Artists Adriana Arriaga and Claudia Borfiga were selected to paint Earth Day Festival mural. (Courtesy photo) Santa Barbara-based artists Adriana Arriaga and Claudia Borfiga named to paint community mural inspired by climate leadership. The two were selected from an online Call For Entries to paint the 2021 Earth Day Mural. […]
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Aunt and Uncle Take in 5 Nieces After Their ‘Extraordinary’ Mother Dies of COVID
Gofundme Jasmine Jacobo and her five daughters A California aunt and uncle are stepping up in a huge way for their five nieces after the girls’ mom recently died of COVID-19. Jasmine Jacobo lost her battle with coronavirus on Jan. 13, according to a GoFundMe page that was set up […]
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Mother of 4 overcomes COVID-19, other obstacles to become a nurse
CLOSE Here are 5 tips to stay safe at college during the pandemic. USA TODAY NEW YORK — As she struggled through yet another difficult class, Marleny Hernandez felt her dream of becoming a nurse slipping away — again. She was halfway through a two-year associate degree program at Borough of […]
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Mother of 4 overcomes COVID-19, other obstacles to earn degree
NEW YORK — As she struggled through yet another difficult class, Marleny Hernandez felt her dream of becoming a nurse slipping away — again. She was halfway through a two-year associate degree program at Borough of Manhattan Community College. Hernandez, a 33-year-old mother of four and high school dropout, had […]
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Retired nurse arrested after trying to ‘rescue’ 97-year-old mother from care home
“One of the police officers was almost crying. They didn’t find it easy. To be honest I think my nan was enjoying the change of scenery, but eventually the police took her back. Then they de-arrested my mum, so we went home and had a strong cup of tea.” More […]
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Cancel Thanksgiving? My mother can’t bear the thought.
“What are we going to do about Thanksgiving?” my mother asked weeks ago. “Nothing!” I answered immediately, and my stepfather wholeheartedly agreed. To my amazement, my mother has cooked and hosted a full Thanksgiving meal for more than a dozen people since she was 22 years old, an age at […]
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Hilary Swank Is a ‘Working Mother to the Nth Degree’ in Netflix’s New Astronaut Drama
Netflix’s new astronaut series Away has vertiginous spacewalks, high-stakes international discord and peril that plays out millions of miles from human civilization. But executive producer Jessica Goldberg says something far less flashy had her doing a zero-gravity dance of joy when she first heard about the project. “It was the […]
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Why one mother loves her Allform sofa
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