Downtown Pittsburg has been packed to the brim with community events that both appeal to local students and adults alike. An example that happened quite recently was the “How The Grinch Stole the Barber Battle” event held on Sunday, December 14, 2025. A barber battle that featured both licensed and student barbers with opportunities to showcase their skills to licensed barbers all across the Bay Area with numerous prospects and licensed individuals from Sacramento to Oakland. The event was apart of the Bay Area Student Barber Expo movement, a movement designed to draw interest from incarcerated and aspiring barbers across the Bay Area.

These gatherings reflect a broader push to bring inclusive events in both the Bay and downtown Pittsburg, where people who aspire to learn and become beauticians can learn from these events. This “How The Grinch Stole the Barber Battle”, was the third annual one, and it will continue for as long as Pittsburg stays alive. 

Community and recreational centers like the Marina Community Center, and parks such as City Park, also host open gyms for young aspiring tweens and teens to practice and hone their basketball and volleyball skills to make their team or to train for a club. These natural hubs for students become social hangouts and allow others to bond and connect and naturally become hubs for students in the area. Pittsburg’s Marina Center and downtown area is an area that continues to offer a variety of experiences that fit the interests of its diverse community.

I’m sure anyone can agree that food brings people together. It’s Thanksgiving time and all your relatives come together under one person’s roof to be able to enjoy the delightful flavors all together as the whole night’s sky is filled with cheerful giggles and pumpkin pie circling around the table. Or maybe you have to find an excuse to get closer to a friend you really miss so you send them that “Hey, we should really get together some time and try out this new coffee shop in town!” It’s hard to get a close circle together when everyone is so busy, but you can easily bring a whole community together with just the joy food brings.
Every place has its own unique taste, and here in Pittsburg we have our own taste as well. Everyday after the bell rings and all the doors open to exit 6th period, you can see students all over the campus heading over to their favorite food spot whether it’s before basketball practice, after a hard test, or simply because they want to enjoy a good bite with their friends and talk about their day. Some of the most popular spots around campus is Krispy Krunchy Chicken where you see students get their favorite chicken sandwiches, Las Palmas which is the place to go for a good carne asada burrito, and of course the eloteros that stand outside the campus so students and grab their raspados and churros after school. But my personal favorite has to be Angelos Pizza where my usually is a bag of Turbos with two scoops of melted cheese poured on top, but don’t forget the napkin on the bottom of the bag or else there is no doubt your hand will feel the kick from the hot cheese before your mouth does.
Here at Pittsburg Highschool, everyone is down for a good eats. But what makes is so special, whenever you are enjoying a burger at In-N-Out after a football game, your enjoying it with your classmates and having a good laugh about each other weird orders. Or maybe you’re just enjoying your matcha from Steeltown in the morning during 1st period, and if you are still enjoying the taste of Pittsburg, and only will be able to feel that joyful taste in Pittsburg.