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Starting next semester, students will receive detention automatically after having 5 tardies.

Automated detention system starts in January

Srikar Thippavajjula, Staff Writer December 15, 2023

Students better not be late when they return to campus on Jan. 9 after winter break. Starting next semester, a new automated system is being introduced to keep track of tardies and automatically issue...

Boycotting Starbucks is promoted online because of allegations that the brand is pro-Israel.

Starbucks boycott is misinformed

Nidhi Sudheendra, Staff Writer December 15, 2023

The conflict between Israel and Palestine has become a hot-topic debate, and Starbucks has been caught in the crossfire. Earlier in October, Starbucks Workers Union made a social media post in support...

Learning shifts to online platforms

Learning shifts to online platforms

Ben Barba Zuniga and Audrey Goddard November 9, 2023

Staring at computers all day has become the standard since the COVID-19 pandemic. During the lockdown, lectures, resources and tests were all moved online because it was the only option for teachers....

Junior Olivia Young evades a defensive player with the ball for Cal’s flag football team.

Girls win first flag football title

Mahita Chava, Staff Writer November 9, 2023

Cal High kicked of the inaugural flag football with a perfect EBAL record and league title. From their first league game against Monte Vista to league finale against Livermore, the Grizzlies has seen...

Students struggle with low test grades and a heavy workload after missing the three-week deadline to add and drop classes.

More time needed to change classes

Anvi Kataria, Photo Editor November 9, 2023

Every year, Cal High students find themselves at the crossroads of selecting the courses right for them. They want to make the best choices, but sometimes finding what is most suitable takes time. Part...

A hyped Christmas fan excited for their favorite holiday stands right next to a depressed person who’s already sick of the Christmas cheer.

All I want for Thanksgiving is Christmas?

Riya Reddy, Staff Writer November 9, 2023

Now that Halloween is over, it’s time to stream Christmas songs for the next two months! Sorry Thanksgiving, and any other holidays between Halloween and Christmas, but I’ve been waiting for this...

Students gather around and use their phones to record a fight instead of intervening, contributing to a bystander mentality.

Bystander mentality enables fighting in school bathroom

Caleb Yi, Staff Writer November 9, 2023

A violent fight broke out in the boy’s bathroom on Oct. 5, as bystanders provoked the combatants and recorded instead of intervening, sparking concerns about how Cal High students and administrators...

Keertana Sreekumar, right, and Athena Zarath smile for photos at the premier of “Growing up with Memory Loss”, a short that Sreekumar directed for SFFILM last year.

Alumna pursues art and film

Sabrina Jackson Kimball, Staff Writer November 9, 2023

Cal High alumna Keertana Sreekumar decided the typical educational route wasn’t for her. At the mere age of 10, Sreekumar founded the Youth Art Committee of San Ramon, which created art for the elderly...

Digitization fixes attendance system

Staff Editors October 5, 2023

Since their introduction to classrooms, scanners used by students for attendance have been on the fritz, incorrectly marking many students as absent. Consequently, pink attendance slips to correct these...

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