When Don Curl received a bracelet made by a veteran at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Loma Linda, he got what he calls a “cool idea.” Curl, owner of Noe Valley Estates Realty in Yucaipa, recently ...

Beyond the glass cases of glittering baubles in J. Keith's Jewelry stands a nondescript display of bracelets made of tightly braided parachute cords. Beyond the glass cases of glittering baubles in J.

A California firefighter unraveled it and used it as a tourniquet after a mountain biking accident, saving her life. A solider in Iraq who was wounded by mortar fire was wearing two and unwound one to ...