Last month, Dave Pelzer took his six-year-old grandson, SJ, to play at a pumpkin patch. ‘We went down a ‘super-super’ slide, on a toy train, then SJ fed the pets,’ says Pelzer, talking over Zoom from ...

As a child, Dave Pelzer experienced horrific abuse at the hands of his mother. Beaten and neglected, 12 year old David was rescued from his torment and placed in foster care. The story of his journey ...

When he was a child, he raided the neighbors' garbage cans, fighting off stray dogs for scraps. The skin on his hands and forearms was alternately eaten away by bleach or blistered by being plunged ...

MANILA, Philippines - Abigail O. Tan Lim graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a degree in Business Administration. “My love for books started in my teens when I noticed my female ...

David Pelzer, best-selling author of "A Child Called 'It,'" will address the Leadership Series of the College of St. Scholastica Management Institute from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 23, at the ...

MONROE -- Dave Pelzer doesn't speak. He performs verbal calisthenics. The 52-year-old Californian talks rapidly, sometimes dropping into random impressions of Clint Eastwood, Arnold Schwarzenegger and ...

The Dave Pelzer Humanitarian Award ceremony is scheduled for March 21 at 4 p.m. at Northwood Restaurant in Monte Rio. This event celebrates the altruistic achievements of local champions in the Lower ...