A celebration was held in El Cerrito, Calif. for Mila Mangold who turned 114 years old last month. Mangold is considered the oldest living person in California, the 4th oldest in the U.S., and the 15th oldest living in the world. (Meina Wu/RN3 Loving Care Homes)EL CERRITO, Calif. - It’s a distinction few can claim and most certainly one worth celebrating.
Known as the oldest living person in California, Mila Mangold turned 114 years old last month, surrounded by residents and staff of her senior care home in El Cerrito.In addition to being the oldest in the state, validated data collected by Gerontology Research Group (GRG), which verifies and tracks supercentenarians, showed that the Bay Area resident was also the fourth-oldest living.