Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article Living with three teenage girls can be trying, even for the most patient parents. So imagine living with your family of five – including three young women – in a garage for more than a year. That was the plight of the Cedillo family, who watched their American […]

Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article Felicia Shavies managed to smile through tears as she described how a series of events that were out of her control turned her world upside down. Those events – the real estate downturn, getting laid off, injuring her thumb and even the NBA lockout – made life difficult enough for […]

Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article Edna Marie Medeiros chokes up talking about how Season of Sharing – The Chronicle’s annual giving campaign – helped her move to a larger apartment so her son Antonio could have his own room while recovering from a kidney transplant. “God bless them because they changed our lives,” said […]