$855 Gratuity | Most Romantic Restaurants: Saturday Smiles

Need a break from the bad news? If you are looking for lighter news for your weekend, check out these sweet NorCal stories.

Watch: Coyote And Badger 'Buddies' Walk Under Bay Area Highway

• Coyotes and badgers are known to team up while hunting in the wild, but they've never been filmed together in the Bay Area — until now.

Generous $855 Tip Left For Staff Of Dublin Restaurant

• The bartender thought it was a mistake. It turns out her customers once worked in the restaurant industry and wanted to pay it forward.

Warm Hearts By Making A Valentine Or 2 For Petaluma-Area Seniors

• What started as a small project over a decade ago has grown to some 5,000 cards handmade for South Sonoma County senior citizens.

Most Romantic Restaurants In San Francisco: List

• In honor of Valentine’s Day, OpenTable has released its “100 Most Romantic Restaurants in America for 2020.” Is your favorite on the list?

Axe-Throwing Venue Coming Soon To Pleasanton

• Limitless Axes & Ales will be a place to throw axes at a target, sip beers and chow down.

Tri-Valley Gets 2 New CHP Officers

• Julio Rebolledo Davila and Amandeep Singh were among 82 officers who graduated from the California Highway Patrol Academy last month.

Livermoron Double IPA Collab Debuts At Charity Event

• The beer will debut at the fourth annual Livermore Downtown Brew Crawl & Food Drive.

Reporter Loses Job, Lives In Van: Success Story

• This woman makes a nice living on her own terms.

Tamalpais High School Wins Marin County Mock Trial Competition

• More than 150 students from eight Marin high schools participated in the two-day competition at the Marin County Courthouse.

Novato Celebrates 2019 Citizen Of The Year

• Dale Kline, a Certified Super Volunteer since 1998, was honored as the 2019 Novato Citizen of the Year.

American Canyon HS Academic Decathlon Team Advances To State

• The team representing Napa Valley Unified took third place overall in the North Bay regional competition and brought home several medals.

Marin County Fair Staff 'Over The Moon' About Awards

• The 2019 Marin County Fair recently received 21 first place awards, 14 second place awards and seven third place awards.