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 …
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 …
These days, Fred Pena strains to remember the years he lived out of his car in the Bay Area. Feelings are easier to access. “There’s a sense of dread,” Pena …
As she’s done many times before, sophomore Nicole Zamora grabbed a hall pass, went to the front of the East Palo Alto Academy school, entered the massive vehicle in the parking …
In classrooms around the Bay Area, old Adobe Acrobat DVDs, rubber bands and straws are leading rich second lives. The donated materials, delivered to schools by the nonprofit RAFT and …
Things were looking up for Benjamin Johnson. After a few years living out of his car in Fremont, he’d landed an apartment in Sunnyvale and a steady job as a cook …
Generations ago, there were so many orchards and fruit trees in the South Bay that it was known as the “Valley of Hearts Delight.” Stanford University was built on a …