CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
September 9, 2005 | Andrew H. Malcolm, Times Staff Writer
Steve Soto kept a clock radio on the far side of his Valencia bedroom for months. That way, at 5:45 a.m., when the sweet but sudden sounds of classical music erupted, the teenager had to clamber out of bed and propel his muscled 6-foot-1 frame across the floor to restore silence. Those four steps and few jarring seconds were all the 17-year-old high school football player required to resist rolling over and sleeping away any more of his summer vacation.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 20, 2005 | From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Four black students alleged in a civil rights lawsuit Thursday that officials had not done enough to quell racist slurs and graffiti by white supremacists at Valencia High School. The federal suit names the William S. Hart Union High School District, its superintendent and Valencia High's principal. It says groups of whites use racial slurs, paint supremacist messages on bathroom walls and display white power stickers.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
April 17, 2003 | Michael Krikorian, Times Staff Writer
A teenager's mother has been convicted in connection with the graffiti vandalism committed by her son and ordered to pay restitution, officials said Wednesday. Yolanda Jeronimo, 43, was found guilty Friday of one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for failing to curtail her son's frequent tagging in the Van Nuys area.
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July 27, 2001 | JERRY HICKS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
It's by far the biggest city in Orange County without a high school, a distinction that causes Yorba Linda no pride. For years, as city leaders have pushed for a high school, officials in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified district have countered that it wasn't financially feasible. That's all finally changing.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 3, 2001
A rundown of Orange County fireworks shows and community parades commemorating Independence Day. FIREWORKS Showtimes at 9 p.m. on July 4 unless otherwise noted Aliso Viejo, Grand Park, free, (949) 362-5890, Ext. 207 Anaheim, Disneyland, 9:30 p.m., $33-$43 admission and $7 parking, (714) 781-4565 Buena Park, Knott's Berry Farm, 10:30 p.m.
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April 11, 2001 | ERIC SONDHEIMER
Pitcher Kyle Wilson of Valencia High went from having no scholarship offers his senior year to turning down schools who barely knew his name a couple months ago. It was tantamount to having no date for the school prom, then having five cheerleaders call a week before the big dance.