Heartwarming News

A UC Berkeley grad took matters into his own hands placing a bench at a Berkeley bus stop after a tweet went viral of a man sitting on the curb due to a lack of seating available.

Dozens of crates lined up in front of a warehouse in San Jose, each standing about six feet tall, full of toys. They'll all go home to kids before Christmas.

The Oakland Black Firefighters Association held its annual holiday food basket giveaway on Saturday. Organizers said they received a lot of support this year.

A Christmas caravan, battling pouring rain, journeyed from San Jose to Half Moon Bay on Wednesday morning to deliver thousands of tamales to farmworkers.

A San Jose State climate science graduate continued a streak he started before the COVID pandemic. Each day, for the past 1,607 days, Edgar McGregor has spent time picking up trash in communities near his home in Southern California, and near his college campus in Northern California.

A beautiful holiday tree-lighting celebration in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood brought hundreds of people to Boeddeker Park.

MUSICAL FAREWELL: Tears, love and music flowed from the backyard of a Berkeley home, where dozens of residents gathered last month to serenade and honor a dying neighbor. 

Joe Barratt was struck by a hit-and-run driver; shortly before that, he'd registered as an organ donor. When doctors decided there was nothing more they could do, on Valentine's Day, Joe's life ended and his heart was transplanted into Ted Jung in San Francisco, giving him the gift of life.

Ten years ago, the City of San Francisco was under attack by the Riddler and the Penguin and needed not only the help of Batman but also his sidekick, Batkid.