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See: Tri-Valley Girl Gets Drive-By Birthday Parade

• It may not have been the birthday Sadie planned, but it was one for the books.

Danville Restaurants Keep First Responder Bellies Full

• Primo's Pizzeria & Pub has created a foundation and teamed up with local restaurants to feed first responders.

Online Cooking Classes Offered By Tri-Valley Business

• Try your hand at Mediterranean, Italian, Mexican and Mother's Day brunch.

PUSD Music Teachers Collaborate For Remote Performance

• The music video took more than 36 hours to produce, Pleasanton Unified School District said.

Orinda Girls Sew Face Masks, Enlist Friends: Coronavirus

• So far the sisters have donated about 200 masks to hospitals, delivery people — to anyone who asks for them.

Alameda Volunteer Group Makes Masks For Health Care Workers

• The shortage caused by coronavirus is being filled by volunteers.

Volunteer Group Makes Reusable Cloth Masks For Farm Workers

• Farm workers continue their labors in the fields around Half Moon Bay on the Peninsula, and these masks may keep them safe.

Bay Area Teens Team Up For Coronavirus PPE GoFundMe Drive

• Teens Fighting COVID-19 is raising money to purchase personal protective equipment for frontline medical workers.

Sewing Group Has Marin County Covered Amid Coronavirus Crisis

• The local sewing group Masketeers has made hundreds of homemade masks for the county.

Hospitals Receive Free Masks, Thanks To Tech Entrepreneur

• Mark Linsey's father is a doctor. When he mentioned mask shortages caused by coronavirus, Mark sprung into action.

Coronavirus: Coit Tower Lights Up Blue For Health Workers

• Health care workers and others on the frontlines of the coronavirus battle are honored in lights.

New Film Follows Manresa Chef & Crew From Los Gatos To France

• View-on-demand fees for the documentary, “A Chef’s Voyage,” benefit restaurant workers struggling during coronavirus layoffs and shutdowns.

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