PEOPLE BEING PEOPLE

A California woman would have missed out on a $23 million lottery win if not for a store’s surveillance camera. Julie Cervera, 69, says she asked her daughter to buy the lottery ticket on a whim, and then forgot about the ticket after stashing it in her car. As the ticket neared its expiration date, lottery officials circulated photos of Cervera’s daughter, and Cervera, who is disabled and broke, learned she was a multimillionaire—not a moment too soon. “I have maybe a dollar in my pocket,” she said. “My electric bill is $600.’’