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Danville teen's heart surgery inspires young actors
DANVILLE -- In just two months, Nolan Blair went from being a rugby- and basketball-playing teenager to a boy in need of a new heart. Unknown to...
Oakland Tribune, 11/05/09 by Meera Pal · More from publication -
Tracy nonprofit expecting more needy families over holidays
TRACY -- With the recession, a bleak job market and one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country, there may be more Tracy residents looking...
Oakland Tribune, 11/03/09 by Meera Pal · More from publication -
Shoe boxes of gifts to brighten children's holidays
During the week of Nov. 16 through 23, gift-filled shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child will be collected in the Tri-Valley. An effort of...
Oakland Tribune, 10/30/09 by Meera Pal · More from publication -
Replacing the chief takes a big cast
It takes a village to fill the shoes of the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire chief. Following fire chief Bill Cody's retirement earlier this month,...
Oakland Tribune, 10/30/09 by Meera Pal · More from publication -
Raising ghosts, and the hairs on the back of your neck -- it's a
SAN RAMON -- Halloween is really the only time of year when adults are permitted to dress up and scare the bejesus out of small children without...
Oakland Tribune, 10/28/09 by Meera Pal · More from publication -
Want your name in lights? Dublin can help you with that
DUBLIN -- As a toddler, Guy Houston's youngest child would often introduce herself to strangers as "Glynnis Rose Drive." Her confusion over her...
Oakland Tribune, 10/25/09 by Meera Pal · More from publication -
Annual Biletnikoff Foundation fundraiser set for Nov. 13 in San
The Biletnikoff Foundation, established in memory of the brutally murdered daughter of Hall-of Fame football player and former Oakland Raider Fred...
Oakland Tribune, 10/22/09 by Meera Pal · More from publication -
Taking a run at helping fund school programs
As far as Joan Bruzzone is concerned, anyone over 80 years old should just forget about the 17th annual Lafayette Reservoir Run 5K this Sunday....
Oakland Tribune, 10/21/09 by Meera Pal · More from publication -
Federal stimulus money expected to help the homeless in Livermore,
The face of homelessness in the Tri-Valley often looks a lot like the family who used to live down the block. "We have a homeless population (in...
Oakland Tribune, 10/19/09 by Meera Pal · More from publication -
Bay Area residents face challenges finding rooms, getting around
WASHINGTON -- Four days before the historic inauguration of Barack Obama, Ken and Lynda Kilday arrived at their hotel in Washington, D.C., hoping...
Oakland Tribune, 01/19/09 by Meera Pal · More from publication
