Kiersten Schmidt was a painfully shy child and often felt alone, unlike her younger sisters.
“Having two siblings that were always going to sleepovers and being invited to b ...
Clifford Keys, known as Roseville’s “Dancing Man” or “Tissue Man,” has become a mini-celebrity.
Keys, 60, holding a tissue in each hand, dances on Do ...
Amanda Hussa is known as the "computer chip" of her family.
The 23-year-old Foresthill resident's memory allows her to act as the family historian, rattling off dates and names. H ...
“Respect means treating people the way you want to be treated. Everyone should be treated with respect.”
That was the message on the whiteboard in the Dry Creek School classr ...
Oakmont hosts book drive
Oakmont High School Interact Club’s Literacy Drive ends Friday, March 2. The project aims to promote literacy for young children from low-income familie ...
Volunteers with A Touch of Understanding showed fifth graders at Ridgeview Elementary School in Granite Bay what it’s like to have a disability during multiple presentations last ...
A few years ago, Jordan Heald marched into the office of A Touch of Understanding and said she wanted to be a speaker for the organization.
The Granite Bay nonprofit’s Execu ...
Granite Bay-based A Touch of Understanding recently received a $78,156 grant from State Farm.
The nonprofit organization supports youth-led disability awareness for local schools ...
On Tuesday, eight nonprofits will show their impact in the community through film.
Through a project funded by the Placer Community Foundation, these organizations produced short ...
Kate Wilmarth considers it no big deal if she can’t do every single “insane, flippy-trick thing” that some of her fellow martial artists can do.
“It’s OK if you’re not ...
