Calvin Yan

A House Divided: Local Perspectives on the Catalan Crisis

Josep Vericat remembers a tense morning 41 years ago in a small police station office in the Catalonia region of Spain; a pistol upon the table served as the on...

Controversial roof deck proposal awaits evaluation

The Palo Alto City Council is considering a proposal by home design company Houzz to build a downtown rooftop dining patio that would violate current building r...

Culinary Contraptions: Automation in the Restaurant Industry

What a human can do, a robot can do better. This belief seems to have gained traction in Silicon Valley. Robots can be found driving cars, cleaning floors, and...

Yoo Got The Power: Gunn alum revises the scholarship hunt

Every story has a call to adventure, a catalyst that pushes a character out of their comfort zone and into the unknown. Twenty-one-year-old Justin Yoo may not b...