Life Connected

What goes into becoming a guide dog? Guide Dogs of America shows us how puppies become canine companions helping people be independent.

Watch the moment a Huntington Beach restaurant owner reunited with the man who saved her life in a fire. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News.

Sometimes connecting with your past can benefit someone else’s future. In this Life Connected, you hear the story of teen Abi Jovel transforming at a speech therapy center into a sensory safe place for other children.

Meet the woman on a mission to help LA’s homeless keep their pets healthy and cared for free of charge.

Music was the key that opened doors for Fernando Pullum. He’s sharing that key with young musicians.

A popular Leimert Park musician “plays” it forward by teaching performing arts for free to children in his community.

They say teamwork makes the dream work. That’s the case with a nonprofit that’s helping kids to play basketball and score big in life.

When you need help, where do you turn? Perhaps it’s someone who knows you, understands you. For one veteran, he’s turning to another veteran for mental help. It’s part of a one-of-a-kind program in Southern California. Kathy Vara reports March 14, 2022.

You might be afraid you don’t fit in, or that you can’t do things able bodied people can do. Bringing people with disabilities together to reach their goals in sports and in life is the driving force behind Angel City Sports. Kathy Vara reports.

Nestled in the heart of Boyle Heights is a small theater filled with big dreams. It has one goal. To nurture the dreams of future storytellers. Darsha Philips reports

Kevin Mather executed well. He left Tokyo with a gold medal, the only  American to win a medal in the archery competition in the Paralympics. Angie Crouch reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021.

Swimmer Jamal Hill says he was standing on top of the podium, having just qualified for his first Paralympics, when he realized he wanted to do more. He hopes to teach a million people a year to swim between now and when the games come to his hometown here in Los Angeles in 2028.

Swimmer Jamal Hill says he was standing on top of the podium, having just qualified for his first Paralympics, when he realized he wanted to do more. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on August 27, 2021.