It’s a special time of year at First Congregational Church in Palo Alto. With Christmas in the air, an unusual holiday tree has been erected in the church’s common room, festooned with brightly colored paper ornaments. Each ornament contains a Christmas wish for a gift that will make a big difference to a local family […]

Whatever political views you might hold, the outcome of last week’s midterm elections held a strong sense of urgency. For Alejandra Ortega, a first-time voter, it felt urgent not just in a political sense, but from a personal perspective, too. That’s because her younger sister, Monica Resendiz, was a candidate on the ballot for governing […]

  Before he died, Guadalupe Hernandez Camacho (affectionately known to all as Don Lupe) was known as a man you could count on for help when you needed it. He was a kind, gentle and generous presence among farm workers in the community, a Puente regular, and a friend to many in Pescadero for over […]

It will be a long time before this country reckons with the legacy of the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant families, for months at a time, in detention centers and tent cities at the U.S.-Mexico border – a policy that continues, despite the President claiming otherwise. Yet in cities and small towns across America, […]