Sports photographer pursues dream despite losing arm, fingers in house fire

Twenty-year-old Brando Martinez is determined to become a career sports photographer despite losing his left arm and fingers as an infant in a house fire.

Military father surprises daughter at high school graduation

A high school senior thought she was going to just get her diploma at graduation, but instead, she got a surprise visit from her military father who was deployed overseas.

LA couple giving back to parents by putting cash in baby products

A local couple is spreading kindness to strangers by giving away $1,000 as a surprise to people shopping for baby products.

Berkeley Law graduate pays tribute to his mother in touching social media post

Some of life’s sweetest moments are those that mark the coming of a full circle. On Friday, when Savelle Jefferson walked across a stage to receive his degree from UC Berkeley Law, he celebrated not only his own hard work and accomplishments but also a decades ago moment, when his own mother walked the same campus, wearing a cap and gown with him in her arms.

Shaq helps gift hundreds of new shoes to elementary school students

Soles4Souls partnered with The Shaquille O’Neal Foundation and Reebok to distribute 500 new pairs of shoes to students at Wesley Lakes Elementary School.

Dunedin mother brought to tears by daughter with cerebral palsy walking with shopping cart

A community came together to support a little girl battling cerebral palsy. She’s inspired so many after overcoming the odds and learning to walk with a shopping cart.

Deputy saves life of unresponsive 10-day-old baby in San Bernardino County

Despite feeling the baby go limp in his arms, deputy Joshua Kelly refused to give up on the unresponsive 10-day-old girl. The family of the baby calls Kelly their "angel."

Soldiers shave heads for battle buddy's sister fighting brain cancer

National Guard Staff Sgt. Brandon Stafford shaved his head to support his big sister Melissa, who was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and lost her hair while undergoing chemotherapy. When his fellow soldiers found out, 15 of them decided to shave their heads as well in solidarity.

Man’s date goes viral after roommate asks Diamondbacks to spy on pair at game

A man on a second date at the Arizona Diamondbacks game unexpectedly went viral after his roommate asked the MLB team on Twitter to provide a status update on the rendezvous.

Woman who survived Holocaust, pandemic celebrates 100th birthday

A Long Island woman, who was born as the world was recovering from the last pandemic in the 1920s and escaped Nazi Germany, is now celebrating her 100th birthday.

6-year-old girl invites passerby, dog to father’s funeral

Six-year-old Raelynn Nast wanted to help greet mourners outside her father’s funeral last month, but instead, she befriended a passerby and her dog and brought them inside, bringing comfort to the family.