Bay Area Proud

Using material he scavenged from dump sites, Jared Clark has crafted life-size suits of armor based on characters from the game Warhammer 40,000.

Giving hope to young people in a community where they often see little of it. That’s what College Is Real has been doing for close to 20 years. Garvin Thomas shares the latest Bay Area Proud.

Even in some of the wealthiest communities in the Bay Area there are those that need help. In Los Gatos, for example, there are dozens of seniors who need help getting enough food each day. Fortunately for them, there is someone who is willing to help. Garvin Thomas shares the latest Bay Area Proud.

Setting up and taking down the emergency family shelter inside a working San Francisco school is a logistical challenge. A group of students from the Academy of Art University is making the work easier for the staff and the shelter more comfortable for the residents.

The Wilcox High School Robotics team created robotic kits and is taking them into elementary schools to get younger students excited about the activity.

Claire Hall says early in life she dreamed of being a hairstylist to the stars. One day in February, that is exactly what Hall got to be.

Family photos, some more than decade ago, were close to being lost forever. Garvin Thomas has the Bay Area Proud story about how they found their way back home.

Briana DeSanctis set off from Cape Henlopen, Deleware, on Jan. 1, 2022. More than two years later, she completed the American Discovery Trail at Limantour Beach in Marin County.

Bryan Tsiliacos is rewarding acts of kindness with cash as part of his “Decade Of Kindness.”

A longtime female VTA employee is leading the agency’s effort to make a career in transit more appealing and inclusive to women.

When Marisol Inglis needed a kidney, her sister, Zoe, stepped up to offer one of hers. The chances of them being a match, however, were slim. The odds ended up working in their favor. Garvin Thomas reports.

Catherine Martinelli and Soledad Jackson met when both joined the Marines in the 1980s. They haven’t always stayed in touch over the past forty years but when it counts, both have come to each other’s reascue. Garvin Thomas reports.

On the very same day twelve years ago, Mike Beckwith gave up smoking and took up running. In addition to completing dozens of marathons and ultra-marathons, Mike is four-sixths of the way through a unique running quest. Garvin Thomas reports.