Six months into his first year in high school, he dropped out. For more than a year, he isolated himself in his Huntington Beach bedroom where he became addicted to video games and anonymously vented his anger online with racist and misogynistic screeds, haunted by suicidal thoughts and fantasies about hurting others. His health deteriorated as he binged on pepperoni pizza, grew obese and developed terrible rashes. Today, Chida, 38, is Gov. Gavin Newsom's chief deputy Cabinet secretary, a key member of the team building an ambitious plan to reshape public education through a 50-billion continuum of services to create a healthy foundation for children and a path to meaningful jobs at the end. Chida was the chief architect of five-year compacts with the University of California and California State University, pledging financial stability in exchange for gains in graduation rates, access and affordability.

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Former UCLA standout and NFL punter Chris Kluwe has sold his gamer-ready home in a gated Huntington Beach community for 1.84 million. The Traditional-style home on a cul-de-sac features, among other things, a video game room that was featured on an episode of the DIY Network series "Man Caves." Kluwe, an avid gamer, commissioned the project, which converted an unused room into a custom gaming space complete with stadium seating, a dual gaming center and a 106-inch projector screen. Elsewhere in the 3,700 square feet of interiors are formal living and dining rooms, a center-island kitchen, an office/library and a family room. A vaulted foyer with a curving staircase marks the entrance to the home.