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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

Block schedule helps in college

Kimberlee Saxer, Staff Writer May 25, 2017

Most colleges offer incoming students the ability to pick and choose their classes and the days these classes take place. Theoretically, students create their own version of a block schedule. A block...

Companies ruin public relations

Kimberlee Saxer, Staff Writer May 15, 2017

Everybody makes mistakes. But unfortunately for businesses, a mistake could mean their immediate downfall. Recently, Pepsi and United Airlines faced the challenge of overcoming negative publicity. Their...

English teacher Devan Manning, right, participates in a practice for her roller derby team, the Oakland Outlaws.

Don’t mess with Miss Manning

Kimberlee Saxer, Staff Writer March 29, 2017

Devan Manning spends most of her day teaching English to freshmen and seniors. But after school, she laces up a pair of skates, pulls on a helmet and mixes it up on a roller derby track. At the same...

Should the death penalty be allowed to live?

Shirin Afrakheth and Kimberlee Saxer, Staff Writers March 29, 2017

YES -Shirin Afrakheth, Staff Writer  In June of 2015, Dylann Roof, a self-proclaimed white supremacist, fired 70 rounds into an African-American church in Charleston, S.C., killing nine people.  The...

Raiders gearing up for playoffs as they enter final weeks

Kimberlee Saxer, Staff Writer December 15, 2016

The 2016 NFL season has turned the tables on Bay Area football fans, with one side of the bay in the limelight for the first time in quite a few years. The Oakland Raiders clinched their first winning...

Junior Tommy Salisbury winds up to score against Bishop O’Dowd on Oct. 25. The boys earned the No. 15 seed in NCS.

Cal roars into NCS

Marley Fernandes, Brendan Ogburn, and Kimberlee Saxer November 7, 2016

The women’s water polo team worked hard this year, came together as teammates, and earned the No. 8 seed in the NCS playoffs. Cal (15-10 overall, 3-5 EBAL) beat No. 9 Clayton Valley Charter 9-4 in...

Breaking Down the Walls founder Phil Boyte speaks to an assembly of students at Cal on Sept. 19. The program works to create a more inclusive and supportive campus for all students and to empower and encourage them in their daily activities.

Breaking Down the Walls strives to connect students

Kimberlee Saxer, Staff Writer September 29, 2016

“It’s hard to hate someone whose story you know.” Phil Boyte, founder of Breaking Down the Walls, recently brought this message and his national program to Cal High Sept. 19-23, promoting a supportive...

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