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Stories
These Battle Tested Kids are learning to post victories in life despite the obstacles
By Rick Hurd Bay Area News Group Nita Simpson’s first interaction with the tall teenager who later would become one of her best basketball players did not come on a …
How an East Bay nonprofit gave one man a home after 30 years on the streets
By Martha Brennan | Bay Area News Group Just a five-minute walk from Berkeley’s Downtown BART station, around a quiet corner by a local fire station, a modern but unassuming …
She succeeded beyond her imagination. This foster youth agency helped make it possible.
By SCOOTY NICKERSON | Bay Area News Group In early 2020, as health officials throughout the Bay Area doubled down on shelter-in-place orders asking residents to stay at home to avoid spreading …
What does ‘justice’ look like? These East Oakland teenagers are figuring it out.
By SHOMIK MUKHERJEE | Bay Area News Group OAKLAND — The stereotype of a high-school classroom — kids falling asleep at their desks, or stealthily texting their friends, as a …
