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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

Teens with a provisional license often drive their friends, despite restrictions stating they cannot without proper supervision.

Teen driving restrictions are impractical

Nidhi Sudheendra, Opinions Editor March 28, 2024

Many teenagers impatiently wait for the day they obtain a driver’s license and gain the freedom to go places without depending on their parents. But in the United States, when teenage drivers pass their...

Students work on a lab for AP Environmental Science, one of several advanced STEM classes offered at Cal.

Variety in advanced classes is lacking

Nidhi Sudheendra, Opinions Editor February 14, 2024

It is no secret that many Cal High students pile rigorous AP and honors classes into their schedules. What might not be as apparent is a lack of variety in the advanced classes offered. High school should...

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

Starbucks boycott is misinformed

Nidhi Sudheendra, Opinions Editor 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...

Senior Dihini Withana preforms a split-stance snatch at the Youth World Weight Lifting competition in Albania in March 2023. This was Withana’s first international competition.

Senior outlifts the competition

Nidhi Sudheendra and Audrey Goddard October 5, 2023

Meet Cal High senior, Dihini Withana, a national weightlifter who has lifted her home country Sri Lanka to new heights. Withana began weightlifting in August 2018, after her dad, Eran Withana, discovered...

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