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Danville teen's heart surgery inspires young actors

to let Nolan know they supported him, said Jacob McKay, a cast member and friend of Nolan's. 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 his family and ...

From MEERA PAL, Contra Costa Times,  4 Nov 2009

Thirty years of making Christmas 'Brighter"

became involved after watching Birk and a group of his friends gather money and donations to help a local family who had lost everything in a fire celebrate Christmas. TRACY — With the recession, a bleak job market and one of the highest foreclosure ...

From MEERA PAL, Inside Bay Area,  3 Nov 2009

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, several people have taken on the various roles of the chief. The two assistant city managers from Livermore and ...

From MEERA PAL, Inside Bay Area,  30 Oct 2009

Shoe boxes of gifts to brighten children's holidays

gifts and hand-delivered them to needy children in more than 130 countries. 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 Samaritan's Purse, an ...

From MEERA PAL, Inside Bay Area,  29 Oct 2009

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 last name was understandable, given the road in east Dublin that shares her name. With age, Glynnis Rose ...

From MEERA PAL, Inside Bay Area,  25 Oct 2009

Annual Biletnikoff Foundation fundraiser set for Nov. 13 in San Ramon

seniors trying to fulfill their dreams of going to college. The Biletnikoff Foundation, established in memory of the brutally murdered daughter of Hall-of Fame football player and former Oakland Raider Fred Biletnikoff, hold its 10th annual celebrity ...

From MEERA PAL, Inside Bay Area,  22 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Oakland Raiders,  Michael Jackson,  Robert Mondavi Winery

Tickets on sale for Tracy's Festival of Trees

Tickets are on sale for the Tracy Hospital Foundation's annual Festival of Trees, taking place the weekend of Nov. 20. The theme "Sentimental Journey" highlights the past 15 years and the road to improve the health of the Tracy community. In the past ...

From MEERA PAL, Inside Bay Area,  22 Oct 2009

Taking a run at helping fund school programs

the Lafayette Sunrise Rotary Club and musical stylings by the Stanley Middle School band. 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. "I'm planning on ...

From MEERA PAL, Inside Bay Area,  21 Oct 2009
Related Topics: World Health Organization

Federal stimulus money expected to help the homeless in Livermore, Pleasanton and Dublin

homeless. It's not intended to address the chronic homeless population," said Scott Ericson, Pleasanton's housing specialist. 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 ...

From MEERA PAL, Inside Bay Area,  19 Oct 2009

East Bay citizens brave cold to attend inauguration

publicize in detail the precise undergarments she wore to stay warm. "It was just like that. Everyone was so perky." "I wouldn't trade this experience for anything in this world," she said as she iced her swollen knee late Tuesday. "You feel like you ...

From LISA VORDERBRUEGGEN AND MEERA PAL, Contra Costa Times,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Lyndon B. Johnson

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