El Paisano Newspaper Vol.63 Issue 4

Serving The Rio Hondo Community

Wednesday October 13, 2021

Vol.63 Issue 4

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FASHION

WEEK

Jasmine Soria

Editor-In-Chief

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os Angeles Fashion Week made a return for the first time since 2019, featuring four days of Cars and Fashion, Red Carpet, Contemporary, and Street Wear looks. Each day four international and LA-based designers showcased their collections, including 16 different extraordinary and unique pieces. This year LAFW took place at the Petersen Museum in Beverly Hills, one of the largest automotive museums in the United States. On Friday, Oct. 8th, 2021, the Contemporary show featured Bishme Cromartie, Naid Fashion, Laura Theiss, and Greg Lauren.

WHAT IS LAFW?

LAFW, established in 2010, just like New York and Paris have a fashion week, Mayor Eric Garcetti and California State Senator Ben Allen declared

this official fashion week. The motive is to show the diversity and style in Los Angeles, one of the most diverse cities in the US. In the past ten years, LA fashion has made a mark in the fashion industry through social media influencers, models, actors, and even the California natives. It is an event of entertainment and a celebration of cultures and the expression of self through fashion.

Petersen Museum

Located in the heart of Los Angeles, on Wilshire Blvd right next to LACMA, the Brea Tar Pits, and Academy Award Museum, is the Petersen Museum. The entire street is known for the vibrant nightlife full of restaurants, bars, and shopping. Robert Petersen, the

owner, founded this museum in 1994.The museum displays over 100 vehicles from its 25 galleries. The basement level is a vault dedicated to some of the rarest cars in history, including the 1939 Porsche 64; there are only two cars in the world of this model. It is a non-profit museum; any funds raised go towards automotive education and preserving history.

Friday’s first show opened

by Bishme Cromartie, a young designer from Baltimore, Maryland; his clothing line known for being ​​”chic, edgy and unexpected fashion.” He is self-taught and designed his Continued on pg.2 ▶

Jasmine Soria for El Paisano Media Jasmine Soria for El Paisano Media Classic candy apple red, 1920's Bentley dispalyed on the third floor of the Petersen Museum.

Runway Model Mikaela Zoe Jones wearing Niads Fashion, the third contemporary show on Friday night.

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◀ Continues from pg.1 first collection at the young age of 16. His exhibition at LAFW featured animal print pieces, including dresses, jumpsuits, pants, and skirts, with lots of cutouts and slits, a trend commonly seen on social media.

The second show of the night was Naids Fashion. This collection featured brightly colored patterned blazers, suits, and accessories. The face behind this collection is Oluwatosin Junaid; born in Nigeria, he has created a close relationship to his personal life and pieces.

Junaid’s purpose is to share African culture with everyone who wears his clothing. There is a piece of himself in every item, along with his roots. The show closed off with Naids walking down the runway and received a large hand of applause for his hard work. He took one of the models by the arm, walked her down the runway, and returned to his seat.

Laura Theiss showcased her collection, the third contemporary show of the night.

Theis was born in Lithuania and strives to create sustainable clothing. Her pieces are handmade by artisan women in Lithuania who knit every item, allowing them to work and keep their traditions alive. From a young age, Theiss herself learned to knit, an inspiration to create her own line. The models were all women wearing knitted pieces, including dresses, pants, and even skirts.

At the end of the show, Theiss came out to bow for her presentation, followed by a positive cheer from the crowd.

The final and closing show was Greg Lauren. Prior to the show, Lauren presented a contemporary dance choreography performed by a group of dancers wearing his line.

Lauren is a designer and artist who explores “Identity, image development, aspiration, and the heroic figure,” he says. His clothing, made from repurposed materials, including military fabrics and field clothing.

He has worked with ‘Alteration

Jasmine Soria for El Paisano Media Runway model wearing Greg Lauren, the fourth contemporary show of the night. This designer piece is made out of repurposed military fabrics.

for Colette’ Installation to give a percentage of every item purchased to wounded soldiers to help with their medical treatments and injuries. Lauren closed Friday’s contemporary shows.

