A storm from Feb. 15 to 17 that inundated the Sierra Nevada mountain range with six feet or more of snow dumped about 3" of water on the Walnut Creek and Concord areas and also blanketed white tops of Mt. Diablo State Park, seen here above Northgate. According to the weather service, Mt. Diablo recorded...

Ninth graders aren’t the only newcomers to Northgate at the start of a new year. The 2025-26 school year also welcomed eight new teachers to classrooms. Below is an introduction to math teacher Annie Chen, science teacher Sarika Robinson, science teacher Colin Jones, science teacher Gabe Nitro, math...

Northgate girls added some impressive statistics to their long record of excellence. The varsity team finished 8-0 this year, marking 6 undefeated seasons in the last ten years. To learn more about how their team works and how they have managed to achieve this, The Sentinel interviewed senior players...

Spirit week ended in neon on Friday Sept. 26 with an all-school assembly, lip synch performances from each class, and a Friday night football game to kick off homecoming weekend. Juniors perform above, in the annual lip-synch context.

While other students were reporting to summer jobs or going to swim meets, nine Northgate students went off on a 10-day adventure that included climbing the Eiffel Tower, jumping into the beautiful Mediterranean of the Barcelona coast and roaming the halls of the Royal Palace of Madrid. Thr group...

SpongeBob, Lightning McQueen, and Dora the Explorer have officially taken over Northgate’s hallways. Not just as memories, but on the backs of this year’s seniors. The start of a new school year marks a beginning for many. And for some, the beginning of an end, as seniors enter their final year...