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Leslie Zenner, a cancer patient at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, was awarded her Santa Clara University diploma on Tuesday July 22, 2008.
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Haitham Jasim, an Iraqi who worked with U.S.Marines, arrived in San Jose Thursday July 3, 2008 with his wife and two children. (more…)

Muffie and Karen Dalton were married in San Jose on June 17, 2008 on the first full day of gay marriage in California. [VIDEO]
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Orphaned by war, Mariama and Sidikie Dolleh graduate from Mountain View High School nearly three years after arriving in the Bay Area. [VIDEO]
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Mothers gather for “Adopt a Military Mom for Mothers Day” luncheon and talk about the pain of deployment. [VIDEO]
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Parents share their homeschool experiences. [VIDEO]
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Tony Yaquinto, a Korean War veteran, helps U.S. Army Spc. Nick Jaber move into an apartment in Mountain View the day he was released from the Veterans Administration hospital. Jaber was wounded in Iraq. (more…)

Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, the IBF world featherweight champion, faces his biggest fight as his wife Casey battles Leukemia. [VIDEO]
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The Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton campaigns court the Latino vote in the upcoming California primary. [VIDEO]
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The Elephant Seals have returned to Año Nuevo State Reserve for their annual birthing and breeding season. [VIDEO]
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Four Bay Area military families tell their Christmas stories. [VIDEO]
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Couples exchange wedding vows at Santa Clara County’s basement wedding chapel in San Jose. [VIDEO] (more…)

Victims’ families and supporters dedicate a memorial Saturday in Union City’s Sugar Mill Landing Park honoring the 33 passengers and 7 crew members who died when United Flight 93 crashed on September 11, 2001. (more…)

Budding athletes striving to compete in Wheels On Fire need new sports wheelchairs. (more…)

Family and friends gather at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno to remember U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Travis Layfield, who was killed in Iraq in 2004. [VIDEO]
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Volunteers serve hot breakfast to needy guests at Tri-City Free Breakfast in Fremont three times a week. (more…)