Celebrities like Usher, Chance the Rapper, Ray J, and Christie Valdiserri appeared at Saturday’s show sitting in the VIP section, front row. The designers provided compli-

mentary gift bags to all A-List celebrities, models, and influences in the VIP section. This year, LAFW was sponsored by Stella Artois, Fruit Smash, and Topochico, with stations indoors and out selling beverages to guests. Along with a photo section/ backdrop for pictures.

The show took place on the third floor of the museum, an outdoor seating area. When entering the museum, LAFW en-

forced all COVID guidelines, including wearing a mask indoors and proof of full vaccination to enter. At the entrance of the building, there was a red carpet entrance for all VIP guests. This was the end of the third LAFW night, contemporary show.

Sunday night featured LA-style Streetwear, presented by four more designers.

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Runway model closing the Laura Theiss collection, the third shoe of the night. Her collection featured knit wear, including dresses, skirts and pants.

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Oluwatsoin Junaid, designer and owner of Naids Fashion closing the second show on Friday night.

All models are wearing his collection and congratulating his new line.

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The Vaccine Mandate won’t be enforced by the Los Angeles County Sheriff John T. Rodriguez News/Photo Editor

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lex Villanueva, the Los Angeles County sheriff has stated that he would not enforce the vaccine mandate in his agency. Sheriff Villanueva is responsible for the largest sheriff's department in the county. He takes responsibility for about 18,000 officers.

Sheriff Villanueva says he

is not planning to carry out the county’s mandate of the vaccine. The mandate requires employees of Los Angeles county to be fully vaccinated

by October 1st. Which was just a little over a week ago. Sheriff Villanueva made the announcement on a facebook live event on Wednesday October 7th.

“I don’t want to be in position to lose 5, 10% of my workforce overnight on a vaccine mandate,” Sheriff Villanueva

Graphic byJohn T. Rodriguez for El Paisano Media Alex Villanueva, the Los Angeles County sheriff has stated that he would not enforce the vaccine mandate in his agency.

made it clear on why he is not enforcing the mandate.

This won’t be the first time Sheriff Villanueva would not be enforcing a mandate

by Los Angeles County. Earlier this year Sheriff Villanueva did not enforce a mandate on the county's new mask order at the time. Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Health had ordered an indoor mask mandate back in July 2021.

The indoor mask mandate was also getting some mixed reactions, some saying it is necessary and others saying they are prepared to do whatever it takes to keep them safe. Sheriff Villanueva was one of those who had criticized the mandate made by the Department of Public Health. Sheriff Villanueva would go on and claim that the mandate was not “backed up by science”. Prior to California reopening on June 15, all county residents were required to wear masks indoors under similar rules.

Sheriff would go on and say that sheriff’s deputies “will not extend our limited resources” to enforce the order.

The reason for the mask mandates back in July of this year was due to the fact that COVID-19 cases were increasing

once again. It was at this time that regardless of your vaccinations status, wearing a mask indoors was required.

According to the CDC, more than 26,000 people have died due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County which is the nation's most populous county. About 78% of the county’s 10 million residents have received at least one vaccine dose. Furthermore 69% of their residents are fully vaccinated.

Just a little over 8,000 new cases were reported on October 1st. That is about 7,487 cases on a seven day average.

According to ABC 7, health officials in Los Angeles County have reported 14 deaths a day.

Just one day after Los Angeles had approved the nation's strictest mandate was when Sheriff Villanueva made his announcement. Los Angeles announced that everyone must have both vaccine shots or proof of having a negative COVID-19 test to go to restaurants, bars, nail salons, gyms and sports events.

Los Angeles County has continued to report improvement on a weekly basis on cases as well as hospitalizations.

California was averaging about more than 3,400 infection cases

according to the Los Angeles times.

Graphic byJohn T. Rodriguez for El Paisano Media

The indoor mask mandate was also getting some mixed reactions, some saying it is necessary and others saying they are prepared to do whatever it takes to keep them safe.

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Vegan Fashion Leads the

World in the Right Direction M adeline Torres A&E Co-Editor

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egan Fashion Week makes its return in Oct. 2021 for the first time after two years. The event took place in downtown Los Angeles showing guests new, ethical and sustainable clothing. Founder of Vegan Fashion Week, Emmanuelle Rienda, shares her excitement towards the event, hoping that this will be a step in the right direction to buying ethical and sustainable clothing.

