Students are picking up hobbies during shelter-in-place
Nick Harvey, Staff Writer
May 21, 2020
Students have been up to a variety of interesting activities during the stay-at-home orders, from mastering the art of lockpicking to adjusting to online learning. Although students have had to continue doing their schoolwork, most students are doing less schoolwork and as a result have found themselves...
How many tries does it take to get the right teacher?
Wyatt Golla, Staff Writer
May 6, 2020
Throughout my first year of high school I’ve been faced with a conundrum: Who are my math and health teachers? In both my first and second periods, I’ve had at least eight different teachers combined. Yes, that’s right. Eight. It’s been a mix of substitutes, people who’ve been coddled...
Grizzlies shine in postseason
Andrew Sousa, Sports Editor
May 29, 2019
Senior Daniella Hawkins ended her high school swimming career on a high note. Hawkins placed second in the 500 freestyle event at the CIF State Championships on May 17-18 at Clovis West High School. “I was really excited to get second, because I had never placed that high in state befo...
Banding together
Christine Oh, News Editor
May 2, 2019
Cal High hosted schools from all over Northern California on April 13 for the NCBA spring festival. The festival at Cal was one of three festivals that the Northern California Band Association (NCBA) hosts throughout the year. “It’s a great privilege to be able to host other schools on our ow...
Cal looks for new principal
Gina Wu, Editor in Chief
May 2, 2019
Cal High Principal Christopher George will be leaving the school and starting his new job at the district office. Beginning on July 1, George will be the new assistant director of secondary education for the San Ramon Valley Unified School District. He will oversee the district’s eight mid...
AP tests see a price hike this year
Julia Tjan, News Editor
March 29, 2017
Everyone knows what time of the year it is when the 5 Steps to a 5, Princeton Review, and Crash Course books come out. That’s right, it’s AP test time. The pressure not only to pass but to get a 5 starts to emanate not only from parents with high expectations but from the students themselves. The...
On the Efficacy and Need of Monday Schools
Neel Baronia, Guest Writer
May 13, 2015
Monday schools are like magistrate-run courts. They try to make it seem serious, but in reality everyone just walks away with some form of discipline that’s enough to irk you, but not enough to actually change your behavior in any way. The similarities between high school correctional programs and...
Cal High has come a long way
Chandni Mistry, Staff Writer
April 10, 2014
Forty years ago, California High School first opened with about 1,050 students and 25 teachers. Math teacher Gary Triebwasser said students started Cal as sixth graders and stayed until they graduated. All of the teachers comprised a new, young faculty and included some familiar faces still on...
A brief history of the Grizzly ‘newsiverse’
Heather Wong, News Editor
April 10, 2014
It was January of 1987. As editor in chief of the first school paper, senior Christine Lew (then Christine Martin) eagerly watched as the Cal High Newspaper was distributed on campus. For the first time in the history of the school, an after-school club had been established in order to create...
Cal earns No. 3 seed in NCS; hosts Dougherty Valley Friday night
Eric Yee, Sports Editor
November 12, 2013
Cal's varsity football team earned the No. 3 seed in the NCS playoffs and will host crosstown rival Dougherty Valley Friday at 7 p.m. It is the first time in school history that Cal and Dougherty will meet in a football game. The Grizzlies (8-2, 6-0 EBAL) are coming off their first outright EBAL tit...