AND HAPPENING NOW. MIKE: YEAH, AND THE KEYWORD IS LIBRARY. IF YOU ARE LIKE ME, WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS, THE FACT YOU CAN GO TO YOUR LIBRARY TO EARN A DIPLOMA AND IT IS FREE, I THOUGHT, HE SAID LIBRARY RIGHT? THE ABSOLUTE ANSWER IS YES, AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE TO QUALIFYING ADULTS. IT IS CALLED CAREER ONLINE HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS AN 18 MONTH PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN OPEN AT THE LIBRARY AND IT IS FOR FREE TO ADULTS. TONIGHT’S GRADUATION SPEAKER IS A SINGLE MOM. SHE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT WHO FOUND HER WAY INTO DRUGS AND MENTAL ILLNESS, ULTIMATELY LANDING IN PRISON, A SEVEN YEAR STAY IN PRISON. WHEN SHE WAS RELEASED, SHE TOLD ME SHE FOUND NOT MUCH OF A PROMISING FUTURE AND FEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THIS 33-YEAR-OLD SINGLE MOM SAID ONCE HER FRIEND TOLD HER ABOUT THE PROGRAM AT THE LIBRARY, SHE INTERVIEWED AND WAS ACCEPTED INTO THEIR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, GIVEN AN ACADEMIC ADVISOR, AND HAS GAINED NEW FOUND CONFIDENCE AND ABILITY TO ATTAIN THE DREAM OF BEING CALLED A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. >> VERY EMOTIONAL. MIKE: WHY? >> BECAUSE IT IS THE BIGGEST DAY OF MY LIFE, PRETTY MUCH, BESIDES THE BIRTH OF MY SON. IT I JUST -- IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. MIKE: SHE TOLD ME IF IT WAS NOT FOR HER FRIEND, SHE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE PROGRAM, SO SHE HOPES ANYBODY WATCHING THIS NOW CAN GO, WAIT A MINUTE, COULD I POSSIBLY EARN MY HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA THROUGH THIS LIBRARY? SHE SAYS YOU CAN. JUST TRY IT. IT IS NEVER TOO LATE. SHE IS 33 YEARS OLD, AND SHE SAYS SHE HAS A RENEWED START ON A NEW LIFE THANKS TO THE FACT THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO GET A DIPLOMA HERE. SINCE 2014, 133 OTHER ADULTS HAVE GRADUATED FROM THIS FREE ONLINE PROGRAM, HOSTED HERE AT THE SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY. IT IS LARGELY FUNDED THROUGH MONEY FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE LOTTERY. GRADUATION CEREMONY TONIGHT BEGINS AT 6:30 RIGHT INS