Kqeds Perspectives

Ellen Greenblatt considers the profound personal loss of the people behind the statistics.

Marcy Fraser was an AIDS nurse throughout that plague. Now she reaches out to all nurses on the frontlines of a new scourge.

On Christmas morning, millions of gifts will be unwrapped. But Heidi Swillinger has had her small but favorite gift for many years.

Sandhya Acharya says that when life gives you rain, its best to play in a lake, if you just know how.

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau looks at how we remember the animals we have loved.

Thomas Plante says a recent surgeon general report is raising the alarm about the state of youth mental health.

With cheerful moments in short supply, Evan Ho finds respite in a middle school concert.

Growing up, Jaime Flores didn't have the places to play with his peers that others take for granted.

High school senior Ellie Lauter discovers the key to reconnect with her declining grandmother—music.

Middle school boys eagerly take to Marilyn Englander's lessons in the art of needle and thread.

Rachel Averbuck's small shoe shop is battling the huge online retailers and need you this holiday season.

Agnes Torres Al-Shibibi celebrates California's Spanish heritage as spoken in the names of the places we inhabit.

Y-R Media's Ivelisse Diaz hopes this Christmas will bring the warmth and joy that was missing last year.

Nirmy Kang's son is applying to college and she doesn't like what she sees.

80 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor that marked the beginning of World War II for the U.S., Michael Von der Porten remembers three Sonoma County men who died that day.

Nathalie Jimenez learns that even a small helping hand can be a big hand up.

Michael Ellis says the origins of mistletoe as a seasonal rite are surprising.

Selina Kaing's family tradition of blending old ways with new American habits resides in a box of birthday candles.

The email that told Dorothy O'Donnell she was too old for the hiking group surprised her. Then it made her angry.

Wilfredo Molina learns that trying too hard to please your peers can lead to trouble.