Puma Cubs Reunited With Mom | Bear Likes Wine: 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.

Momma Mountain Lion, Cubs: Santa Cruz Co. Lets Nature Takeover

• Residents living near Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park decided to allow a puma family reunion, free of human intervention.

LeBron's Blaze Pizza Opens In Pleasanton With Free Pies

• Find out how to get a free 11-inch build-your-own artisanal pizza.

Foster Farms To Deliver 800 Turkeys To SF-Marin Food Bank

• One in five people in San Francisco and Marin County are food insecure, according to the SF-Marin Food Bank.

Mendocino County Vineyard Attracts Bear With Taste For Pinot

• Navarro Vineyards stretches for more than 1,000 acres and serves customers from around the world. But after dark, a bear keeps sneaking in.

New 171-Room AC Hotel Pleasanton Opens For Guests

• The more than $20-million transformation at 5990 Stoneridge Mall Road is a rebranding effort by Marriott.

Champion Named In Marin County Elementary Spelling Bee

• Eleanor Bentley, a fifth grader from Kent Middle School, won the contest at Lucas Valley Elementary School in San Rafael.

Kitten Stuck In Glue Trap Gets Lucky Break: Alameda County

• The glue kitten, now affectionately named “Elmer,” will be available for adoption after Nov. 24 through Kitty911.

California Fires Inspire Peninsula Art Installation

• “Bonds Unburnt” melds the Japanese “red string of fate” and the smell of charred wood. Opening reception is Saturday.

Sports-Gear Drive Exceeds Pleasanton Students' Expectations

• "Thanks, Pleasanton!" said the teens, who collected athletic equipment for under-served youth in the East Bay.

Pearl Harbor Survivor Enthralls Crowd At Veterans Day Program

• Mickey Ganitch, who will soon turn 100, spoke without notes about that fateful day 78 years ago.

Donate Bikes For Holiday Gifts

• Do you have an unused bicycle in your garage taking up space? Donate it now to be refurbished for a child's holiday gift!

Construction Underway On Life Time Luxury Athletic Resort In WC

• Somewhere between a sweaty gym and a country club lies the athletic luxury resort.