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

Caesar dressing and croutons decorate one of Cal Highs vegetarian salads. Students discovered that the Caesar salad dressing contains anchovies.

Students learn vegetarian salad contains anchovies

Shiphrah Moses, Managing Editor March 21, 2022

Vegetarian senior Brunda Kashavijjala walked back to her group of friends after picking up lunch from the cafeteria.  From the few vegetarian options available at Cal High, she chose a Caesar salad....

Senior Carol Chen’s illustration of Zoom courtroom earned her third place in the Mock Trial courtroom artist competition this year.

Mock trial team wins county for fifth year in a row

Andrew Ma, Editor-in-Chief March 21, 2022

Cal High’s mock trial team had a daunting reputation to live up to at the virtual Contra Costa County Mock Trial championship. Led by senior co-captains Cindy Zhu, Ami Baid, and Daniela Kuthy-Cervantes...

Cal’s storage museum features everything, from a foosball table to filing cabinets, to even an old piano.

Cal High’s amazing storage museum

Sydney Cicchitto, Staff Writer March 18, 2022

Do you remember the island of misfit toys from the childhood holiday classic “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer?” Or maybe you recall the memory dump from Pixar’s “Inside Out”. Perhaps you are a...

Principal Megan Keefer checks students as they leave campus at lunch. Only students who don’t have a fifth or sixth period scheduled are allowed to leave because of Cal High’s closed campus.

Why do we have a closed campus?

Michael Zarich, Staff Writer November 29, 2021

A big change for seniors returning back to in-person school this year is the opportunity to eat lunch in the parking lot. Although many seniors choose to hangout near the parking lot and their cars...

Hybrid students who returned to campus this week found theyre spaced about six feet from their classmates.

Reflecting of my first days back

Christine Oh, Co Editor-in-Chief March 19, 2021

Being on campus for the past two days felt like a fever dream—it didn’t feel real, but also oddly normal at the same time. It also felt incredibly heartwarming and I could tell that teachers were...

New football coach Danny Calcagno brings a plethora of coaching experience to Cal High. He coached at San Leandro High School from 1995 to 2002 and at Chabot College from 2003 to 2016.

Cal High ushers in a new football era

Andrew Sousa, Sports Editor November 6, 2020

With the start of a new decade comes the introduction of a new coach for Cal High football. Danny Calcagno is entering his first year as the head coach for Cal’s football team, and is excited for...

Despite some benefits of recording virtual classes, teachers are not allowed to do this because it violates the California State Education Code.

District rethinks recording virtual classes

Andrew Ma, Editor-in-Chief September 30, 2020

After a week of allowing teachers to record online classes to monitor their students, the district backpedaled and announced that this practice is no longer permitted because of legal issues. In the...

Each class has its own bone to pick with the pandemic

Each class has its own bone to pick with the pandemic

Tyler Lunn, Asiyah Ally, Ridhi Goyal, and Eli Mayerson September 25, 2020

After the 2020-21 school year started online, there have been many perks exclusive to the high school experience that freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors are now missing out on.

Districts Board of Education unanimously votes to start school year with hybrid learning

District’s Board of Education unanimously votes to start school year with hybrid learning

Christine Oh, Co Editor-in-Chief July 14, 2020

Students will return to school on a hybrid in-person and remote learning plan on Aug. 11, the district’s Board of Education unanimously decided during its Tuesday meeting which was live-streamed on the...

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