The event took place at the South Park Penthouse, with a view of the entire downtown area. Before the show, there was a Vegan Market Place, with 15 vegan designers including Shoes53045, Fleur and Bee, Premium Basic Shoes, Slyth Virago, Aware, Solios, Lunar Method, Pure Void, Pushaoo, Sylven, Nous Etudions, Vegan Tiger showcasing their products. Samuel Leroux, Co-Founder of Solios said, "all of our watches are solar-powered; they will last forever; our mission is to reduce the carbon footprint and prevent throwing away batteries, along with sav-

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Leather is known to be the biggest polluting material in the fashion industry. All the toxic matierials found in leather are released into the air impacting the air pollution.

Another similiar threat is wool.

ing people money. One watch is all you need". The designer of Slyth Virago said, "our boots are made from recycled bottles, and the boots themselves are entirely recyclable." The majority of pieces are made in Europe or Japan and are entirely handmade.

This weekend was dedicated to four exceptional international designers showcasing their collections for the first time. On Friday, Nous Etudions opened the show; Romina Cardillo, the designer behind the looks, is from Argentina.

This line consists of oversized pieces, blazers, long coats, different textiles like vegan leather, and colorful prints. The models were all wearing vegan Doc Marten shoes with every outfit.

The night's second show was Vegan Tiger, a Korean Vegan company specializing in coats and blazers, all fur-free.

Yang Yoon, the face behind these designs, strives to create winter jackets, ensuring that they are vegan and eco-friendly.

Yoon incorporated models of all genders, ethnicity, and skin colors when displaying her line.

"After kick-starting this next-level conversation in the media and in the fashion industry, Vegan Fashion Week continues to lead the industry forward by supporting the growth of ethical fashion. We strive to connect the dots by generating consumer awareness and professionalizing this new market by transforming the supply chain." Rienda says.

Rienda's devotion and passion for ethical changes started in 2008 when she moved to Los Angeles and decided to open her first showroom displaying work that french fashion designers created. She was inspired to do so after studying abroad in France; she displayed wool,silk, leather, and sometimes fur. After becoming more involved in ethical fashion, she wanted to contribute and influence the public to make a change not only to help animals but to the planet.

"I wanted to raise awareness on the animals used for fashion and communicate to a creative audience with beauty and innovation. I researched the market globally and curated fashion and textile designers embodying this new philosophy and societal shift.",she explains.

What is Vegan Fashion?

Vegan clothing that is made is 100% cruelty-free. Cruelty-free means that there are no animal-based fibers found in the clothing. Vegan fashion is to help stop animals from suffering and being used for materials. Vegan fashion is more than just a piece of clothing, it's a lifestyle, and it requires dedi-

cation and commitment. While Vegan fashion is also sustainable, sustainable fashion and vegan fashion are two different production processes that must not be confused about.

"Vegan Fashion is more than just a fashion trend; it's a philosophy that is transcending in all areas in life," says Rienda.

What is Sustainable Fashion?

Unlike vegan fashion, sustainable fashion mainly focuses on clothing that will help reduce environmental issues. Sustainable fashion products are usually made from items that are biodegradable or recyclable.

"The biggest downfall of sustainable fashion is the fact that it truly stops at fashion.

You could buy a top made from 100% organic cotton then go home and eat a big mac. Even though you made a conscious choice to reduce your environmental impact by purchasing something sustainable, the carbon emissions released in

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Big brands like Gucci, Prada, and Versace have all stated that they will no longer be using fur in their products.

the creation of your hamburger essentially cancels out the purchase of your top." (Vegan fashion week website) The difference between the two is from how they are made. Oftentimes, sustainable

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Emmanuelle Rienda, founder of Vegan Fashion Week, hosted the event in hopes of educating the public about veganism and sustainability.

clothing will be made of silk or leather, making it vegan-friendly and vice versa with vegan clothing.

For this year's Vegan Fashion Week, Rienda has made it her mission to influence people worldwide to start buying vegan clothing. Her goal for Vegan Fashion Week was to help bring change into the fashion industry.

