SoCal students face disappointment, uncertainty after virus outbreak cancels study-abroad sessions in China

Grant Richardson’s dad Phillip watches a press conference on the novel coronavirus at home in Newport Coast on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Grant Richardson, a Pepperdine University sophomore, was forced to return from his semester abroad in Shanghai due to the novel coronavirus that forced Pepperdine to suspend its program there. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Grant Richardson, a Pepperdine University sophomore, was forced to return from his semester abroad in Shanghai d