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July 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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June 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Billie Joe and the Boys keeping it real! #BayAreaProud
June 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
People often ask where I find my #BayAreaProud stories. I don’t, really. They find me. I rely on viewers who let me know about stories of kindness, generosity, and compassion in their lives.

Know of one? Share it with me. @nbcbayarea.com

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March 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
For #BayAreaProud stories, I always look for someone who's gone "above and beyond" to help another.

Well, when your day job is at a non-profit that's already saving lives, the bar is set pretty high.

Luis Mayen easily cleared it.

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After decades facilitating organ donations among others, East Bay man inspired to donate himself
For more than two decades, Luis Mayer has worked at Donor Network West, the designated organ procurement nonprofit organization serving Northern California and northern Nevada.
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February 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
In 2025, we celebrate our 13th year of bringing you #BayAreaProud stories. It's an honor to get to tell our viewers about all the wonderful people doing good in their communities.

Know a story of kindness, generosity, or compassion? Share it with me: [email protected]. @nbcbayarea.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
San Francisco is a beautiful place. It's no wonder so many artists use it as a subject for their work.

Lenny Maughan, however, uses it as his canvas, creating his remarkable works one stride at a time.

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‘My canvas is San Francisco': Runner uses GPS to create amazing artwork
Around 10 years ago, Lenny Maughan noticed that when he mapped his runs, it sometimes resembled an object, animal or person. So, he set about doing it on purpose.
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February 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In 2021, Barrett Deng and Sebastien Burkhardt were in Boston when wildfire smoke blanketed the region.

"We realized this wasn't just a California issue."

The two retreated to a Mountain View garage to find a way to help. #BayAreaProud @nbcbayarea.com
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Non-toxic fire retardant, developed by Mountain View teens, protects dozens of homes in LA wildfires
The product, developed by Barrett Deng and Sebastien Burkhardo in a Silicon Valley garage, got its first real-world test in the Palisades and Eaton fires. Garvin Thomas reports.
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January 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Darnel Tasker says she wasn't planning for this to become a yearly tradition but when people began asking her if she was doing her "sock thing" again she said, "Yeah, I guess we're doing our sock thing!" #BayAreaProud @nbcbayarea.bsky.social
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San Francisco mother-daughter duo spread holiday cheer – and socks – to city's unhoused
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a mother-daughter duo started an annual tradition of biking around San Francisco and handing out new socks to people living on the streets.
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December 20, 2024 at 7:41 PM
When Maya Enista-Smith looked around her community, she noticed three things: a lot of empty storefronts, a lot of people with the means to give, and a lot of people who could use some help.

It all gave her an idea, one she executed in record speed.

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East Bay group gets charitable holiday operation up and running in less than two months
At the Lamorinda Care Collective, those in need are welcome to take what they need this holiday season. Garvin Thomas reports
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December 18, 2024 at 5:35 PM
John Lovitch fell in love with San Francisco after a visit with his family when he was 10.

This year, for the first time, Jon gets to bring his other obsession, building gingerbread villages, to Fisherman’s Wharf.

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Fisherman's Wharf housing massive gingerbread village for holidays (17,000 jelly beans!) created by New York artist
There are many great holiday traditions in San Francisco. Another one might have just opened its doors on Fisherman’s Wharf. It’s the culmination of artist Jon Lovitch’s lifelong love of the holidays ...
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December 11, 2024 at 5:41 PM
We could all learn a lot about living from the way in which Jonathan Pascual has chosen to go about dying.

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North Bay Triathlete, Facing Terminal Diagnosis, Tackles Dream Race
In this edition of Bay Area Proud, Garvin Thomas introduces us to a North Bay man doing amazing things even after getting terrible news.
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November 27, 2024 at 5:41 PM
When a stray cat was dropped off at a Redwood City animal rescue and its microchip came back as being registered in Ukraine, they knew they were going to have a story to tell.

They were correct. Watch: bit.ly/bap0887

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November 24, 2024 at 7:03 PM