In downtown Los Angeles, many designers, influencers, etc., have all gathered from across the globe to be a part of a new positive step in helping the environment and animals.

"Since our inception, the vegan fashion discussion in mainstream media has finally existed in a creative and positive way. More and more celebrities started speaking out about their plant-based lifestyle and the Hollywood awards shows (The Oscars, Golden Globes, Critics' Choice Awards,…) are now vegan events!" Rienda shares.

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Emmanuelle Rienda launches her first vegan multibrand showroom located in downtown Los Angeles. It presents vegan sustainable brands that were showcased before the show.

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Physics Nobel Prize

Decides Climate Change is Worth the Fight Jonathon Carmona

Science and Tech Editor

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limate change is a steep hill battle, but the tree on the hill bears the sweetest fruit.

The Nobel Prize is five separate prizes that are awarded to ”those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind,” according to Sir Alfred Nobel’s will from 1985. This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics was handed out last Tuesday and split into two parties.

The first party, Syukuro Manabe, originally hailing from Japan, and Klaus Hasselmann of Germany. They were awarded for their work in developing forecast models of Earth’s climate and figuring out how to reliably predict global warming.

The second party is Giorgio Parisi, a scientist out of Italy.

He won his half of the prize for explaining disorder in physical systems. This means, being able to predict the chaotic systems of the natural world, from those as small as the insides of atoms to the planet-sized ones.

Manabe, 90, and Hasselmann, 89, both took the opportunity to point out that climate change

is a serious problem. Hasselmann went as far as to say he “would rather have no global warming and no Nobel Prize.”

Manabe went on to state that figuring out climate change, and all the work that was done, was easier than trying to get the world to actually do something about it.

Even Parisi, whose Nobel Prize was won for different reasons, pointed out that the world needs to do something about climate change.

“It’s very urgent that we take very strong decisions and move at a very strong pace,” Parisi stated.

Parisi’s share of the Prize was for work mainly focusing on subatomic particles and their behavior. He developed a way to predict the chaotic movement of these particles and why they move that way. Though this work is not of large scale, it is important that we observe complex systems and try to understand them as the sane philosophies could be applied in others’ work.

Having started in the 1960s, Manabe has been dubbed the “Michael Jordan of climate”. Manabe created the first climate models that would predict what could happen

as carbon dioxide gathered in our atmosphere. This work gave specifics as to how this would affect our atmosphere.

It laid the groundwork for other scientists to show how climate change would damage our world in the coming years.

Manabe, along with a sci-

entist named Richard Wetherald, wrote a paper in 1967 that would later be called “the most influential climate paper ever”.

Hasselmann, a decade after Manabe’s initial start, helped bring some more credibility to Manabe’s work. Hasselmann explained how climate models like Manabe’s were in fact reliable and were true warnings of the future. Hasselmann also figured how to spot when humans affect climate.

Understanding complex systems can have dramatic results in not just one field of study. Parisi accomplished such a feat by first studying a metal

alloy, spin-glass. Spin-glass has unpredictable behavior, and for a long time, confused scientists.

Parisi’s theories that came out of this study were then applied to other fields such as mathematics, biology, and more.

In less than 3 weeks, there will be negotiations between world leaders where they will be discussing how committed they are to fighting climate change. One can only hope these leaders see the importance of the work these Physicists have done and actively work for a strong solution.

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The world's leaders will be meeting soon to discuss how they will combat climate change. A quick Google search would show them how important the work of the Nobel Prize winners is and how we can fight back climate change.

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Los Muertos Fest Presented By Casita Del Pueblo

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On Sunday, October 10, 2021, Casita Del Pueblo hosted their annual Los Muertos Fest in Uptown Whittier. After 16 years the event continues to draw in large crowds to this family-friendly event with many dressing up to participate in the costume contest. The sights of classic cars and the smells from the various food trucks surely got everyone in the spirit.

Photo Essay by Raymond Luna

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EDITORIAL Battlefield 2042 Beta: Concerned and Hyped Brandon R amirez Opinion Co-Editor

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ccess to the Battlefield 2042 Beta began on Oct. 6 through Oct. 9. The first two days were only open for people who preordered the game, with the open beta beginning on the latter two. 2024 is set to be released in Nov., but the beta gives fans a chance to experience a slice of the game before the official release.

