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Couple Comes Down From the Mountain
10/26/2009
If there’s one thing Carl and Kay Thoresen want to hold on to in their new home at The Terraces of Los Gatos, it’s their privacy.
Resident Paves Way Toward Equal Rights
9/30/2009
In the trust department of a large Oakland, Calif., bank, Pat Flanagan had an epiphany.
Resident Broke Ground on Basketball Court
8/27/2009
As an athletic-minded girl growing up in Los Angeles, Markey Eakland had the good fortune of having the world’s best athletes visit her city for the 1932 Olympics.
Doctor Chronicles Discovers, and Makes a Few of His Own
7/28/2009
What constitutes a great medical discovery?
Dancer Delivered Family From Great Depression
6/15/2009
When Jean Dahlinger was 5 years old, she was so thin that the doctor suggested dancing lessons to build her strength.
Plymouth Village Neighbors Helped Crack the Atom's Secrets
6/3/2009
The Manhattan Project – the immense undertaking that led to the United States developing the first atomic bomb – is often spoken of in terms of the larger names associated with it: J.
Resident's Pioneering Work Sparks International Support Group
5/4/2009
Emerging from anesthesia after an operation, Amity Pierce Buxton’s husband turned to her and said, “I have something to tell you.”
Resident Mobilizes Peers to Give the Gift of Green
4/8/2009
As a young witness to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, Wally Longshore knows all too well what environmental disaster looks like.
Passion for Social Justice Propels Dominican Sister
3/3/2009
Sister Eileen Walsh, 66, has no shortage of nicknames.
Painful Past Prompts Successful Journey
2/14/2009
Roy Kuramoto isn’t shy about saying the worst thing that happened to him as a child contributed mightily to the outstanding adult he became.