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One nurse’s end-of-life choice was surprisingly simple — and liberating.
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Cost of Dying series: At-home caregivers face challenges, sacrifice. Video by Dai Sugano
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Treating the chronically ill in hospitals is expensive and can be painful, but comprehensive in-home care is seen improving lives and easing the cost of dying.
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2012 Bay Area Olympian profiles by the Mercury News photographers LiPo Ching and Jim Gensheimer.
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Santa Clara County’s court-appointed personal and estate managers are handing out costly and questionable bills.
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Guitar genius Jason Becker continues to beat the odds living and composing with ALS for more than two decades. He is the subject of an inspiring new documentary by Jesse Vile, “Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet”. Video by Karl Mondon.
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Up From the Ashes
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Bharatanatyam dancer Rasika Kumar. The performance was demonstrated in the Mercury News studio.
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Computer class gives Vietnamese orphans a window to the world.
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The Vasquez family take the first step to rebuild their San Bruno home.
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Eric Lambert spreads the art of Japanese swordsmanship.
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Passionate about their sport, these Lady Sharks are devoted athletes who live for the thrills on the ice.
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Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month through old and new dance styles. Please press play.
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Arturo Vasquez revisits his destroyed home in San Bruno a month after the massive pipeline blast.
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As the nation debates illegal immigration in the abstract, a Bay Area family lives the raw anguish of deportation and the intense fight to stay together. This is their story.
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The day that Ella Cho was born her parents were advised to start making funeral arrangements.
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