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After waives of fee hikes and subsequent protests at California’s public universities, students from middle class families could be getting tuition cuts thanks to a state-sponsored Middle Class Scholarship program that will go into effect next school year.

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GILROY—Moved by a centenarian grandmother’s story and prompted to act by the deaths of high school seniors weeks before graduation, Gilroy school trustees have adopted a new policy to award honorary high school diplomas.

Marisol Cruz Velasco, a self-described “people person,” enjoys helping others work through whatever struggles they may be facing. The Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy senior shares her expertise in linguistics in a variety of ways. Fluent in Spanish, English and Japanese, and currently...

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