After 25 years of institutional care, East Bay woman finds a new life
Terri Wilson celebrated her 54th birthday earlier this year, though her 86-year-old father, Ed Wilson, still feels he needs to make sure she’s in a place where she’s being fed, …
Low-income job seekers dress the part thanks to Oakland nonprofit
OAKLAND — For six years, Vernon Robinson wore the same clothes: a prison outfit. These days, the ex-con is using the slick style that made him a successful hustler to …
Address error cost an ailing Oakland man his health insurance; nonprofit helped him get it back
OAKLAND — All his son did was fill out a change-of-address form. But it could have killed Michael Titus. The 69-year-old Oakland resident has end-stage renal disease and needs kidney …
Service dog flunkies find a new role saving lives in East Bay
CONCORD — They flunked out of other schools that train service dogs. One disliked walking through puddles, another lost all focus whenever he spotted a cat. But the animals Carol …
He ‘gave up,’ but then St. Vincent de Paul put him back on track with a job
PITTSBURG — James Neitte clearly isn’t the shy, retiring type, but he looked down at the floor as he said — voice trailing off — he was “in a bad …