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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

Senior Oliver Smallridge has enlisted in the Navy and reports to basic training next month.

Students serve at service school

Jacqueline Guerrero, Staff Writer May 31, 2023

Nimisa Panda is not the only senior joining the military after graduation next week. At least six other Cal High seniors will be joining her, including Chaeie Kim, Liam Moore, Patrick Lee, Oliver Smallridge,...

Hundreds of students covered in colors dance in Cal’s quad at ColorFest last Saturday. The event was supposed to include big name Bay Area rappers, but they were told to leave.

‘ClusterFest’ a colorful mess

Jacqueline Guerrero, Staff Writer April 28, 2023

ColorFest is a Cal High tradition that leadership brought back for the first time in five years last Saturday evening. It was advertised as a concert-inspired event including dancing, and live musical...

Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his state budget revisions.

California’s anti-bias training is unnecessary

Jacqueline Guerrero, Staff Writer March 15, 2023

In the Budget Act of 2022 signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the finalized spending plan for the 2022–23 school year has allocated a whopping $10 million toward anti-bias training for educators, an astonishing...

The baseball fence was damaged during winter storms.

Storms cause districtwide damage

Jacqueline Guerrero, Staff Writer February 9, 2023

Torrential rain battered the San Ramon Valley Unified School District over winter break as several atmospheric rivers flowed through California, causing flooding and water damage at Cal High and schools...

Children from Michelle Obama Elementary walk into a classroom to pick out toys that were donated by students at Cal High. Cal was able to collect more than 400 toys for the children.

Sister school toy drive brings joy

Jacqueline Guerrero, Staff Writer December 19, 2022

Cal High has a long standing tradition of donating toys to distribute at its sister school of more than 10 years, Michelle Obama School in Richmond. Leadership students spread some early holiday cheer...

Inflation has caused 
the prices of homes, gas and other goods to drastically rise, and how to fix it has become a political debate among the Republicans and Democrats.

The politics behind rising prices

Jacqueline Guerrero, Staff Writer November 18, 2022

Like most topics today, inflation has become a polarizing issue in politics, with each major party deflecting the blame back on to the other. Republican politicians have argued that Democrats are making...

President Biden’s loan forgiveness plan will relieve up to $20,000 in debt for eligible Americans.

Joe Biden starts loan forgiveness plan

Jacqueline Guerrero, Staff Writer October 13, 2022

In August, President Joe Biden and his administration devised a three-step loan forgiveness plan to help pay off up to $20,000 of college debt for eligible Americans. The plan aims to prevent the cost...

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