Around 10 years ago, Lenny Maughan noticed that when he mapped his runs, it sometimes resembled an object, animal or person. So, he set about doing it on purpose.

After helping a friend who had lost her home in the Eaton fire, Ginger Faith wanted to do more but wasn’t sure how. Eric Lofholm knew how because he had done it before.

The product, developed by Barrett Deng and Sebastien Burkhardo in a Silicon Valley garage, got its first real-world test in the Palisades and Eaton fires.

Minutes before the curtain went up on Scotts Valley Performing Arts’ production of “A Year With Frog And Toad,” a tornado struck. With some ingenuity and teamwork, the show went on.

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a mother-daughter duo started an annual tradition of biking around San Francisco and handing out new socks to people living on the streets.

At the Lamorinda Care Collective, those in need are welcome to take what they need this holiday season.

25-year-old Brighid Kohl, who lives with autism and a stutter, brought the You Are No Alone initiative to Saratoga’s College of Adaptive Arts as a way to help her classmates deal with issues like bullying and isolation. Garvin Thomas reports.

There are many great holiday traditions in San Francisco. Another one might have just opened its doors on Fisherman’s Wharf. It’s the culmination of artist Jon Lovitch’s lifelong love of the holidays and the City By The Bay. Garvin Thomas has the latest Bay Area Proud.

Dr. Heba Ismail at Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center has dedicated her career to the early detection and treatment of lung cancer. Garvin Thomas reports.

In this edition of Bay Area Proud, Garvin Thomas introduces us to a North Bay man doing amazing things even after getting terrible news.

Yaemiko the cat has quite the tale.

When Yannick Atanga was a teenager in Cameroon, a basketball scholarship to a school in the U.S. changed his life. Since 2019, he’s been making the same opportunity available to young athletes there now.

Since starting Warriors for African Wildlife, Brad Craven has taken five groups of veterans to help train wildlife rangers to combat poaching.