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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Avid juniors act out

Erica Drake and Emily Mun May 21, 2014

Five members of the junior AVID class were given Monday schools for being disruptive and rowdy during recent a field trip to Sacramento State and University of California, Davis. A bus filled with junior...

Beloved teachers leave the Grizzly den

Beloved teachers leave the Grizzly den

Carly Re, Staff Writer May 21, 2014

As the school year comes to an end and summer break approaches, seniors graduate and move on from high school, as do some of our teachers. This year, Cal’s retiring teachers include Steve Armstrong,...

Seniors wreak havoc with pranks

Seniors wreak havoc with pranks

Heather Wong, News Editor May 21, 2014

May and June are the darkest times of the year. Readers, be forewarned: the seniors are coming. Nobody is safe from their wrath. No celebrated teacher, no undersized freshman, not even the most innocent...

Student Safety Statement from Principal Mark Corti

Mark Corti, Principal April 29, 2014

Dear Cal High Families, We would like to make you aware of an incident that was reported to us late this morning. At approximately 11:10 AM, a female student who was walking her bike on San Ramon Valley...

Mock trial shines at state

Mock trial shines at state

Jenn Zeng, Staff Writer April 10, 2014

After placing second in the Contra Costa County mock trial competition for the past two years, Cal High’s team won its second championship in four years and advanced to the California State Finals last...

This hacker is no slacker

This hacker is no slacker

Arman Tafazzoli, Managing Editor April 10, 2014

Who said hacking is a crime? Cal High senior Marshall Richins placed fourth out of thousands in a Google Chrome hacking competition early in March. Richins heard about the hackathon from his friend,...

Volunteers shave it off for cancer

Volunteers shave it off for cancer

April 10, 2014

  Firefighters, police officers, teachers, and students got their heads shaved on the main stage in the quad during lunch on March 20. For $10, Sports Clips hair stylists shaved heads in honor...

New mosaic beautifies quad

New mosaic beautifies quad

April 10, 2014

  Junior Courtney Haynes, left, and senior Hope Kasin stop to admire the new mosaic being created by the Mosaic Club. Advised by art teacher Michelle Traynor-Stephanos, the mosaic is being...

Cal constitution amended

Ashton DeLano, Editor in Chief April 10, 2014

Leadership students voted last month to change the organization’s constitution, altering the requirements for becoming ASB president or vice president. Under the new constitution, amended March 5, ...

Corti closes campus

Erin Fox, Managing Editor April 10, 2014

Beginning next school year, seniors will no longer be allowed to leave campus for lunch. In an email sent out to staff on March 19, Principal Mark Corti wrote that he made a decision to close campus...

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