IN PICTURES: After difficult year, 847 students graduate from Millikan High School
Graduates set the tone with speeches with messages of hope for the future and songs sung by the Millikan High School Vocal Ensemble.
IN PICTURES: 80 students graduate from Sato Academy of Math and Science
Wednesday’s ceremony included nine valedictorians and 30 students who graduated with at least a 4.0 GPA.
IN PICTURES: Thousands line up at Long Beach Convention Center for free food giveaway
Thousands of families waited in long lines Saturday morning near Shoreline Village in Downtown Long Beach were approximately 2,000 meals were distributed to local families.
IN PICTURES: Volunteers pitch in for a ‘Day on, not a Day Off’
Roughly 500 volunteers pitched in Monday to clean and landscape parks, paint murals and trash cans and spruce up yards of the elderly and disabled on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.
Jerry Pryor, homeless at 73, still pulls his cart near Lakewood Village—but gets a little help
Earlier this month, Jerry was surprised with a new cart, clothing, supplies and money directed to accounts at the local restaurants he frequents.