(Photos: Myiah Lucio, The Puma Prensa) By Myiah Lucio, staff writer In the opening non-league game against Casa Grande Sep. 2, Maria Carrillo football put up a great fight, almost taking home the win 21-28. See the slideshow below.
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Seniors relish in tradition and paint parking spots
by Jon Donohue, editor After the hectic rush at orientation, a sigh of relief fell upon seniors at Maria Carrillo High School as they finally secured their own personalized parking spot. Three days later, on Saturday Aug. 13, seniors were able to relish in the tradition of painting their parking spots. It was a blazingly […]
Bond problems rooted in personnel decisions
Business contracts from SRCS (Photo: Rose Cromwell, The Puma Prensa) by Leo Herbstman, editor *Continuation of article titled SRCS district mismanaging bond money In an effort to provide readers with more context, this article provides more information about decisions made under Superintendent Diann Kitamura that led to the business decisions described in the mismanagement article […]
‘80s musical ‘Rock of Ages’ is a synthesis of talents
Cast singing “Don’t Stop Believing” (Photos courtesy of Brett Brucklacher) by Maddie Qualls, editor A synthesis of talents–Maria Carrillo High School’s production of Rock of Ages–did not disappoint. The live band, musical numbers, enthusiastic acting, and extravagant costume design meshed together to create a dramatic, humorous and sweet musical. Rock of Ages tells the tale […]
Kendrick Lamar Puts Out New Album After 5 years
Photos of Kendrick Lamar throughout his career by Jonathan Giron, staff writer After five years of being away from the music spotlight, Kendrick Lamar has finally put out his much anticipated rap album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers on May 13. There is no doubt that Kendrick has established himself as one of the […]
Ceres community project
MCHS students Kailyn Shin and Rosemary Vincent-Blatter preparing ingredients in Santa Rosa Ceres kitchen. By Jungyeon Lee, staff writer Ceres community project has provided many students from Maria Carrillo High School, myself included, a way to earn service hours and directly help the community. The project serves organic meals and bags of groceries for people […]
SRCS district mismanaging bond money
Business contracts from SRCS (Photo: Rose Cromwell/The Puma Prensa) by Leo Herbstman, editor Rapidly depleted funds, questionable work and frayed relationships with the local base of contractors are some of the results of business decisions made by Santa Rosa City Schools related to Measure I and L bonds, which were passed by voters in 2014 […]
Is Marvel’s Moon Knight the best tv show yet on Disney plus? 
Marvel Moon Knight promotional post, found in google creative commons seciton by Jon Donohue, assistant editor Exhilarating, hilarious and surprising. These are three words that I would use to describe Marvel’s series Moon Knight. A character by the name of Steven Grant was welcomed with open arms by MCU fans. The storytelling from the first […]
The Seniors’ Final Advice
Canva graphic of students graduating (Photo: Brooke Cregan, The Puma Prensa) by Brooke Cregan, staff writer To the future graduating classes of Maria Carrillo,Remember, as the class of 2022 has seen, high school will go by in a flash. Take advantage of every opportunity. Enjoy the little things. Make the best of it. This is […]
A step-by-step guide for college preparation and applications
Photo: Canva graphic by Maddie Qualls, The Puma Prensa by Maddie Qualls, editor The college application process has left me jaded–maybe taken years off of my life. Juniors, you’re next. Aren’t you excited? Well, I am here to hopefully make it a little easier for everyone (except for you, seniors, but good job–you’re done!). I […]