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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

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...

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...

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