This morning, I awoke to a quiet house, which is extremely rare in my life. Turns out my mom was still sleeping and my dad was enjoying reading the newspaper, a far cry from the usual hurricane of action that is most mornings. When my mother got up, I was almost ready to go off to school. She...

The mood was one of anxious jubilation in the career center Monday at 12:15 pm. Yearbook students had transformed the small room into a heavily efficient distribution center to sell and fulfill pre-paid orders of their year-long project. “This is like the day our babies are...

While the presidential campaign hasn’t really hit California yet like it has other states, the race to become the Republican presidential nominee hit pretty close to Dixon last Thursday. Republican presidential candidate and Texas Rep. Ron Paul held a massive rally at UC Davis in the...

Thirty-five students were denied entrance to Junior Prom at the Elk’s Tower in downtown Sacramento Saturday evening when alcohol was allegedly found on the bus they arrived in. The group, which was almost entirely upper classmen with one sophomore, had organized through junior Madison...

There’s no changing the fact that high school students have cars. It has been that way since there has been a licensing age. The car is a hallmark of the quintessential American high school experience, and will continue to be despite future environmental threats and our so-called...

The Dixon High School chapter of Young Americans for Liberty hosted a documentary screening Wednesday to more than just a full house. Mr. Tutt’s classroom was completely full of students seeking to learn about their rights in police encounters. The club offered free pizza to those attendees...

In case you haven’t noticed, the vitriolic warmongering against Iran has been amplified by the corporate media and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. The three neoconservative republican candidates have criticized President Obama for not doing enough to stop Iran and/or its nuclear...

[Editor's Note: This editorial is a discussion of the ASB election process at Dixon High School, and is not a critique of the job of the Leadership class or its adviser.] Here it comes, the time-honored tradition of picking which Leadership veteran is most qualified and has the best ideas to...

If there are 35 laps left in the Indy 500 and two race cars are way ahead of the pack- one less than a second ahead of the other- do you announce the leader as the winner? If there are 35 laps left in a 500 lap race, that means that 83% of the race is over, right? What if CBS sports were to...

Breast cancer research nonprofit and fundraising giant Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has partially funded Planned Parenthood, the leading provider of abortions and other sexual health services, for years through grants. Planned Parenthood receives about $680,000 a year in Komen...

The recent debates and election in South Carolina have left me disappointed in the GOP. Over the last two weeks we’ve seen two candidates drop out of the race, a GOP audience boo the ‘Golden Rule’, and Newt Gingrich (eeeek!) win the election. All of the nastiness , chaos, and...

The Dixon Patch published an article on Tuesday naming Dixon High School Senior Marcos Pangelinan “Athlete of the Year”. Read the whole article and watch the video...