The beta also provides feedback to developer Dice, letting them know both technical and interface issues. The beta event as a whole was met with mixed reaction. The quality of the beta quickly became a point of contention among fans.

2042 has been long anticipated by fans. A return to a more contemporary time period, 2042 is a big change from the previous two entries in the series. The change in era was coupled with a heavy change in user interface (UI). The new UI has been very controversial.

A new on-field modding system replaces the old in menu modding system. Players can still select what loadout they want before respawning, however they can only add attachments and change ammo type on-field with a new real-time menu. This was a welcome addition by many but the loss of the respawn menus was widely criticized.

The biggest change was the move from classes to specialists.

This change was the source of most of the controversy facing the beta, whether directly or indirectly.

Battlefield has long implemented a class system, where players choose a particular role (assault, medic, support, scout, ect.) and are given access to particular weapons and gadgets that are usually specified to the particular class. This affected the balance of gameplay, with classes encouraging players to play their role to be successful.

2042 introduced specialists.

This system is similar to classes in that each character has access to specific abilities that encourage a particular play style. However, this new system is much less restrictive as each specialist has access to your entire arsenal. This has been met with mixed reviews, with the beta issues compounding the system’s weaknesses.

Each team uses all the same characters, and the UI at its base is not very intelligible. Meaning that you’re likely to unload on a teammate by accident, or completely fail to realize an enemy and lose a fight. This along with the armor plating system means there are heavy discrepancies in pivotal aspects of gameplay like team recognition and time-to-kill.

While there are clear negatives, fans of the series also welcome what feels like a return to form. The beta was chaotic for many, but so was gameplay.

Which, for Battlefield, is a good thing.

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Vaccine Mandates: Good or Bad? Ryan Leon

Opinion Co-Editor

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n Wednesday Oct. 6, the Los Angeles City Council approved a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that will require proof of vaccination at most public places beginning on Nov. 6. Los Angeles is the third city in the United States to enforce mandatory vaccinations.

The cities of New York and San Francisco were the first to incorporate vaccine mandates earlier this year. The decision to include Los Angeles in mandatory vaccinations is due in large part to the growing number of positive COVID-19 cases the city has been experiencing.

Unsurprisingly, this decision has been met with backlash from those who do not wish to be vaccinated.

This has been an issue since the vaccinations were first announced.

Many individuals were more than willing to get their shots as soon as they became available. Many others, however, were hesitant to be injected with a vaccine that was developed so quickly.

On one hand, there is a great number of people who have been vaccinated in an effort to help the world go back to normal. On the other hand, there are similar amounts of people, if not more, who are against being vaccinated.

So, how is the world going to return to normalcy if millions of human beings refuse to get on board with the vaccines? Well, as of right now, vaccination mandates seem to be the answer.

This is a tough situation we have found ourselves in. Not only because of the dangerous disease that is constantly threatening our lives, but also because of our inability to reach common ground.

It's unfortunate that society has been divided over this. I thought if something that could help reduce the risks of getting sick was created, then the problem would be solved.

I didn’t think another problem would arise on top of the pandemic.

Now, you can chalk it up as ignorance, but I really hoped society would come together and help each other prevent more losses from COVID-19.

Instead, the opposite effect has happened. Society has turned on one another because of different viewpoints.

This is very unfortunate because the vaccines are supposed to be a good thing; they’re supposed to help prevent the contraction and transmission of COVID-19. Still, some people choose to ignore this and continue to spread different information.

One could argue that the

Graphic by Ryan Leon for El Paisano Media Pfizer and Moderna are the most popular types of vaccinations people can choose to receive in order to be better protected from COVID-19. It is now more important than ever to be vaccinated due to the recent vaccine mandates that have been ordered in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

vaccines are bad for us and that we should just rely on our natural immunity. The thing about that though, is that everyone’s immune system is different.

Just because one person may have a strong immune system doesn’t mean everybody does. The number of deaths from COVID-19 are a strong representation of that.

Before the vaccines were being administered, positive cases were skyrocketing daily.

