The FHS Robotics Club and the FIRST robotics competition seem to frequently pop up in the newspaper. Here are some of the ones we've seen:
Tri-Valley Herald Date Unknown/possibly Jan. 99: Creating A Contender
Tri-Valley Herald 1/14/99 pg. valley-1: Robotic Recipie/Teens Transform Spare Parts
Tri-Valley Herald 2/24/99 pg. local-3: Club's Robot Ready To Do Battle
San Jose Mercury News 22/26/99 pg. B-1: Student Robots Ready To Rumble / part 1 part 2
San Francisco Chronicle 2/27/99 pg. A21: Creating Intelligence/NASA uses contest to inspire next generation of robot builders (Article about regional competition with a picture of our team's robot) part 1 part 2 or Picture (color version)
Tri-Valley Herald: Sally Forth Comic Strip (about FIRST Robotics) date unknown/possibly Apr. 99