Miss Napa County Milan Alas once flew to Paris on a Make-A-Wish trip. Now she is fundraising, mentoring and training for a marathon before her reign ends in November.

University AME Zion Church in Palo Alto will replace the crumbling foundation of its 1920s Little House by spring 2027.

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has given over 64,000 books to San Francisco kids.

Betty Ong's Chinatown family still runs summer camps and retreats in her memory, a quarter century after her call from Flight 11.

About 15 Napa potters are hand-making roughly 200 bowls for a Sept. 13 fundraiser at The Westin Verasa, with Chef Ken Frank cooking dinner.

The Navy's jets are back over the Bay after last year's shutdown sidelined them, with ship tours, band performances and K9 heroes filling out the week.

Civic Center Plaza hosts folklórico dancing and the traditional Grito de Independencia ceremony on September 15, free and open to all.

The celebration runs 1 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, with music, dance and food marking Mexican Independence Day at City Hall.

Daisy Li's old Moonstar Buffet kitchen now feeds thousands across the Bay Area daily, with a new food pantry planned this fall.

Menegon Catering's October fundraiser at Native Sons Hall comes as the pantry says it now pays double for the same groceries.

A Pittsburg-based congregation's $306,500 down payment could end 22 years of live theater at the Rivertown landmark.

Riders can hop on for the full six-hour, 131-mile loop or just a portion, with BART reps joining along the way.

Neighbors in Oakland's Rockridge even split a vet bill for the wild bird, who has his own peacock crossing signs.