[bc_video video_id=”6257256456001″ account_id=”5728959025001″ player_id=”rJpklujDf” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” playsinline=”” picture_in_picture=”” max_width=”640px” mute=”” width=”100%” height=”100%” ] In the city of Desert Hot Springs, a frequently traveled intersection was renamed in honor of a local high school valedictorian. Pierson Boulevard at Cholla Drive will now be referred to as Leonardo Rochin Flores. During his academic career at […]
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As she looked around the room during her graduation ceremony last Friday, a Texas high school graduate knew one person was missing from the room: her father. Sarai Ruiz, 18, watched as families, including her own mother, proudly stood before her graduating class at Hector J. Garcia Early College High School in Laredo. Ruiz’s father, […]
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A graduate of what is now Winston-Salem State University in 1949, who served in the US Army during World War II, finally got the chance to walk across the stage and accept a degree in person during a commencement ceremony. On Friday, dawning a red cap and gown, Elizabeth Barker Johnson was handed an honorary […]
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A lifelong ballet dancer and avid soccer player who was aboard a tour boat in the Bahamas when it exploded Saturday underwent a double amputation and remains in critical condition, family members said. Stefanie Schaffer, 22, was one of 12 people — 10 U.S. citizens and two Bahamian crew members — who were on the […]
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Storey Lantry Chavira says it was bad enough to see her severely injured son, allegedly beaten at the hands of an administrator at Stepping Stones learning center last week. But what she has learned since about the learning center, angers her even further. “I was also told that upon exit, upon completion of the program, […]
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Riverside County, CA The dropout rate among Riverside County students in the high school class of 2015-16 dropped from the previous year, coupled with an upward tick in the graduation rate, according to figures released today by the state Department of Education. The dropout rate for Riverside County students who started high school in 2012-13 was 6.3 percent, down […]