J & G Upholstery stretches back farther than it looks from the sidewalk on Balboa Street. Stacks of yellow foam wrapped in plastic sit along a wall and rolls of fabric line the shelves as chairs in different stages of repair rest on worktables with their springs exposed. James Ross, 91, stands near the back ...
Walk through the doors of Gus’ Discount Fishing Tackle, and you’ll likely be greeted before you even reach the counter. That’s how Stephanie Ernst-Scott learned to do business from her father, Gus Ernst, who opened the Outer Richmond shop more than 60 years ago. “You say hello to somebody when they cross your threshold,” said ...
At 15, K.D. Sullivan was homeless, hungry, and sleeping on park benches in Honolulu’s Aina Haina neighborhood. In one of her most vulnerable moments, she was penniless, sitting huddled near a McDonald’s she frequented, when the owner of a nearby restaurant noticed her and invited her inside, offering the girl a bowl of Hawaiian noodle ...
Jon Insco has been a go-getter most of his life — always hustling for his next adventure. As a freshman at Gunderson High School in San Jose, he spotted a “Help Wanted” ad for a Denny’s in nearby Los Gatos and walked in to ask about the job. The blue-eyed teen from Aptos, who lived ...
