Volunteers Build 800 Bikes | Seal Pup Released: 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.

San Ramon Cancer Survivor, Make-A-Wish Recipient Pays It Forward

• Kenny Yee, 19, was a Make-A-Wish recipient at 4 years old. Now, he wants to help more sick kids get their wish.

Pleasanton Bike Build: 800 Needy East Bay Kids Will Ride In Style

• More than 300 volunteers showed up to the fairgrounds to assemble and distribute bikes, thanks to Livermore-based Kids Bike Lane.

Lost Seal Pup, Found In Peninsula Parking Lot, Returned To Ocean

• This video of northern fur seal Santos, roughly six months old, hobbling home toward the shoreline will be the cutest thing you see today.

Napa Boy Who Paid Classmates' Lunch Debt Visits RI State House

• Ryan Kyote, 10, of Napa, spoke about childhood hunger and lunch debt before touring the Rhode Island State House.

Marin County Employees Raise $92,000 For Charities

• Since 2007, employees have contributed more than $926,000 through the annual nonprofit fundraiser known as "the Heart of Marin."

Friends Pitch In To Keep East Bay Bookstore Running

• As the owner of a bookstore recovers from emergency amputation, friends —and friends of friends— have stepped up to keep his business going.

Scholarship Fund Launched In Memory Of San Ramon's Jordan Maler

• The Maler family has turned grief into giving for music students who attend Jordan's alma mater, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Aussie-Based F45 Opens First Tri-Valley Location In Dublin

• The first F45 franchise location in the Tri-Valley, the company has a cult following and investment backing from A-lister Mark Wahlberg.

Petaluma Student 1 Of 2 CA Delegates For US Senate Youth Program

• A Casa Grande High School senior is among two in the state of California chosen to travel to Washington D.C. for the week-long program.

Bikes, Brews Fundraiser Brings Smiles To 88 Livermore Students

• New bicycles, helmets and locks were distributed to the 88 students at 10 different LVJUSD school sites on Dec. 6.

Mill Valley Student Wins Marin County Junior High Spelling Bee

• William Chui, a seventh grader from Mill Valley Middle School, won the contest at the Marin County Office of Education in San Rafael.

Colin Moroney Of San Ramon Valley HS Wins Pete Villa Award

• The annual award recognizes the most outstanding high school football players in the San Ramon Valley.

San Ramon Coat Drive Will Help Families In Need

• The San Ramon Regional Medical Center has coat bins set up in the lobby of either the main hospital or the South Building.

Severely Wounded In Iraq, Young Army Vet Welcomed In San Ramon

• Retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Joshua Chinn and his family will live rent-free in San Ramon while they get on their feet.