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Tustin school district is making the change to full-day kindergarten

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Kindergartners in the Tustin Unified School District will be getting a little more time to learn their lessons. The district is adding about an hour and a half to the school day for the young students starting with the next school year, joining a trend toward offering full-day kindergarten. South Orange County school districts announced…

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Paris building fire claims 10 lives; arson suspected

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By THOMAS ADAMSON and ANGELA CHARLTON PARIS — Paris’ deadliest fire in over a decade claimed 10 lives Tuesday, sending fleeing residents to the roof as flames engulfed their apartment building before dawn. A 40-year-old female resident of the building, said to have a history of psychiatric problems, was arrested as police opened an investigation…

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Plane fell apart in air before deadly crash into Yorba Linda home

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The Cessna plane had flown about 10 miles, reaching an altitude as high as 7,800 feet, when witnesses saw it coming through the clouds in one piece, authorities said. Moments later, its tail came off. Then its wings. The plane plummeted rapidly into a Yorba Linda home Sunday afternoon, setting…

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Man apparently struck by own vehicle in Fullerton; is found dead

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Police found a man dead after he was apparently struck by his own car in Fullerton on Monday, Feb. 4. A caller reported a single-vehicle collision on the 800 block of Morningside Drive at about 7:45 p.m., said Fullerton Police Lt. Michael Hines. He said responding officers found a man dead in the street with…

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‘Flower Drum Song’ author C.Y. Lee dead at 102

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C.Y. Lee, whose novel “The Flower Drum Song” became a best seller and the basis for a popular stage musical and Oscar-nominated film despite mixed critical reactions and concerns about stereotypes, has died at age 102. Lee’s son, Jay Lee, said his father died Nov. 8 in Los Angeles. The family decided…

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Ex-Centinela Valley superintendent pushed through private retirement plan worth $294,000 to him, testimony reveals

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Disgraced former Centinela Valley school Superintendent Jose Fernandez was “extremely” eager to secure a supplemental retirement plan for the district from which he stood to gain $294,000, according to court testimony Monday. Jose Fernandez sits with his attorney Vicki Podberesky during his preliminary hearing in Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. Fernandez was arrested…