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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

In front of UCLA’s Royce Hall, students watch as fireworks are shot toward encampments of students protesting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. UCLA is one of many schools that has experienced such protests. There also have been protests at DVC and UC Berkeley.

Protests shake college campuses

Saya Kubo, Online Editor May 31, 2024

A recent surge of activism and protests about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has erupted at colleges and universities across the county. Students and staff at more than 150 colleges have joined protests,...

Shea Daly, top left, Maverick Smith, middle, and Bella Kelleter, right, surround Tyler Hurley as he dies. Hurley dramatically throws up red ribbons to represent blood.

‘Play That Goes Wrong’ gets it right

Saya Kubo, Online Editor May 7, 2024

Usually theater performers want their production to go as smoothly as possible. But this wasn’t the case for Cal High’s “The Play That Goes Wrong”, a chaotic comedy where literally everything...

Coach Lenard Matthews, right, instructs junior Evan Wolken to get ready to plant the pole in the box. Mathews is eager to give his coaching advice to the team this season.

Pole vaulting finds a new coach

Saya Kubo, Online Editor March 28, 2024

Cal High pole vaulting has struggled to find a regular coach since Mike King left in 2021. The search to find a coach has been difficult, leaving the team with two different coaches and even coach-less...

The downfall of Marvel

The downfall of Marvel

Saya Kubo, Online Editor February 14, 2024

What has happened to the Marvel Cinematic Universe? We know and love the MCU, but keeping up with all these new releases have been quite difficult and time consuming. Marvel has been coming out with a...

Cal High senior Maren Lee practices artistic swimming, a sport she has been involved with since the seventh grade. Her competitive team, Walnut Creek Aquanauts, earned bronze at the 2022-23 USA Artistic Swimming Junior Olympics Championship.

Maren Lee earns bronze at Junior Olympics

Saya Kubo, Online Editor December 15, 2023

Dive into the rhythmic world Cal High senior Maren Lee lives in, where the pool becomes a canvas for her artistic swimming. Underneath the splashes and whirls, there is a challenge and dedication to the...

People of all ages enjoy ice skating at the Kristi Yamaguchi Holiday Ice Rink in San Ramon’s City Center.

San Ramon celebrates holidays with winter festivities

Saya Kubo, Online Editor December 15, 2023

Embrace this winter by enjoying Kristi Yamaguchi’s Holiday Ice Rink, the Snow in the Bay event, and the Garden D’Lights in Walnut Creek with family and friends. These are among the many festivities...

Author Raina Telgemeier, right, and Cal English teacher Theresa Pacheco have a friendship dating back to high school.

Raina Telgemeier shares smiles with Cal teacher

Saya Kubo and Benjamin Barba October 5, 2023

Renowned graphic novelist Raina Telgemeier and Cal High English teacher Theresa Pacheco first met at Lowell High School in San Francisco, where they forged a friendship spanning three decades. When the...

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