you, “Blair Witch Project.” The violent shakes and two-second camera glances of the monster in question has never been visually appetizing to me. However, whe...
Empty: San Francisco during COVID-19, A City on Pause
Video by Ryce Stoughtenborough
April 7, 2020
The streets of Downtown San Francisco are barren of the bustling city life after the recent shelter-in-place enacted in response to COVID-19. The ceasing of tourism and public activities has created a surreal scene of emptiness—a feeling seldom felt in the city. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRYUkRx69qk
People of the Bay: Cloud & Billie
Video by Ryce Stoughtenborough
March 24, 2020
Lifelong San Francisco resident Cloud Galanes-Rosenbaum speaks fondly of her service dog, Billie. The two can be seen throughout the Castro District stopping for pets from friends or getting treats from dog-loving shop owners. Billie, a sensory processing service dog for Autism Spectrum Disorder, helps...
Service Dogs 101: Intro to the good boys and girls of the Bay Area
by Ryce Stoughtenborough
March 18, 2020
The first time Billie, a sensory processing service dog, saved the life of Cloud Galanes-Rosenbaum, 33, was during the 2015 San Francisco Pride Parade. Galanes-Rosenbaum, a Castro District native who has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), experiences severe panic attacks when she experiences too much s...
Cosmic Caveman
Story by Ryce Stoughtenborough and Photos by Maddison October
February 24, 2020
Brett Vanhorn was sitting in his Honda Fit Sport on the corner of Castro and 18th Street. He was shoveling globs of peanut butter into his mouth with the help of the handle of a plastic fork. Vanhorn is an artist, and it is not hard to tell from his car. Lilac, yellow and electric green paint smudge...
