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The Californian

The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

The Californian

The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

The Californian

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The Lesher Foundation’s Newsmakers: Lesher Speaker Series begins its 20th season on Feb. 24. Among the speakers last year was fashion designer, entrepreneur, and television personality Tan France. Photo courtesy of the Lesher Foundation.

Lesher Foundation’s speaker series celebrates 20th anniversary

Keerthi Eraniyan, Features Editor February 24, 2025

Over the past 20 years, Contra Costa County residents have gathered at the Lesher Center for the Arts to attend the renowned Newsmakers: Lesher Speaker Series, an annual series of events that celebrates...

Cal high teachers gather at the front of the school to protest against the budget cuts.

Budget cuts impact the district heavily

Kavin Jain, Staff Writer February 12, 2025

The San Ramon Valley Unified School District approved more than $26 million in budget cuts last month, impacting students, teachers and staff across the district. Adopted on Jan. 14, the school board...

Firefighters fight a raging blaze in the hills of Los Angeles. The fire was first sparked by the strong Santa Ana winds on Jan. 7 and killed at least 29 people, according to NBC News.

LA wildfires contained

Zoya Iqbal, Staff Writer February 12, 2025

Los Angeles was devastated last month when raging wildfires ripped through several Southern California cities, displacing tens of thousands of residents whose homes were destroyed or damaged. The first...

Librarians can no longer give out loaners to students due to a lack of resources and insufficient student accountability.

Library runs out of loaners

Juliet Salomone, Staff Writer February 12, 2025

Many Cal High students have relied on the library’s loaner Chromebooks in case theirs isn’t charged or left at home. But right before last semester’s finals week in mid-December, the library stopped...

A slide in the tutorial presentation shares thoughtful questions for students to discuss.

School makes additions to student support

Zoya Iqbal, Staff Writer December 13, 2024

Two ideas, one new and one old, have been incorporated into Cal High’s student support this year. The introduction of school-wide student support lessons created by Cal staff and the return of student...

Seniors Sophia Bonifacio, left, and Anne Yamada pose behind their scoreboard before a match. They both will be trying out for Cal’s beach volleyball team this season.

Beach volleyball to kick up sand in spring

Christian Jung, Staff Writer December 13, 2024

Cal High will introduce beach volleyball as a varsity sport for the first time this upcoming spring season, providing a truly unique opportunity for the girls who join the squad. Especially since there’s...

Sarah Eddings tries to get a point across to her AP Psychology class. Eddings, who has been teaching at Cal High since 2018, also teaches iQuest. She was named Cal High’s Teacher of the Year for the 2023-24 school year.

Eddings brings a wealth of experience to the classroom

Yashi Sharma and Zoya Iqbal December 13, 2024

There was once a student who felt apologetic for her introvertedness. The teacher emailed her saying that she didn’t need to apologize or change at all. She just needed to be herself. Years after the...

Freshman Yanxi Wang won the Cal Comic Club competition with her illustration that depicts an unforgiving, cutthroat game that reflects college courses and most educational systems.

Comic Club

Aditi Mandale and Juliet Salomone December 13, 2024

Cal High artists, they’re looking for you. The school’s new Comic Club gives students a chance to express their creativity through drawing and storytelling and while learning new skills. The club...

Students attended Cal High's annual homecoming dance last Saturday in the school quad. During the dance, a 16 year old boy who doesn't attend Cal allegedly attacked a female assistant principal at the front of the school after trying to leave the dance early.

Boy allegedly attacks female assistant principal during homecoming dance

Ylin Zhu and Mansi Swaminathan October 25, 2024

A female assistant principal was physically assaulted by a 16-year-old boy last Saturday during Cal High’s homecoming dance, police said. The boy, who was not a Cal student, was arrested and taken...

Juniors Abbey Arteaga, Kaden Chen and Andreas Zotos walking behind the new gates in the front of the school.

New gates tighten campus security

Gayatri Nair, Staff Writer October 10, 2024

The addition of new black iron fences and gates around the perimeter of Cal High has tightened security on campus this school year. Gates and fences were installed during the summer between the pool fence...

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