After thieves made off with thousands of dollars worth of toys meant to be part of a Toys-for-Tots event, the community took action.
Local hospitals and churches donated toys as a "thank you" to the city for moving 100 families into healthy affordable housing. Hundreds of kids living San Francisco's SRO hotels received those toys on Saturday.
Nearly every neighborhood has a home that goes all-out for holiday decorations. The Vistalli family house in Antioch fits that description. It's not just thousands of lights -- all over the lawn are dozens of cutouts of Disney characters.
Thousands from all over the Bay Area participated in the annual citywide pub crawl and fundraising event known as SantaCon.
One by one, an army of elves raced into a San Rafael Target on Friday morning to help make sure Santa doesn't miss any San Francisco families this holiday season.
A tradition is returning to the Bay Area this weekend with a mission to collect toys for local kids.