Christopher Martinez

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Worked on 64 assignments, created 35, named on 36 bylines for Talon Marks.

By + 3 others for Talon Marks - 8 min read

It's Always Sunny in the South Bay

The South Bay has some of the nicest areas to visit for photography, picnics, hiking, sightseeing and a lot more. There are three stand-out locations that the South Bay has to offer when visiting the area, next time you’re driving along or around the coast of the South Bay: Sunken City, San PedroWayfarers Chapel, Rancho Palos VerdesPoint Vicente, Rancho Palos...

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By + 4 others for Talon Marks - 8 min read

A comeback story best seen underwater

Growing up in Los Angeles can often be an uphill battle, but sometimes it’s best to put running shoes aside and just swim. Paralympic swimmer Jamal Hill has done just that, overcoming the inherent adversity that comes with being a black male raised in LA, coupled with the diagnosis of a rare muscular disease-- only to punch his ticket to...

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By (Christopher as section editor) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read

The end of an era

There are not many running backs coming out of a community college that can break their schools rushing record with 2,111 yards in a season, become the nation's number one leading rusher and can leave their school by becoming the sixth player all time to do so. Oklahoma Sooner commit, Rhamondre Stevenson, did that all in just one season at...

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Confessions of a Mastermind

Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, known professionally as Logic released his seventh studio album ‘Confessions of a Dangerous Mind’ which highlights the ups and downs as long as the struggles of being a rapper and dealing with all the problems that come along with it. This album has listeners bumping this album on repeat as it is a window into...

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Bezos is in over his head

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a vision of what space can do for humanity. The last Tech Talks established that space is already full of human space junk and not sure what he thinks about humans having massive free-floating space stations housing millions of people off of the earth. Bezos' space flight company Blue Origin, has unveiled the new blueprint...

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By (Christopher as section editor) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

Warriors defeat Falcons 7-3

Fighting for one of the 18 coveted Southern California Regional Playoff spots, the Cerritos College softball team suffered a 7-3 loss in its final South Coast Conference game against El Camino College at Nancy Kelly Field on Tuesday, Apr. 23. Facing the conference champion Warriors, 34-6, 20-2, the Falcons took 1-0 and 2-1 leads before watching, El Camino scored three...

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By (Christopher as section editor) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

Lancers defeat Falcons 9-3

The Cerritos Baseball team obtained their 29th defeat against Pasadena City College by a score of 9-3 on Thursday, April 25. This is their 19th defeat in the conference championship. The first three innings were scoreless. In the top of the fourth inning, the Lancers took the lead thanks to their center fielder No. 21 Gabriel Arellano singled in the...

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By (Christopher as section editor) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

Falcons victorious against the Pirates

In their final game of the season, the Cerritos College baseball team posted a 4-1 non-conference win over Ventura College on April 26 at Kincaid Field. Paced by six shutout innings from freshman pitcher No. 15 John Chavez and a pair of solo home runs from sophomore shortstop No. 4 Trevor McInerney, the Falcons avoided finishing the season with the...

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And you thought our oceans were bad...

Day by day we see the signs that the oceans are tainted, rainforests are being destroyed and millions of animals are going extinct. This is the outcome of the Human Race not taking care of the earth and treating it like a garbage bin that is now overflowing. People have talked of just moving the trash in other places, but...

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By (Christopher as section editor) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

Falcons victorious against the Tartars

The Cerritos Softball team obtained their 18th win of the season against Compton College 9-0 on Thursday, April 18. This is their 12th victory of the conference championship. In the bottom of the first inning, the Falcons would score their first run thanks to a single from outfielder No. 45 Haley Davis after a single from the center field from...

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