Garvin Thomas
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 27, 2026
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How SF woman brought “Good Neighbor Week” to city (with the help of the 39th President) (opens the original)
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Julia Gitis likes to throw herself into situations where she has no idea what’s going on and then figure things out along the way. That mindset may be the perfect explanation for how she became the driving force behind San Francisco Good Neighbor Week. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are It all started with a seemingly random invitation to a Zoom webinar in May 2025. “Things happen when you join a Zoom webinar,” Gitis joked. The webinar focused on National Good Neighbor Day, a holiday
East Bay mom creates specialized backpack for her son's cancer treatment. Now others want one. (opens the original)
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When Rebecca Eastman's son Parker was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma at just 2 years old, she found herself joining what she calls "an exclusive membership that you never want to be a member of." Like many parents facing a childhood cancer diagnosis, Eastman suddenly found herself navigating an unfamiliar world of treatments, hospital visits and uncertainty. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are Today, Parker is 4 years old and cancer-free. But his journey led to something that is now he
Small items get second life at San Francisco's ‘Strange Exchange' (opens the original)
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It's Tuesday morning and Lela Means is in her San Francisco garage, unpacking, weighing, and sorting thousands of small items – sunglasses, pieces of fabric, and picture-hanging wire, to name just a few. It's the kind of stuff a person typically keeps in a junk drawer. To Means, however, it's not "junk." They are small, useful items simply in need of a new home. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are To understand why Means is doing all this, you have to go back several years and several
Front yard chessboard brings 12-year-old Ukrainian immigrant peace, community (opens the original)
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Like many talented young chess players, 12-year-old Max Tsebrii started playing at an early age. "I started playing chess at five," Max said. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are In other words, chess has been a constant throughout most of his life. One of the few constants, as it turns out. When Max first learned the game, his family was living in Odesa, Ukraine. He was 8 years old when Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in 2022. "I remember we were hiding in the hallways of the house
Castro Valley woman's post gives immigrant parents sense of purpose, community (opens the original)
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Cheann Vuong has learned a lot these past few months about the recycling business. But the most important lesson she has learned has had very little to do with cans and bottles. It has been about community, kindness and the power of making people feel welcome. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are “It was very overwhelming,” Vuong said. “I didn’t really expect that people would receive our story as warmly as they did. People are very kind.” Vuong grew up in the Philippines, the daughter
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