{"id":235148,"date":"2026-03-25T02:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T02:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/235148\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T02:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T02:53:09","slug":"chico-high-students-take-part-in-california-mock-trial-competition-in-oakland-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/235148\/","title":{"rendered":"Chico High students take part in California Mock Trial competition in Oakland | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211;\u00a0On March 20 and 21, students from Chico High School represented Butte County at the California Mock Trial event in Oakland.<\/p>\n<p>The Butte County Office of Education says the team from Chico High School, which took home a first-place finish in the Butte County Mock Trial event, competed against 34 teams from counties across California, arguing the case of The People of the State of California v. Fromholz.<\/p>\n<p>Chico High&#8217;s team was coached by teacher Casey Van Masis and local attorneys Brenden Blake,\u00a0Nicole Diamond, and Kathy Richards.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Picture1.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"309\" height=\"232\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69c32178c8573.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"150\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    Butte County Office of Education<\/p>\n<p>During the California Mock Trial event, the following students from Chico High School took home individual honors for their performances:<\/p>\n<p>Annalisa Pedrinazzi &#8211; Top 3 Outstanding Prosecution AttorneyClare Lynch &#8211; Outstanding Prosecution Witness AwardLauren Loomba &#8211; Team Most Valuable Player (Pretrial Attorney)<\/p>\n<p>The California Mock Trial is held every year, providing students with a hands-on experience of the legal system and helps boost critical thinking, teamwork, and public speaking.<\/p>\n<p>The Butte County Office of Education says the success of the Chico High School team at the event reflects the talent and dedication of its students and coaching staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211;\u00a0On March 20 and 21, students from Chico High School represented Butte County at the California&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[19786,3671,972,100,143,145,144,136],"class_list":["post-235148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-butte-county","tag-covering-california","tag-local","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}