Now that people have been vaccinated, positive cases have dropped significantly, despite other variants of the Coronavirus that have caused cases to go up again recently.

Most notably the Delta variant that has caused concern for many over the past few weeks.

As someone who is fully vaccinated, I have to say that I agree with the city’s decision to enforce vaccine mandates.

I believe it is a good thing to demand proof of vaccination at establishments that allow hundreds, even thousands of people to occupy their space.

To me, that is the best way to ensure the maximum amount of safety for everyone.

Knowing that others around me

are also fully vaccinated brings a level of comfort that wouldn’t be there with unvaccinated individuals.

In contrast, it’s hard not to think about the negative aspects of forcing people to do something they are not comfortable doing. Still, it is important to get vaccinated.

Yet, I can’t help but sympathize with those who feel they are being treated unfairly.

People have a right to do what they please with their body after all.

So, while I believe getting vaccinated is of the utmost importance in defeating COVID-19, I cannot tell someone what to do with their own body.

All I can do is hope that enough individuals choose to get vaccinated on their own, and that more people do what’s best for them in order to protect themselves and the people around them from this deadly disease.

The scariest, most negative aspect of the vaccine mandates that I can think of is the possibility of riots breaking out as a result. I feel like this possibility is what makes the mandates bad. It’s a scary thought, but one that I feel

needs to be addressed.

The idea of people fighting against the very thing that might help us beat the pandemic and return to normalcy is strange to me. But it’s an idea that I cannot count out because of all the pushback I have seen.

Ultimately, I understand the concerns of many, and I can sympathize with not wanting to be forced to do something against my will.

However, I believe that the vaccine mandates are a good thing. I believe they are going to help minimize the spread of COVID-19 and help us return to the normalcy we all remember and miss dearly.

Even though many will disagree, I think vaccine mandates should continue to be put in place throughout the entirety of the United States and beyond. I have hope that many more will agree that COVID-19 is a bad thing that must be abolished.

If enough people in society band together, COVID-19 may very well become a thing of the past, and we will finally be able to wake up from the nightmare that has been haunting us for far too long.

Graphic by Ryan Leon for El Paisano Media Major businesses are going to be strongly affected by the recent vaccine mandates that have been put in place in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Sporting venues, gyms, restaurants, and movie theaters are a few of the businesses that will require proof of vaccination.

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France Nation League Wins Vs Spain Fernando R amos

Exectuve Sports Editor

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he France National Team has made history this past Sunday by defeating the Spanish National Team in the Nations League. France has become the first national team to win the World Cup, Euros, and Nations League. Although very controversial, the French came back from a 1-0 scoreline to finish the game 2-1.

This is a huge victory for France after a disappointing summer in the Euros after loss in the Euros Round of 16 vs Switzerland. Although France have not been playing their best football over the last eighteen months, they were still the favorites to win the competition and they have proven why they were the favorites.

France did not only have to come back in the Final against Spain; in the Semi Final against Belgium, France had to come back from a 2-0 deficit.

Belgium are currently ranked the number 1 nation in the world according to Fifa, which makes the comeback from France that more impressive.

Spain has also been playing

some very impressive football over the last six to twelve months. Under Luis Enrique, Spain has managed to regain their philosophy of Football.

Their possession style of play was something that the Spanish did not see when Julen Lopetegui was in charge of the National Side. The possession style, pass and go, was a style that brought Spain to the top of the world under Vicente Del Bosque. Under Del Bosque, Spain had won 2 European Championships and of course their World Cup victory in 2010.

Now under Luis Enrique, who himself is very much a possession based coach, Spain are now once again a powerhouse of world football. As well as having some of the best young talents of the world such as Pedri, Bryan Gil, Ansu Fati, and Ferran Torres. Although a loss in the Nations League was a huge blow for Luis Enrique and the Spanish National Team, there is no doubt that Spain is once again going back up in the right direction.

The game between France and Spain ended 2-1 for the French in controversial fashion. Micael Oyarzabal opened the scoreline in the 62nd

minute of the game. A over the top through ball by Sergio Bousquets set Oyarzabal free as he drilled the ball in the bottom right corner. However, it only took 60 seconds for the French to respond. Real Madrid talisman Karim Benzema picked up the ball from the top of the box and curled the ball in the top right corner of the goal.

