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East Bay mom creates specialized backpack for her son's cancer treatment. Now others want one.
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St. Helena Lobster Boil Aims to Rescue Food Pantry Feeding 130 Families
1+ week, 3+ day ago (395+ words) Menegon Catering is hosting its second annual lobster boil fundraiser on October 3, and this time all the proceeds will go directly to the St. Helena Community Food Pantry, a nonprofit that says it now feeds as many as 130 families amid…...
Small items get second life at San Francisco's “Strange Exchange”
2+ week, 2+ day ago (523+ words) At Lela Means’ Strange Exchange booth at the Divisadero Farmers Market everything is free for the taking … and giving. It's Tuesday morning, and Lela Means is in her San Francisco garage, unpacking, weighing, and sorting thousands of small items: sunglasses,…...
Dolly Parton's quiet decades-long life in California
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1127+ words) Dolly Parton performs in Los Angeles on March 4, 2006. Dolly Parton, the world-famous country music star-turned-international philanthropist, died Tuesday, Aug. 25. The singer may have been a global icon, but one who always stayed true to her roots. In interviews and on…...
Inside the 'hectic' business of one of SF's top thrift stores
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1509+ words) The 40% off sale is underway from 3-7 p.m. — each customer was alerted to it via text message the day before. The strategy is one of many ways the Polk Street outpost of Out of the Closet, a Los Angeles-founded thrift store chain…...