Something personal had been weighing on Mai Da Silva’s mind the summer before her freshman year in high school. She thought about that...

Five major Bay Area food banks are calling on the public to help after all the nonprofits reported “alarming” volunteer shortages in...

Staff and volunteers from the arts nonprofit DrawBridge are delivering hundreds of high quality backpacks filled with art supplies to...

For 31 years, Family Giving Tree has made the holidays brighter for low-income families in the Bay Area by distributing toys, books and...

Two local nonprofits expect to provide school supplies to almost 3,000 low-income students through their respective back-to-school...

You may not be able to see it, but even covered by a Covid mask, Bobby Thomas’s smile lights up the meat counter he presides over at...

Let’s talk about cake. Cake is the product of layering cooked batter, moist frosting and varying toppings. It comes in every flavor...

Somewhere deep in the California wilderness, a group of teenage girls wearing matching hiking boots are lugging massive backpacks through...

As we mark a year of life under lockdown, Americans are reflecting on COVID-19’s devastating toll: a year of loss, closures and anxiety....