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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

‘The Last of Us’ returns with style

KK DeMello, Staff Writer May 1, 2025

After more than two years since the season one finale, HBO’s hit series “The Last of Us” is back with the vengeance of an army of the infected. But only a few episodes in there’s already much...

From left to right, Zach Kuruvilla, Sibesh Sankaranarayanan, Angad Gahra, Aiden Berry, Jake Westfall, and Adam Carter come together to perform at Cal High’s lip sync.

Lip sync hits the stage

Christian Jung, Staff Writer March 21, 2025

Prior to Cal High’s annual lip sync competition, the excitement was building for junior Elise Matek. As one of the key performers for the junior class, Matek put in countless hours to perfect the juniors’...

No prince charming can save this movie

Anistyn Lum, Staff Writer March 21, 2025

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, how many more remakes until Disney falls? Well, actually it looks like it shouldn’t take long because from the looks of it, this year does not seem promising for the company. Disney...

A nearly empty movie theater room playing “Joker” symbolizes the dying popularity of watching movies in theaters.

Are movie theaters a dying business?

Livi Jung, Online Editor March 21, 2025

Movie theaters first started as storefronts before growing to become grand exhibitions for motion pictures. Two guys, William Rock and Walter Wainwright, had the original idea to let the public see films...

Lady Gaga emerges from an artistic grave with her many music awards, representing the revival of 2010 pop stars.

2010 pop artists are coming back

Landon Olberg, Staff Writer March 21, 2025

Everyone can agree that the 2010s had some of the best music albums of all time. Some of the popular artists include Lady Gaga, A$AP Rocky, Bruno Mars and Beyoncé. These artists peaked in the 2010s,...

From left to right, seniors Manya Singh, Paloma Jackson Kimball, Elizabeth Spencer, and junior Annalise Wedewer act out an emotional scene in “Women of Troy”, where they say their last goodbyes to the queen’s grandson.

‘Women of Troy’ opens Thursday night

Aditi Mandale, Staff Writer February 12, 2025

A heartbreaking and emotional story, “Women of Troy”, will be performed this week in the Cal High theater. “Women of Troy,” also known as “Trojan Women,” takes center stage on Thursday and...

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