By ROWENA GONDEN | Correspondent PITTSBURG — Elsa Hernandez’ brown eyes are luminous as her thoughts turn to the possibilities that beckon now that she has a green card. Cradling …
By JOSEPH DYCUS | Bay Area News Group During the COVID pandemic, Jessica Madrid and her daughter, now 6, lived out of a car, in motels and anywhere else they …
By RACHEL HEIMANN MERCADER | Bay Area News Group It was one thing after another. Lea Esqueda had two little mouths to feed, along with her aging mother, when she …
By ELIYAHU KAMISHER | Bay Area News Group It has been a whirlwind few years for Jessie Kohgadai. In January 2020, she had an unfulfilling desk job in Oakland. So …
By JON BECKER | Bay Area News Group PLEASANTON — Della Dixon had always felt out of place, as if she didn’t belong. Growing up developmentally disabled in an abusive …
