Bay Area Proud

The Wilcox High School Robotics team created robotic kits and is taking them into elementary schools to get younger students excited about the activity.

Claire Hall says early in life she dreamed of being a hairstylist to the stars. One day in February, that is exactly what Hall got to be.

Family photos, some more than decade ago, were close to being lost forever. Garvin Thomas has the Bay Area Proud story about how they found their way back home.

Briana DeSanctis set off from Cape Henlopen, Deleware, on Jan. 1, 2022. More than two years later, she completed the American Discovery Trail at Limantour Beach in Marin County.

Bryan Tsiliacos is rewarding acts of kindness with cash as part of his “Decade Of Kindness.”

A longtime female VTA employee is leading the agency’s effort to make a career in transit more appealing and inclusive to women.

When Marisol Inglis needed a kidney, her sister, Zoe, stepped up to offer one of hers. The chances of them being a match, however, were slim. The odds ended up working in their favor. Garvin Thomas reports.

Catherine Martinelli and Soledad Jackson met when both joined the Marines in the 1980s. They haven’t always stayed in touch over the past forty years but when it counts, both have come to each other’s reascue. Garvin Thomas reports.

On the very same day twelve years ago, Mike Beckwith gave up smoking and took up running. In addition to completing dozens of marathons and ultra-marathons, Mike is four-sixths of the way through a unique running quest. Garvin Thomas reports.

Michelle Sawyer and her husband, Micah, started Micah’s Hugs, a nonprofit the provides training in the use of Narcan, after Micah’s son died from a fenanyl overdose. Garvin Thomas reports.

As 2023 comes to a close, we take a look back at some memorable Bay Area Proud stories. Garvin Thomas reports.

Not long after the start of the war in Ukraine, Sarah Sargent volunteered to tutor a 12-year-old Ukrainian boy in English. Almost two years later, the war, and their bond, continues. Garvin Thomas reports.

Since starting Empower To Excel in 2015, Ayesha Charagulla has engaged 3,000 teens in projects helping the less fortunate. Garvin Thomas reports.