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193 countries! San Jose second-grade teacher becomes rare traveler to visit every country in the world
Lucy Hsu got her first passport at the age of 23. Twenty years later, she has been to every country in the world.
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400K handwritten postcards and letters: Mountain View woman manages massive volunteer get-out-the-vote operation
Maria Genzel’s volunteers can either pick up packets of postcards from her porch or join her regular postcard-writing “parties.”
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Actress helps East Bay teen with chronic illness achieve acting dream
Steph Langnas volunteered to give Zoé Berman eight weeks of acting lessons. Three years later, they are still going strong, and Zoé’s dream of starring in her own show became a reality. Garvin Thomas reports.
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Aiming to lift spirits of passers-by, homeless San Jose artist creates elaborate, wearable suits of armor
Using material he scavenged from dump sites, Jared Clark has crafted life-size suits of armor based on characters from the game Warhammer 40,000.
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SF college students design, construct dozens of beds for homeless students and families
Setting up and taking down the emergency family shelter inside a working San Francisco school is a logistical challenge. A group of students from the Academy of Art University is making the work easier for the staff and the shelter more comfortable for the residents.
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South Bay high school robotics team bringing sport to next generation
The Wilcox High School Robotics team created robotic kits and is taking them into elementary schools to get younger students excited about the activity.
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East Bay special education teacher's training as a hairstylist comes in handy before student's big night
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.
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After over 2 years walking, hiker becomes first solo woman to finish 6,800-mile American Discovery Trail
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.
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South San Francisco man on a mission of kindness is rewarding those who follow
Bryan Tsiliacos is rewarding acts of kindness with cash as part of his “Decade Of Kindness.”
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‘There's a sisterhood': Female VTA employees form group to support women in transit
A longtime female VTA employee is leading the agency’s effort to make a career in transit more appealing and inclusive to women.