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<p>If you're tired of BART strike news or the seemingly never ending federal government shutdown, Patch is here to help with a few of our favorite happy stories from this week.<br /></p><p>Speaking of the feds, a precocious fourth-grader from Belmont stole our hearts with her letter lamenting the fact that the <a href="https://belmont-ca.patch.com/groups/schools/p/belmont-students-feel-sting-of-government-shutdown">shutdown forced her class to cancel their annual trip to build sandcastles on Ocean Beach.</a></p><p>No round-up of good news would be complete without a cute-animal-of-the-week post. This week's comes courtesy of San Rafael Patch, which posted this <a href="https://sanrafael.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/bobcat-kitten-caught-on-film-in-marin">video of a bobcat kitten in Marin County</a></p>Over in Berkeley, a story that could have ended completely tragically got a silver lining when <a href="https://berkeley.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/dramatic-account-of-samaritans-who-saved-man-hit-by-train">two motorists leapt to action to save a man struck by a train.</a> <figure data-aspectratio="16:9"><iframe src allowfullscreen data-aspectratio="16:9" data-originalheight="315" data-originalwidth="460" data-src="//www.youtube.com/embed/0YW3ESNuGWY?list=UUiQCm3qEC_xOmAyXrl1xuRw"></iframe></figure>

<p>If you’re tired of BART strike news or the seemingly never ending federal government shutdown, Patch is here to help with a few of our favorite happy stories from this week.<br /></p>

<p>Speaking of the feds, a precocious fourth-grader from Belmont stole our hearts with her letter lamenting the fact that the <a href="https://belmont-ca.patch.com/groups/schools/p/belmont-students-feel-sting-of-government-shutdown">shutdown forced her class to cancel their annual trip to build sandcastles on Ocean Beach.</a></p><p>No round-up of good news would be complete without a cute-animal-of-the-week post. This week’s comes courtesy of San Rafael Patch, which posted this <a href="https://sanrafael.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/bobcat-kitten-caught-on-film-in-marin">video of a bobcat kitten in Marin County</a></p>

Over in Berkeley, a story that could have ended completely tragically got a silver lining when <a href="https://berkeley.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/dramatic-account-of-samaritans-who-saved-man-hit-by-train">two motorists leapt to action to save a man struck by a train.</a> <figure data-aspectratio="16:9"><iframe src allowfullscreen data-aspectratio="16:9" data-originalheight="315" data-originalwidth="460" data-src="//www.youtube.com/embed/0YW3ESNuGWY?list=UUiQCm3qEC_xOmAyXrl1xuRw"></iframe></figure>

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Need a break from bad news? Here are a few of our favorite uplifting headlines from Bay Area Patch sites.