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Bessie Kawachi Chin, 87, fulfills her dream of a college degree after Japanese-American internment prevented her from finishing her studies nearly 70 years ago. (more…)

San Jose hosts the first wheelchair lacrosse clinic in the country.
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Los Lupenos in San Jose celebrates their 40th anniversary.
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A classical Indian musical art form with strong spiritual roots is practiced in Sunnyvale. (more…)

Disabled students in Vietnam find hope in an IT Training Program.
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Third graders at Trace Elementary School perform their school play “Thinking Cleary.”
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Young teenagers talk about their experiences going through puberty.
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Hannah Pauline Tarley performs the 1st Movement of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.
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Images from Taiwan’s Tea Culture.
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Seven Vietnamese teens in Rach Gia City almost fall prey to human traffickers.
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A unique summer program in rural Mendocino County for Bay Area kids whose parents are serving time in jails and prisons. (more…)

Adam Herbel, Silicon Valley’s “Dancing Cowboy,” teaches Country line dancing at various venues in the Bay Area. [VIDEO]
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Life in a year: Part 6
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Susan Turley, a chaplain at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Palo Alto, talks about the suicide of her only child, Army Pfc. Keith Moore in Iraq. by Pauline Lubens – EMAIL
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Haitham Jasim and his wife, Jamila Ghanm, arrived in San Jose from Iraq in July. This is their story. (more…)

Zoe Tingle is born. A 12-part series chronicling the cycle of life. [VIDEO] (more…)