San Francisco Airport Protects Endangered Species Until it Boasts More of Them Than Any Place on Earth
Beyond the tarmac of SFO airport lives a thriving population of endangered San Francisco garter snakes, one of the most beautiful on earth.
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California Tribe Reignites Age-Old Practice of Intermittent Burns to Prevent Wildfires
Karuk and Yurok tribal firefighters are using small traditionally-managed burning amid trees in the Klamath Mountains to prevent wildfires.
Three Mermaids Save a Scuba Diver From Drowning: 'Not Just Pretty Tails And Smiles'
A fairytale rescue saved an experienced diver from drowning when a trio of mermaids suddenly showed up off Catalina Island in California.
Store Employee Angels are Rewarded for Assisting An Injured Elderly Woman: 'I was Immediately Surrounded'
Lowe's presented an Angel Award to employees in Modesto, California who rallied around a customer that took a bad fall in the parking lot.
They Baked a Replica of Star Wars Hero 'Pan Solo' Frozen in Carbonite -Now in Bread For Halloween
They spent a month making the model from flour, water, and sugar, creating each feature and then baking them one by one.
Man Single-handedly Repopulated Butterfly Species in a City Using His Backyard
These pipevine swallowtail butterflies had completely vanished until a DIY breeder, Tim Wong, single-handedly brought the species is back using his backyard.
Farmer Returns 700 Acres of California Coast to Native American Tribe
A tiny Native American reservation will expand to reach the coast once again, thanks to a family's willingness to return hundreds of acres to the tribe.
Girl Donates All Her Birthday Money to Homeless Man Who Returned Her Grandma's Wallet
Mikayla Gounard in San Rafael, California donated all her birthday money to homeless Sean Curry who returned her grandma's wallet to her.
When a Student Couldn't Pay Tuition Fees, Prison Inmates Rallied to Raise $32k to Help
Inmates at California's Soledad Prison in Salinas have raised $32k to help a student in need pay for the college tuition.
Nearly-Retired Couple Adopts 7 Siblings Who Just Lost Their Parents: 'If not us, then who?'
Pam and Gary Willis have adopted a family of 7 siblings after their parents passed away.
Lost and Desperate Hiker Saved by Man's 'Very Weird' GPS Hobby
Benjamin Kuo loves figuring out the coordinates of satellite photos, and this hobby saved Rene Compean's life when he got lost.
Man Inspires Town During Lockdown-Spelling Out Messages with Rubber Duckies in Front Yard (PHOTOS)
Jim Preston came up with a unique way to make people smile during lockdown-spelling out messages with rubber duckies in his front yard.
Man Needs to Make Friends, So He Nervously Makes Pancakes for Dozens of Neighbors - It Was a Huge Hit
Attempting on orders of the wife to make new friends, a nervous San Franciscan hosts a pancake party Saturday morning, and it blew up.
Little Kids Give You Pep Talks on Recorded Phone Hotline - And They're Adorable (LISTEN)
Kids from West Side Elementary opened the call center as an art project, but now that automated voice system receives 10,,000 calls per day.
Teen Finds Woman's Purse and is Rewarded With $17,000 After He Delivers it to Her Door
A 17-year-old in San Diego returned a woman's purse left in a parking lot-and hundreds of strangers have offered him a big reward.
Author Spends Lifetime Searching for Woman Who Taught Him to Read, and Then She Surprised Him
The more success Kochai's career as an author bore, the more he felt he had to reconnect with his special second-grade teacher.
7-Year-Old Massiah Is Hero After Rescuing a Drowning 3-Year-Old - All on His Own
Massiah's father Marcus said his son loves the water and swims like "a fish," but that despite the surprise, it really typed who Massiah is.
This Group Has Rerouted 250 Million Pounds of Food From Landfills to Feed People in Need
Since 2009, Food Forward has rerouted 250 million pounds of food from landfills and delivered over a billion servings of fresh produce
California Begins Covering Canals with Solar Panels to Fight Drought
Called Project Nexus, the work is slated to begin this October with funding of $20 million from the state's coffers.
A Startup Is Using Recycled Plastic to 3D Print Tiny $25,000 Prefabricated Homes in LA
The startup Azure is using recycled plastic water and drink bottles to create homes that are 90% complete by the time they leave the factory.
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