Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article Maurice O’Guinn stood just beyond the three-point line, dribbling the basketball and grinning as his son Jaylen pushed close, hands high to block the next shot. “How you want it — a three?” Maurice taunted. Jaylen nodded. Maurice’s hands darted up like pistons, and the shot was off […]
Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article Gregoria Ramirez and Rodrigo Paniagua Garcia emigrated from the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico looking to build a life together and provide opportunities for their children. After arriving in the United States, they found steady work in the plentiful fields of Napa Valley. But their many years […]
Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article The one-bedroom, one-bath apartment was all Sheryl Nobello and her husband could afford for years. Their three sons, ages 9, 11 and 12, slept in bunk beds in the bedroom and she and her husband, Rommel, slept on a daybed couch in the living room of the Daly […]
Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article Teresa Robinson doesn’t like to think about the time she was homeless. But nearly 20 years ago, Robinson lived in a shelter for women and children in Richmond with her 8-year-old son and teenage daughter, with nowhere else to go. She had a job, working in maintenance for […]
Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article The economy and job creation are bouncing back in the wake of the pandemic, but the Bay Area’s need for food is as high as ever, as soaring inflation and gas prices put pressure on people’s budgets — and also strain the food banks themselves, some of which […]
Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article For Jetoshia Jefferson, not yet 30, the apartment she moved into this summer is more than a roof over her head. “It’s a safe haven,” said Jefferson, who drives for a ride-hailing company. “This is my place. I don’t have to worry about anybody kicking me out. Nobody taking my […]
Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article Alisha Gutierrez went to the emergency room three times and spent a day and a half at the Sleep Train Arena-turned-surge facility in Sacramento before her COVID-19 symptoms became so severe that she required two intubations and paralyzation in December 2020. Her husband, Jesus, and 14-year-old daughter also […]
Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article For the first time in decades, Mellow Ross, 64, has an empty nest. She raised four kids and two grandsons in her Sunnyvale apartment but they’ve grown up, gotten jobs and moved out. Most recently her son and two grandsons moved out last year, leaving her alone in […]
Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article Like so many mothers, Latoya Foskey hit a major child care crisis during the pandemic. Yet hers didn’t start until the beginning of this year. When the Oakley single parent of two started a nursing job at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez in January, things […]
Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article Giovanna Garrido, a hardworking single mother of two young children, saw her life turned upside-down by the pandemic last year. She was living in San Jose and working as a legal assistant. But when the COVID-19 pandemic forced lockdowns, she and many of her coworkers were let go […]
