CA’s Best Suburb; Kids Donate $1K To Students: Saturday Smiles

If you are looking for lighter news for your weekend, check out these sweet NorCal stories.

Jennifer Garner Visits Livermore Costco

• The actress and entrepreneur was promoting Once Upon A Farm organic products.

Pleasanton Kids Turned 8K Jelly Beans Into $1K For Fire Victims

• The crafty little entrepreneurs spent two Saturday mornings standing in the rain selling the jars at the Pleasanton Farmers’ Market.

Berkeley Ranked California’s Best Suburb

• A new set of rankings from the website Niche names the best places to live in 2019.

Formerly Homeless Families Have New Homes In SF

• An apartment building is designated for 40 formerly homeless families and 43 low-income families.

Fat Maddie's Grille Open In Danville

• The restaurant named after a goat has opened in the Blackhawk Plaza shopping center.

New Youth Barn In Pleasanton Dedicated To 4H Member Who Died

• The Marissa Hunt Agricultural Education Center is now open and available to youth who want to learn how to raise animals.

Local Students To Compete In National KidWind Challenge (Photos)

• The El Cerrito students earned invitations when they competed at a local event.

Broken Wing Healed, Merlin Falcon Released Into The Wild (Video)

• This falcon was found on the ground in the East Bay and brought to Lindsay Wildlife Hospital for treatment.

Six Letter Carriers Join Million Mile Club

• Each has driven 30 years or a million accident-free miles in Oakland.

Say Hello To San Rafael Police Department's New Officers

• K-9 Officers Harry and Achilles -- both very, very good boys! -- soon will protect and serve.

Solano County's 2019 Spelling Bee Champions Announced

• The grueling three-and-a-half-hour competition had students spelling words ranging from "daisy" to "rodomontade" and "panegyric."

Deep Competition Marks 2019 Napa Valley Marathon, Half-Marathon

• The 41st annual Napa Valley Marathon and inaugural NVM half-mary were held Sunday. Here are the results and what top finishers had to say.