Oakland Artist Does Big Things For Bay Area...

Karen Cusolito creates larger-than-life figures out of salvaged steel; some 40 ft. tall and higher. It is what she has done for the Oakland art scene, though, that may be her most important work to date.

Stanford Academics Turning Research Into Results

Research done by Stanford's Rural Education Action Program has gotten the attention of the Chinese government. With that attention has come billions of dollars to help children in rural China.

Mountain View Fire Station Garden...

A Mountain View firefighter's hobby has his station eating healthier, and his efforts getting recognized.

Crockett School Learns Small Deeds Make...

When physical education teacher Dave Hobson got the results back from a bullying survey he had given his students, he knew something had to be done.

San Jose Triathlete Makes Most Of Second Chance

Failing to reach his dream, Jeff Schmidt now realizes, was one of the best things that ever happened to him.

Furry Friends

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 10:17 AM PDT

Therapy Animals Help Children Learning To Read

For a child just learning to read, doing it in front of an adult can be intimidating. Not so in front of four-year-old Crystal. It's not because of her age, though. It's because of her species.

Stanford Hospital

Friday, Apr 26, 2013 at 10:01 AM PDT

Stanford Nurse Doodles, Draws Out Smiles

When the nurses at the Intermediate Cardiac Care Unit at Stanford Hospital reorganized and consolidated the patient information they keep on a white board, it left behind a large, blank

Urban Releaf

Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 09:54 PM PDT

Transforming Oakland's Landscape, One Tree At A Time

Kemba Shakur founded Urban Releaf in 1998. 15 years and 15,000 trees later, she says she's only just begun.

Relay For Life

Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 at 04:38 PM PDT

San Jose 7-Year-Old Raising Thousands to Fight Cancer

There are more than eighty teams signed up for this year's Cambrian Relay for Life. One team captain, however, stands out from the rest, and not just because of her size.

Apollo High School

Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 09:54 PM PDT

The Unlikely Tech Titans

The robotics team from Apollo High School in East San Jose is racking up some impressive, and somewhat surprising, hardware.

Ulistac Natural Area

Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013 at 08:17 PM PDT

Turning Back the Clock in Silicon Valley

For the past decade a dedicated group of enviornmentalists have spent thousands of hours trying to make 40-acre patch of California look like, well, California.

Bay Area Proud

Inspiring stories of people making a difference