IN THE NEWS: Donors help Mira Mesa family build new life after fire

The effort was spearheaded by Ericson Elementary School teacher Rhoda Stephens-Yoder, who ran to the burning house after she heard it belonged to a student at the school. As she watched the flames pour from the home, the fourth-grade teacher said all she could think of was that the family was going to be left with only the clothes on their backs. So before the fire was even out, she got everyone’s sizes and dashed to an Old Navy store. Read more from the San Diego Union-Tribune»