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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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Two students are convincing their mother that their grades are fine They could use some advice, as they’re not succeeding.

Need some tips to lie about grades?

Shaurya Chauhan, Staff Writer May 1, 2025

Ah, report card season, the time of year when students everywhere transform themselves into award-winning actors, putting on Oscar-worthy performances to convince their parents that a B+ in AP Calculus...

Showcard Gothic and Viner Hand face off in the Coliseum with unorthodox weapons.

If personifications of fonts fought, who would win?

Katelyn Pak, Staff Writer May 1, 2025

The Coliseum roars with excitement as a series of warriors are set to battle. Arial, dressed in plain clothes and simply armed. Rockwell, sporting a massive cleaver and bulky armor. Comic Sans, with...

Brands’ iconic mascots will go to any lengths (even getting ran over by a Cybertruck) to create publicity and discussion.

Unhinged brands go viral on social media

Katelyn Pak, Staff Writer March 21, 2025

In the era of virtual marketing, brands are no longer just selling products. They’re fighting for attention in the most bizarre ways possible. From airline accounts to candy brands making weird jokes,...

The duality of brainrot. The enlightened on the left and the uneducated on the right.

Brainrot revolutionizes modern communication

Korn Ravipaty, Staff Writer March 21, 2025

Welcome to Brainrot 101. I’m going to be your professor today. Brainrot encapsulates online slang, influencers and trends that are purposefully dumb. It hypnotizes its audience under the disguise of...

Ex-Tetris workers now work behind-the-scenes on the new hit game, Block Blast.

Seriously, why is Block Blast so popular?

Chioma Onyema, Staff Writer February 12, 2025

It’s here. One of the most popular games in the world topping charts with more than 40 million daily users. It’s the greatest phenomenon to strike planet Earth since the invention of the wheel. It’s...

Singles dread Feb. 14. Valentine’s Day marked in their calendars for all the wrong reasons.

Valentine’s Day while single: a survival guide

Katelyn Pak, Staff Writer February 12, 2025

Alright, listen up. This is not a drill. Valentine’s Day is coming, fast. Doomsday is almost here. A day in which a pink-and-red hellscape, plagued with chubby flying babies, strikes down all singles. I...

A child wonders if he can have holiday turkey for cheap this year. (No turkeys were harmed in the writing of this column).

Is road kill turkey an ethical holiday meal?

Korn Ravipaty, Staff Writer December 13, 2024

Ever catch the juicy scent of road kill turkey wafting through your nostrils? It’s almost too much to handle. The influence of devouring “un-alived” turkeys has already spread wide with people morphing...

It seems like this year, most students are getting the greatest gift of them all: studying hours for standardized tests.

Top five worst things to do over winter break

Dallas Nowlin, Staff Writer December 13, 2024

In the frenzy that is winter break, some take a vacation, others hang out with friends and many spend time with those they love. But only a few, a happy few, a band of brothers pose a bold question...

A detective weeps at the disappearance of the portables, with a growing determination to solve the mystery.

A heartwrenching end to Cal’s portables

Korn Ravipaty, Staff Writer October 10, 2024

Unbeknownst to Cal High students, their lives were changed forever when they stepped on campus this year. Even the extra gates being added around campus could not outmatch the horror of one of the new...

Wearing a striped shirt, the minute is impossible to find. It blends in with all  the other numbers in the background.

A minute vanishes from B period without a trace

Kk DeMello, Staff Writer October 10, 2024

Back to school means a lot of new changes, some less discussed than others. Gates and bleachers are the changes on the surface, but mostly gone unnoticed is that the school day at Cal High has actually...

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