For Don Chargin '45, boxing was only his second love

Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times

Outside the living room window, two blocks down a gently sloping hill, the Pacific Ocean sparkles.

Up the hill stands a forest.

Nestled into a corner in his living room, longtime boxing promoter Don Chargin '45 sips coffee and nibbles on cookies. His custom-built, sharply angled home sits in an idyllic spot along California's Central Coast, the rocky shoreline and other natural wonders mere steps from the door.

Burrell brings big stick back to Philadelphia
Pat Burrell '95 needed more than a moment to compose himself.

After striking out to end the 10th inning against San Diego's Mike Adams on Saturday, Burrell stared at the sky in disbelief for what seemed like an eternity before dropping his head and jogging toward his left-field position.

Burrell didn't believe it. His teammates didn't believe it. And the Giants' fans didn't believe it.

Back to School Backpacks: 16-year-old CEO gives back to kids in need
Back to School Backpacks, a local bay area organization in its seventh year running spearheaded by sixteen-year old CEO Zach Greer '12, provides backpacks filled with a years full of supplies for economically challenged students.

Back to School Backpacks was founded in 2004 by three brothers; Ben '07, Alex '09 and Zach Greer, now 21, 19 and 16.