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Meet 13-year-old Jack Rico who graduated from college with four associate degrees

Ihesiulo Grace 30 May 2020 0

Jack Rico, a 13-year-old boy from La Mirada, has made history after graduating from Fullerton College in California with four associate degrees. According to CNN, Rico’s feat — which took him only two years — makes him the youngest student in the school’s 107-year-old history to reach the

Education

California schools unlikely to reopen this year

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2020 0

California public school campuses are unlikely to reopen for the remainder of the academic school year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The state’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said this late on Tuesday in a letter to school district officials. “Due to the current safety concerns and needs for ongoing social-distancing, it currently appears

World

California orders residents to stay at home in bid to blunt pandemic

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2020 0

California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered his state’s residents to stay at home, announcing an extraordinary action over roughly 40 million people in the country’s largest state. The directive went into effect on Thursday evening, restricting non-essential movement, while allowing essential business and services like grocery stores and pharmacies to operate. “We’re not

Sports

Kobe Bryant, daughter buried in private family funeral

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2020 0

A private funeral was held in California for Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, who died along with seven others when the Lakers icon’s chopper crashed last month, according to new reports Tuesday. The two were laid to rest last Friday in Corona Del Mar, ahead of a Feb. 24 public memorial at the […]

News

5 people killed, 3 injured after plane crashes into a house in California

Ihesiulo Grace 4 February 2019 0

On Sunday, five people were killed and three others were injured when a small plane crashed into a home outside of Los Angeles. The crash killed the male pilot of the plane and four people (two males and two females) who were in the single-family home, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said on Twitter. The […]