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[VIDEO] Despite India’s explosive economic growth, extreme poverty is still a daily reality for millions.
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The Foundation for Excellence, a Silicon Valley non-profit, provides scholarships to brilliant students who are among India’s vast poor. (more…)

Isolated deep within the Ventana Wilderness Area, Jack English, 89, returned to his life in Pine Valley. His Cabin was spared damage, but his land was devastated by the Big Sur-based Basin Complex Fire, Thursday July 24, 2008.. (more…)

Heat from deep within the earth powers California steam turbines once again.
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The loss of Carlos Sousa Jr. was mourned by hundreds of friends and family.
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Four Bay Area military families tell their Christmas stories. [VIDEO]
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[VIDEO] Follow the saga of Sunnyvale Mobile Home dwellers as they fight for their homes, then relocate after developers take over the property.
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[VIDEO] 66th Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez: The public and private life of an Assembly Speaker as he faces his term limit.
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Former Los Gatos High School football coach Charlie Wedemeyer is a survivor. (more…)

Willow Glen has small town charm in middle of big city. View this interactive panorama.
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[VIDEO] A marathon route to health care reform in the California State Capitol.
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Watch the fall 2007 fashion shoot in timelapse
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