• Community steps up as "Hockey Mom of the Year" battles cancer

  

• Philadelphia-area shoppers get a head start on "Return-uary" with unwanted gifts

  

• Sacramento-area shopping malls see major uptick in foot traffic following Christmas

  

• St. Anthony's in San Francisco's Tenderloin serves Christmas dinner to those in need

  

• They lost their first loves. Music helped them find hope again.

  

• Maryland shoppers flood the malls for post-holiday gift returns

  

• Chinook salmon returning to Alameda Creek in Niles Canyon

  

• Protesters hold Christmas Day vigil outside Broward immigration detention center