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Oakland Residents Transform Abandoned Lot into Sanctuary for Camping Homeless Women
One resident of Oakland, California has transformed a dirty, abandoned lot of land into a cozy, self-sustained community for homeless women.
Oakland Zoo Has Become a Leader in Elephant Welfare
The Oakland Zoo has become a national pioneer in elephant welfare, especially because it helped revolutionize the way these large animals are cared for...
Oakland NFL Player Gives His Paycheck to 4-Year-Old with Heart Condition
The NFL Oakland Raiders team recently hooked up Ava Urrea—a four-year-old with a heart condition—with a lot of gifts that made her very happy....
Coffee With Cats: America’s First Cat Cafe Opens In Oakland
Cat Town Café – the nation’s first permanent cat café – is now open in downtown Oakland to serve coffee and promote feline adoptions.
Cat...
Buddha Statue Brings Tranquility to Oakland Neighborhood
Crime has plummeted in a neighborhood in Oakland, California where Dan Stevenson decided to install a Buddha statue in 2009.
Dan is not at all religious...
Weekly ‘Pop-up Picnic’ Builds Community in Oakland
No one knows exactly who started it, but since spring, people who live in Oakland, California have been showing up Sunday afternoons for a...
Oakland’s Mother of the Year Donates Clothes to Babies in Need
Lisa Klein was a new mom when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005. She wanted to do something for the people of...
Oakland Artist Turns Illegally Dumped Trash Into Homes For Homeless
Each morning, Greg Kloehn takes a cup of coffee and drives around the streets near his home studio looking for the piles of illegally dumped...
Struggling Oakland Families Lift Themselves Out Of Poverty
Maurice Miller remembered how his mother was a poor Mexican immigrant, and somehow figured out — on her own — how to get out...
Oakland Leads Way in Restorative Justice for Troubled Students
Jacob Mathis was a classic underachiever and troubled child. The 15 year old’s grade point average was just 0.77 and by his own accord,...
Good News in History, January 15
50 years ago today, the TV sitcom Happy Days premiered on ABC, starring Ron Howard—as a clean-cut teenager in the late 50s who frequents...
Good News in History, November 12
Happy 70th birthday to Baaba Maal, the Senegalese singer and guitarist, who is one of the most important musical exports from the country. Pop...
93-Year-Old Summits Yosemite’s Half Dome ‘Stubborn as a Mule’
Everett Kalin was looking for an adventure to celebrate his birthday. For a man of his age, that might entail going out to eat...
Good News in History, August 23
Happy 72nd birthday to Ole' D.C.'s own Lisa Halaby, famously known to the world as Queen Noor of Jordan. The second-generation Washingtonian married King...
Detroit Students Build a House–Then Deliver it By Truck For Low Income Housing
It was a surreal sight for Pedro Rivera, a whole house was on the back of a trailer driving down a Detroit suburban road;...
Good News in History, May 18
On this day 975 years ago, the astronomy and mathematician of the Seljuk Dynasty of Persia, Omar Khayyam, was born. Most famous for calculating...
Good News in History, May 7
37 years ago today, the Canadian Patrick Morrow became the first man in history to climb all of the True Seven Summits when he...
Hero Pilot Guides Novice Aviator in Emergency Landing After He Sees Her Tire Fall Off
A young pilot is thanking her lucky stars there was someone on hand to guide her down into an emergency landing after she lost...
Unique Nonprofit to Provide ‘Basic Income’ to California Homeless in 12-Month Study Funded by Google
A privately-funded program to provide basic income to 100 California homeless people aims to study how the cash—plus one-on-one social support—can be potentially life-changing.
‘Miracle...
A Homeless Man in Chicago Changed My Flat Tire: “He Really Saved Me”
One of the most popular posts this week on the massive Reddit community website evoked all the feels that come with a simple act...