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When Miriam Hernandez, 17, graduates in June from Clark Magnet High School in La Crescenta, Calif., she will know how to build a computer network, which qualifies her for a job earning about $60,000 a year even before she attends California State University, Los Angeles, to continue studies she has begun in business. Nationally, fewer than 60% of Hispanic girls graduate from high school. But Hernandez, whose friends include several young moms, has been focused on opening a beauty salon, where she believes her computer training will come in handy. For an entrepreneurship class, she drew up a business...
William B. Schafer, M.D. La Crescenta, California
...pound Goffredo possesses a sweet shooting stroke that helped him average 30.0 points per game as a senior at La Crescenta (CA) High School...
DIED. MAURICE J. NOBLE, 91, multi-award-winning animation designer: in La Crescenta, Calif. Noble worked on some of the country's best-loved animated features, including Pinocchio, Dumbo, Fantasia, Bambi and Snow White, as well as many of the Road Runner and Bugs Bunny cartoons. With two World War II buddies, Theodore Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss, and director Chuck Jones, he helped create the original TV movie version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas...
Rick and Cynthia Livingston of La Crescenta, Calif., have tried to assert influence over their son's gaming by embracing it. About four years ago, they bought a Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Their son Taylor, then 6, had already become a whiz by playing games at his friends' homes. "But we discovered a lot of neighbor kids had no limits, so we decided to buy a system for our home so we could watch him," explains Rick, an actor. "He'd play all day if he could," adds Cynthia, an elementary school principal. The Livingstons gradually limited Taylor's gaming...