Juana Lona cradled a black hen in the chicken run at Live Earth Farm in Watsonville, as kindergarteners from a Pajaro Valley charter school milled around trying to approach the …
Perla Equihua, a 19-year-old Chicana woman, brims with pride as she recounts the last six years — a journey from frequent blackouts as a young teen caused by a drug …
You may have heard of lupus but probably don’t really know what it is. That was true of San Jose resident Jane Siebenmorgen in 2004, when she started feeling fatigue …
Turning 30 is a major milestone in many young adults’ lives. For Esther Ashford, celebrating her 30th birthday this October meant she was still alive. Ashford was diagnosed with stage …
The spirit of giving is shining brightly in the East Bay. Share the Spirit readers are stepping up to help their neighbors in need. As of Dec. 18, your generous …
For the past 25 years, Siobhan Kenney has been the face of philanthropy for Applied Materials, heading up food drives and getting up on chilly Thanksgiving mornings to lead the …
Monica Padilla has been named the next chief executive officer of Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE). Padilla has worked at SVCE for five years leading power policy, planning, procurement, regulatory, …
Scott Donovan was in a bad place. Donovan, 50, had been homeless for about five years, sleeping outside a recycling place in Livermore. He lived day to day, thinking mainly …
They were shivering in shock, huddled under blankets in a local evacuation center when Kiki Wolfeld found them. It had been hours since their disgruntled coworker had gunned down seven …
Betty Moore, a Silicon Valley philanthropist who championed health care and environmental causes, died Tuesday, just eight-and-a-half months after the death of her husband, the Intel co-founder and tech legend …