Unai Simon was able to get his fingertips to the ball however it was not enough to stop the ball from going in the back of the net. The controversy comes in the second goal. Kylian Mbappe was sent through on goal as he slotted the ball in the back of the net, however, there was a huge shout for offside that could have very well been called. On screen, it looked like Mbappe was on the wrong side of Azpilicueta, however, the referee Anthony Taylor believed that Mbappe was onside and so the goal stood.

The game finished 2-1 for France, in what was a very controversial, yet very attractive game of football with two great sides playing until the very end.

Fernando Ramos for El Paisano Media Karim Benzema now becomes the most decorated French Footballer in history after their Nation League victory against Spain

Lady Roadrunners Soccer Hot Streak

Noah Segovia

Co-Sports Editor

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espite their winning record, the Lady Roadrunners are not taking anything for granted this season. This program understands each game is a challenge and they’re making the most of it with an overall record of 8-1 , #5 ranked NJCAA Division 3 Women’s Soccer team in the state, a first place record of 2-0 in the South Coast North Division, 3-0 record at home, and presently on a four game winning streak.

During this hot streak, they have been competing through thick and thin, especially during conference play of the first week of October between Pasadena City College when they had a dominating score of 6 - 1 and against El Camino College with a close score of 2 - 0. Now that the team has nine games under their belt and with this season in full effect, they have a special advantage not just this season but for the future seasons to come.

Their entire roster is full of first and second year players that are young,thriving and playing excellent soccer right now along with a great team chemistry on and off the

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#13 Alexis Macias, #6 Jackie Marin, and #12 Brisa Aldama embrassing each other after a big play during their match. - Coach Tanaka for Rio Hondo Women's Soccer

field. Coach Tanaka (on keys to success) “At times we’ve played excellent soccer, but being consistent and looking to improve every time we step on the field are keys to success.”

One player to keep in mind right now and in the future is freshman phenom Forward

Alexis Macias is rolling through the competition in the past nine games so far with 18 goals, 5 team assists, 21 shot attempts, 41 points, and 5 game-winning goals to add to her collegiate career. Also, Coach Tanaka emphasizes when team members are willing to put the team first

and make a commitment on what the team needs and trust one another it will be vital in maximizing the team's opportunities for victories and success.

El Paisano Newspaper Staff Jasmine Soria Editor-In-Chief

John Rodriguez News Editor/Photo Editor

Jonathon Carmona Sci & Tech Editor

Fernando Ramos Executive Sports Editor

Molly McCormick Noah Segovia Sports Co-Editor

Ryan Leon Opinion Co-Editor

Brandon Ramirez Opinion Co-Editors/Podcast

Gabi Ortiz Lifestyles Editor/A & E Co-Editor

Madeline Torres A & E Co-Editor Lorenzo Arce Digital EIC

Cassidy Anderson Digital Photo Editor

Carlos Jimenez Digital Sports Editor

Madeline Ekstrand Broadcast Director

Raymond Luna Social Media

Christopher Elias Marina Gutierrez Jeffrey Barragan Justin Gomez Valeria Yanez Yasmine Poot Gilbert Lazo Bryan Chavez Reporters

Poem of the Week The Rainforest is Still Burning By: Jeffrey Barragan The rainforest is still burning.

Wildlife roasting like the domesticated cattle raised on antibiotics and then slaughtered and placed on your plate.

The ice caps are still melting.

Sadly moping as they forever dissolve into the sea where the reefs are being beached like it’s a fashion trend.

Our oceans are accumulating islands of garbage as the sun beats down, fish and turtles choking on plastic things. Our fillets full of microplastics anyway.

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Don’t you know, the bees are dying?

the planet is burning?

the air is poison?

The meat on your plate is hanging the earth out to dry. but petroleum is the way to go?

Earth sucking corporations greenwash their faces while we look away from exploitation and the destruction of forest land until we’re all paying up.

The seasons come and go as planned but not like they used to.

Every single year, the Hottest Year On Record is topped!

Emissions polluting the ozone Like a cigarette burning in a tight squeeze. yet it’s f*** renewable energy and environmental consciousness?

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