Jorge Macias is rarely in one place for long, with the 24-year-old wheelchair user an active and upbeat presence among the many BORP Adaptive Sports and Recreation program activities. Whether …
Teodora Soto’s family life was turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced millions of Californians into monthslong lockdowns and made her job as a hairstylist suddenly feel dangerous. After …
At the head of a long row of tables pushed together, Cheyenne Martinez listened to the directions. She is in Portable 1 at Deer Valley High School in Antioch and …
Seventeen-month-old Elliott Busa eagerly waits as a new package, addressed directly to him, arrives at his doorstep. He already knows what’s inside, and he can hardly contain himself as the …
Kellie Robison knew when just a youngster that she was going blind. The 62-year-old Oakley woman was born sighted, but it soon became apparent, even as an infant, that she …
For weeks after his brother’s suicide in January, Jamaal Morgain barely ate. He refused to – he wanted to waste away, to spiral back into the dark pit of depression …
At just past 4 on an October afternoon, a dozen girls began to run. They were told to circle a piece of Danville’s Sycamore Valley Park. But unlike track practice, …