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The Californian

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The Californian

The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

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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...

Measure Q yard signs are seen in front of houses around the neighborhoods of San Ramon. The parcel tax requires a two-thirds majority in the Nov. 5 election in order to pass.

Voters to decide renewal of parcel tax

Christian Jung, Staff Writer October 10, 2024

As the San Ramon Valley Unified School District approaches the expiration of a long-time parcel tax at the end of the school year, voters must decide next month whether to renew this funding source that...

Construction on the new home bleachers and press box was completed in late August in time for the Grizzly varsity and JV football teams’ season opener on Aug. 30 against Patterson.

New bleachers finally finished

Andrew Chen and Sophia Liu October 10, 2024

The Cal High stadium’s new home bleachers and press box are finally finished. After months of construction that began last December, the metal bleachers were completed just in time for kickoff to the...

A teacher sits in front of her desk, confusingly maneuvering between Google Classroom and Infinite Campus.

Google Classroom makes a comeback in the district

Kavin Jain, Staff Writer October 10, 2024

Students and teachers were greeted with Google Classroom at the start of the school year as the school district transitioned away from previous learning platform Schoology. The San Ramon Valley Unified...

Apoorva Gudisay, left, and Disha Chhabra showcase the HER Palette and Healing Hearts Club posters at the club fair.

Club deadlines see changes

Chioma Onyema, Staff Writer October 10, 2024

Cal High’s leadership class made the decision last school year to change club application due dates so they would no longer be due at the beginning of the school year. This change resulted in all of...

City workers weld parts of the bridge together at the intersection of the Iron Horse Trail and Bollinger Canyon Road. The new bridge is part of the $21.8 million Overcrossings Project and is expected to be completed by summer 2025.

Iron Horse Trail bridge taking shape

Ria Ramchandani, Staff Writer October 10, 2024

The construction of the new bridge on the Iron Horse Trail that spans eight lanes of Bollinger Canyon Road traffic is slowly taking shape. Although construction of the new bridge, called the Overcrossings...

Admin has started overseeing parking to enforce the use of paid parking passes in the school lot during class time.

Parking conflicts prompt admin monitoring

Aditi Mandale, Staff Writer October 10, 2024

One problem student drivers seem to face at Cal High every year is having their assigned parking spots taken by others. To help address this ongoing problem, Principal Demetrius Ball said during a press...

Students in teacher Keith Callerame’s physics class measure the displacement of a metal ball for a lab in honors physics teacher Fred Wafula’s classroom, which features lab tables

AP physics class faces lab challenges after displacement

Dallas Nowlin, Staff Writer October 10, 2024

AP Physics 2 and general physics teacher Keith Callerame and his classes were moved this year from his old classroom in the science building to T-6 in the tech building to make room for a biology class. This...

Sophomore Vincent Le raises the Northern California team championship trophy while surrounded by his teammates after Cal High’s 6-1 victory over Homestead High in Folsom on May 19. Cal finished runner up to the state title.

Men’s tennis team wins Cal’s first NorCal title

Mahita Chava, Staff Writer May 31, 2024

Cal High’s men’s tennis team continued their impressive run this season by winning the first Northern California championship in school history. The Grizzlies made history on May 19 by beating Homestead...

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