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The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

The Californian

The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

The Californian

Rettig returns with sage advice

Patrick Rettig, Editor in Chief May 31, 2018

Congratulations to the Class of 2018! You all have just completed a long series of lasts and are about to embark on a new exciting series of firsts.  Some of these firsts will be hard and some...

Recap of year

Patrick Rettig, Editor in Chief May 25, 2017

What a year it has been for the world, our country and especially our school. Cal continues to prove itself time and time again that there never is a dull moment here, for better or for worse.  Cal...

Brytney Lee interviewed Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for a school research project.

Student interviews Justice Ginsberg

Patrick Rettig, Editor in Chief March 29, 2017

Most students groan when they have research papers, especially when the topic is as mundane as the Supreme Court.  But not for junior Brytney Lee.  When Lee was assigned a paper on Supreme...

Staff speaks out about our government in action

Staff speaks out about our government in action

Patrick Rettig and Gabby Reid February 17, 2017

What an eventful and stressful week Cal High. On a national scale, a week has never given me so much anxiety, but then again I find myself saying that pretty much every week for the last month. By...

Clockwise from upper left, Josh Iverson, Aaron Velasquez, Brendan Ogburn and Patrick Rettig battle with foil encrusted tortilla demons. All pictured were victorious except Brendan, who could only finish half of his burrito.

2016: A Burrito Odyssey

Four men on a quest to satisfy their hunger the only way they know how, a fat burrito that sits in their stomach.  The quest was long, ardous, and dangerous but all who embarked survived. This...

Cal students stand with members of the Black Student Union during the homecoming rally in protest of the recent racism that has appeared in the form of graffiti in bathrooms on campus.

Students stand up to racist graffiti

Patrick Rettig, Editor in Chief November 7, 2016

Racism reared its ugly head on campus last month, destroying the feelings of safety, acceptance, and belonging felt by many students. Students and parents are outraged with the way that school administrators...

A helicopter sent for the injured football player during Thursdays night football game.

Freshman football player injured

Brendan Ogburn and Patrick Rettig, Californian Editors September 2, 2016

During Thursday night’s freshman football game at Cal High, a Foothill defensive player was airlifted to Children’s Hospital in Oakland, after sustaining a neck injury. The incident occurred on the...

Biology teacher Julie Bitnoff, hanging with her skeleton friend, will remember her three-plus decades at Cal fondly.

Cal High says goodbye to 4 teachers

Julie Bitnoff is retiring this year after 32 ½ years at Cal. She previously taught at Pine Valley Middle School, but moved to Cal during the second semester in the 1983-1984 school year as her goal...

GNN episode appropriates Mexican culture

Patrick Rettig, Editor in Chief June 3, 2016

Way to go GNN! You did it! You have brought your credibility to a new low. Your Cinco de Mayo episode was Fox News cringeworthy. Instead of just offending Mexican people with hateful rheotoric and...

Aqua Bears sink under corporate ambitions

Patrick Rettig, Editor in Chief June 3, 2016

What started as an abrupt removal of a historic swim team may result in a change for the entire community surrounding the San Ramon Golf Club. The San Ramon Golf Club was sold at the end of 2015 to...

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