The first time Herb Alpert picked up the trumpet, it barely made a sound. But it was that trumpet that soon started doing the talking for the shy 8-year-old boy from the Eastside of Los Angeles. “I ...

Jahmir Wallace sees himself as an average 10-year-old boy. His family, friends and teachers, however, consider him a source of inspiration. After plucking at guitar strings a few years ago, Wallace is ...

At the end of a long workweek, Robert Payne hides his San Jose Police Department-issued 9 mm Sig Sauer handgun high in the back of a closet. From the back of a different closet, he takes down his ...