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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

Honors Pre-Calculus teacher Gary Triebwasser teaches students the ins and outs of conic rotation, as well as the finer points of sarcasm.

Triebwasser, Breton and Cooper say farewell

Kiley Borba, Julia Tjan, and Neha Kaul May 31, 2018

After teaching at Cal High for 42 years, math teacher Gary Triebwasser is finally hanging up his Hawaiian shirt. Known for his challenging Honor Pre-Calculus classes and Hawaiian shirts, Triebwasser...

What celebrity should be President?

Kiley Borba, Conan Maron, Shirin Afrakhteh, and Mason Allen February 9, 2018

Name: Kiley Borba Position: Staff Writer Candidate: Alex Jones When I wrote about this exact thing last year before the 2016 election, I called for the end of society.  Now, I would...

National Anthem no longer at rallies

Kiley Borba, Staff Writer February 9, 2018

Students who attended the winter rally last month might have noticed that something was missing: the National Anthem. Although many students might not have even noticed that the “Star Spangled Banner”...

Holiday makeup really sparkles and shines

KIley Borba, Staff Writer December 18, 2017

With this year coming to an end, now is a great time to get yourself in on 2017’s holiday makeup scene, and by the looks of it, the new trends and releases are most certainly going to make this year...

Trump, Bush and natural disaster recovery

Kiley Borba, Staff Writer November 7, 2017

The Bush administration’s handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was considered one of the greatest failures of the decade, President Trump’s handling of Puerto Rico will go down as one of the greatest...

Beloved ’80s show ‘Ducktales’ gets revival

Kiley Borba, Staff Writer October 11, 2017

If there is one thing that can be said about the this decade, it’s that our media is saturated with nostalgia.  Reboots, remakes, and adaptations are being shot at us left and right regardless...

Terrible statues of Cristiano Ronaldo and other celebrities not only insult their likeness, but insult every single person that has to witness that kind of visual garbage.

Don’t take statues for granite

Kiley Borba, Staff Writer May 15, 2017

A statue was recently unveiled of the professional soccer player – or futbol player to the rest of the world that may be reading – Cristiano Ronaldo, the Real Madrid and Portuguese national team star. The...

Senior Ellen Lyons, right, and Principal Sarah Cranford both pose with their water bottles, which students will be able to soon fill on campus at Flowater  reusable stations, such as the one pictured right.

Reusable water stations could be installed at Cal

Kiley Borba, Staff Writer March 29, 2017

al High senior Ellen Lyons  started a GoFundMe to install a water bottle refilling station called a Flowater on campus.  The  student-initiated campaign is the brainchild of Lyons, who...

Will Donald Trump make a good president?

Will Donald Trump make a good president?

Kiley Borba and Michael Bahk February 15, 2017

Yes -Michael Bahk, Staff Writer I will be speaking about the positives of Donald Trump’s presidency, not his personality. America needs to remember that there is a difference.  Being president...

UC Berkeley protests turn violent.

Staff speaks out about UC Berkeley protests

Josh Iversen, Kat LeTran, Cameron Harris, and Kiley Borba February 3, 2017

The events that took place at UC Berkeley Wednesday night were simply embarrassing. The violence and hate exhibited by rioters on campus was repulsive and cannot be tolerated. I will never support speaker...

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