Severe chronic pain affects up to 20 percent of children. The Pain Management Center at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital offers unique therapies to help hospitalized children manage or recover from pain.
Nurse practitioner Sandy Sentivany-Collins and her golden retriever Carly regularly walk six miles over the course of a day, visiting patients all over Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.
Golden retriever brings healing smiles at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Read More »
San Mateo County minimum-security inmates are helping the Peninsula Humane Society train difficult dogs so they can be adopted by Bay Area families.
San Mateo County inmates train dogs for Humane Society (VIDEO) Read More »
Long-time Palo Alto resident Dr. Maren Pedersen has been commuting by bike since she was 12 and continues, even after a cycling accident. In this video, she shares how biking has become her way of life.
Electric and hybrid cars remain more expensive than their gasoline counterparts, but this year, governments and corporations are working to make alternative fuel vehicles more popular and easier to own.
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After meeting families in Burma who depended upon kerosene lanterns to light their daily tasks, Stanford student Erica Estrada recreated their living conditions in Palo Alto and developed safe, affordable lighting.
The proposed 300,000-square-foot Big Wave Development project near Half Moon Bay includes housing for disabled adults and a large office complex that many say doesn’t belong on the coast.
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After five classmates committed suicide last year, students at Palo Alto’s Henry M. Gunn high school banded together to form a support group of trained peer counselors.
After five suicides, Palo Alto high school students change culture through peer support Read More »
After the 2007 season, the Golden State Warriors mysteriously did away with their popular mascot, Thunder. Troubled by the team’s reluctance to provide an explanation, reporter Joe Ciolli set out to uncover the truth.
Thunder Enlightening – Whatever happened to the Golden State Warriors’ mascot? Read More »