Sunday Smiles: Bear Rescue Video; Boy's $1 Piggy Bank Donation to Save Business; Food Champs

By AUTUMN JOHNSON

If you are looking for a lighter news story for your weekend, Patch is here to help by sharing a few of our favorite happy stories and fun photos from this week.

• ‘The Bear is OK’: Watch Police, Fire Officials Save Bear as it Falls From Tree
• 5-Year-Old’s $1 Piggy Bank Donation Starts Movement to Save Pleasanton Business
• World Food Champs Chow Down in #SonomaCounty
• Cute Chick Alert! Third Grade Classrooms in Pleasanton School Bursting with Adorable Chicks
• Tons of Grey Whales Passing by Montara Beach
• Rep. Anna Eshoo Writes Of A Remarkable 90-Year-Old Inventor From Silicon Valley
• Swinging in Black and White: Redwood Empire West Coast Swing Club’s Annual Event
• Take Me Out To The Ballgame: Nowhere Better Than In Napa County
• Photos Of The Week: Spring Has Sprung In Beautiful Sonoma County
• St. Helena Schoolchildren Learn Entrepreneurship and Tech Skills As ‘Movie Moguls’

From Southern California (too cute NOT to share):

• Baby Sea Lion Hangs 10, Well, Hangs, With Surfer South of Carlsbad
• VIDEO: Baby Hippo Born at Zoo, Doing ‘Swimmingly’
• Twin Horses to Celebrate Birthdays South of Encinitas

Photo courtesy Department of Fish and Wildlife Twitter.