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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Double hotel bookings cost MUN Club more than $6,000

Aileen Villalpando, Staff Writer April 29, 2016

The Model United Nations (MUN) Club recently squandered more than 70 percent of its budget after unknowingly booking twice as many rooms as needed at hotels for the Berkeley MUN conference last month. Bookkeeping...

Drug use doubles between freshman, junior years

Neha Kaul and Athena Georgopoulos April 29, 2016

Drug use among Cal High students is on the rise. Results from the state’s 2014-15 Healthy Kids Survey show that alcohol and drug use for Cal students nearly doubled between freshman and junior years. Freshmen...

Confusion over district medicine policy

Verona Pichler, Staff Writer April 29, 2016

Some students believe the current school policy pertaining to medicine use is potentially harmful to those who are in need of emergency medication. Cal High and the other schools in the district require...

Cal High’s HOSA competitors and adviser Andrew White, back row far left, pose in front of the Anaheim Convention Center during the State Leadership Conference April 7-10. Nine Cal students qualified for the national competition in June.

Cal High HOSA club students return victorious

Josh Iversen, Staff Writer April 29, 2016

For many, spring break means exotic vacations and tanning on the beach. But for 29 Cal High students, it meant only one thing: the HOSA State Conference. HOSA, which stands for Health Occupations...

Downtown San Ramon to be completed in 2018

Brittany Jimena and Cameron Harris March 15, 2016

In spring of 2007, the city of San Ramon officially approved and finalized the building of a new City Center on about 40 acres located at the intersection of Bollinger Canyon Road and Camino Ramon. Though...

New SAT is here

Ingrid Lam and Emma Hall March 15, 2016

The SAT has been one of the most intimidating and constant institutions that has loomed over high schoolers since its creation in the 1920s. Over the last few years, the SAT has been undergoing a very...

Cal alumnus earns ring with Super Bowl champions

Jake Barnes and Paige Zilinskas March 15, 2016

Cal High alumnus Anthony Lomando has taken his love of sports to a whole new level, and he has a Super Bowl ring to prove it. Lomando, a 2000 Cal graduate, is the assistant strength and training coach...

Sophomore Raymond Wang performs with a Chinese yo-yo at the celebration during lunch.

Cal rings in Chinese New Year

Linda Wang, Features Editor March 15, 2016

Wishing Cal High a year filled with luck, the Chinese class students celebrated the Year of the Monkey by bringing Chinese New Year festivities to campus. Students across all levels of Cal’s Chinese...

District approves cell phone antenna on campus

Aileen Villalpando, Staff Writer March 15, 2016

The San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education approved earlier this year a proposal to construct a Verizon Wireless cell antenna on the Cal High campus. Verizon’s antenna will be...

Junior injured after hitting speed bump

Joanne Kim, News Editor March 15, 2016

When Cal High installed five new speed bumps in the back parking lot last month, the school hoped to improve student safety. This plan quickly backfired when junior Arjun Dhamrait fell victim to the...

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