The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

The Californian

The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

The Californian

The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

The Californian

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Reporter Max Hove helps you pick a console to game away your boredom.

Battle of the Consoles: PS5 vs Xbox One X

Max Hove, Staff Writer May 23, 2020

Two of the biggest video game console companies are releasing their new systems late this year around the holidays, and it’s shaping up to be one of the greatest console wars we have ever seen.  Sony’s...

The Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra is pictured above during its 2019 concert tour of China after its performance in Beijings Xian Concert Hall.

Youth orchestras continue to rehearse over Zoom calls

Annika Seo, Staff Writer May 23, 2020

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented actions and changes.  During this lonely, isolated period of global quarantine and lockdown, people have found new ways to interact, connect, and feel...

Music artists bounce back with virtual concerts

Michelle Nguyen, Features Editor May 23, 2020

The year 2020 was truly the one where music events were basically lined up back to back. This was the year that the music industry was going to thrive. Unfortunately, Miss 'Rona decided to go on a world...

Many movies such as Trolls World Tour, live action Mulan, and Black Widow have had to postpone their premieres because cinemas worldwide have been closed.

Pandemic puts the movie industry on hold

Tyler Aronson, Staff Writer May 23, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has written a new script to the movie industry and how the world will experience cinema in the future.  Many films originally set to have a release date this spring were...

Sonic the hedgehog is out for anxious fans to watch, and it did not dissapoint

Rebecca Newman, Graphics Editor April 19, 2020

In recent years, the prospect of video game movies has been revived through the financial and cultural growth of popular video game franchises. When “Detective Pikachu” was released in 2019, a niche...

My Chemical Romance is back

Miranda LeGate, Staff Writer April 19, 2020

The internet was hit with a tweet that would break hearts on March 22, 2013. The beloved punk rock band My Chemical Romance was splitting up. They spent six and a half years apart, and devoted fans...

In the past four years, Pokémon Go has continued to grow and change, ‘evolving’ just like the monsters from the franchise it represents, and accumulating a small but dedicated community in the process.

What? POKÉMON GO is evolving!

Jay Warren, Artist April 17, 2020

February 27 marked the 24th anniversary of Pokémon, the franchise that boomed into a worldwide phenomenon not long after its release and continues to be one of the highest grossing media franchises of...

Netizens criticize movie ‘Birds of Prey’ for not having sex appeal

Lorelai Slaydon and Isabelle Coburn April 14, 2020

Despite its amazing title, “Birds of Prey" (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) did not do so hot on its opening weekend. The movie has had the lowest recorded opening weekend out...

Senior Sarah O’Brien directs cast members in her choreography for “We Will Rock You: The Musical”, which would have been performed April 22-24 in the school theater.

Making a name for herself on and off the stage

Sophia Puentes, Staff Writer, Photographer April 1, 2020

Cal High senior Sarah O’Brien has soared above and beyond in theater at and outside of school. O’Brien was first introduced to theater through school events and community productions when she was...

Junior Gavin Preisser, left, and senior Cameron King, right, record a Pixar podcast discussion in King’s iconic attic. King’s Attic Antics started earlier this school year, and has 48 podcasts that are available on Spotify.

Cal’s Podcast King

Jeana Lee, Staff Writer, Photographer March 28, 2020

At the beginning of the school year, senior Cameron King’s psychology class was asked to present their short-term and long-term goals. As King listened to his fellow classmates present their goals,...

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