Nita Simpson has lived more lives than many. She’s coached basketball. She’s coached volleyball. She’s coached boxing. She’s run a record label. She’s been a radio personality. All of these …
LIVERMORE — LuAnn Briggs peered over her left shoulder at one of two visitors she escorted into her studio apartment above Open Heart Kitchen in Livermore and whispered: “It’s small.” …
Pretty much every waking moment of every day, Enis Martinez tends to the needs of her five children, including a 4-year-old son who’s on the autism spectrum and twin 23-month-old …
They drew the line at getting high in the same room as their 3-year-old son. Never went that far, no. Anastasia and James Burke ensured that Liam was away from …
Economic uncertainties and changing spending patterns may have affected giving nationally in the past year, but in the East Bay, generous Share the Spirit readers continue to show support for …
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 …
As a child, Jayla Lackaff would often escape to the expansive worlds within her favorite video games to get away from her turbulent reality — the computer screen a wall …
Walk inside the Bayberry Skilled Nursing and Healthcare Center and it looks and feels like any other nursing home. There’s a temperature check, a sign-in desk, a corkboard with activities …
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 …
Aurora Sanchez was confident she was doing the right thing, following her husband to the United States from El Salvador to start a new life and a family. She hadn’t …