A 9-year-old Redondo Beach girl burst into tears of joy when she discovered she would finally be returning to school, which has been captured in a heartwarming video that has gone viral this past week.
Most schools throughout Southern California have been closed for nearly a year now due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many of them, including the Redondo Beach Unified School District, are finally beginning to reopen as the region’s daily new coronavirus case counts and hospitalizations have gone down enough to meet the state’s thresholds for resuming in-person learning.
Last week, the parents of Clara Zanotto sat her down to break the news. The fourth-grader immediately broke down in tears and embraced her mother.
Kimberly Cheng reports for the KTLA 5 News on Feb. 26, 2021.