San Ramon Police Department bans carotid restraint in aftermath of George Floyd’s death
Nick Harvey, Opinion Editor
July 2, 2020
The San Ramon Police Department has officially banned the use of carotid restraints in the aftermath of nationwide protests reacting to the death of George Floyd. “Effective immediately, the San Ramon Police Department has banned the use of the carotid restraint,” wrote San Ramon police Chief...
San Ramon community protests SRVUSD spending and issues with remote learning
Nick Harvey, Opinion Editor
June 27, 2020
San Ramon Unified School District parents organized a sit-in protest on Tuesday in front of the district office before the Board of Education meeting to show both their opposition to management raises and support for allowing students to return to campus in the fall. Approximately 75 individuals showed...
District board supports students returning to campus full time in the fall
Christine Oh, Co Editor-in-Chief
June 24, 2020
Students in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District will return to campus full-time in August if the school board has its way. The district’s Board of Education said it unanimously supports having students on campus for a full-time in-person schedule during Tuesday night’s meeting streamed...
San Ramon community joins in support for the Black Lives Matter movement
Isabelle Coburn, Online Editor
June 10, 2020
Hundreds of people swarmed the streets of San Ramon and surrounded City Hall the afternoon of June 3 in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In coordination with the San Ramon Police Department, the peaceful protest lasted from 5-7:30 p.m. and followed other similar protests in Dublin, Livermore,...
Cal’s 2020 Class is the first ever to have a virtual graduation ceremony
Avni Kalur, Staff Writer
May 29, 2020
Across the top of the Cal High website lies a red stripe stating that class is canceled for the remainder of the 2019-2020 year. For freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, this means missing out on creating more memories with friends and finishing out the school year as expected. For seniors,...
Dillman bids Cal High adieu
Rahul Deshpande, Online Editor
May 29, 2020
As this year’s seniors say goodbye to Cal High in an unprecedented way, so does iconic AP Calculus AB teacher Jean Dillman, who announced her retirement after quarter of a century at the school. Many of this year’s seniors have fond memories of Dillman’s unbounded positivity, supportive attitude,...
Seniors are making the most of their time in quarantine
Michelle Kuperman, A&E Editor
May 29, 2020
The class of 2020 walked off campus on March 13 not knowing that it would be there last time in high school. My classmates and I struggled the first couple weeks handling the news of not being able to participate in many senior traditions and having to leave behind classmates and teachers without...
Many seniors are finding their future in the arts to be a bright one
Liann Bielicki, Staff Writer
May 29, 2020
As the class of 2020 graduates and matriculates, many talented seniors are pursuing the arts in college and changing the narrative of success in a conversation that is often dominated by STEM majors. Cal High senior Abigail Nguyen, who plans on studying dance through the Ailey/Fordham Program...
‘Zoom bombers’ target Cal High’s video conference with Vietnam War veterans
Isabelle Coburn, Online Editor
May 24, 2020
Nearly 100 Cal High juniors had their Zoom meeting for U.S. history hijacked on Friday when they were continuously shown screen shared videos depicting racial abuse, suicide, executions, and pornographic material. The meeting was designed to give students taking U.S. history an opportunity to...
Seniors lose out on graduation ceremony, and so much more
Avni Kalur, Staff Writer
May 22, 2020
Across the top of the Cal High website lies a red stripe stating that class is canceled for the remainder of the 2019-2020 year. For freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, this means missing out on creating more memories with friends and finishing out the school year as expected. For seniors,...