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OAKLAND; Calif. (KGO) -- An East Bay urban city planner is using art as a medium and an approach to city planning. James Rojas recreates tiny replicas of cities around the country to help local residents engage in city planning. "I want people to understand their city as their experiences and their relationships," said James Rojas, Founder of Place It. "It is about your life and about your story and how that story gets told in city planning." Rojas uses craft supplies, toys and items around the house to re-create small-scale cities. "By using objects for storytelling, play and art-making. Pe...

Bored during lockdown in March, Mary Kay Mitchell pulled out a box of Crayola chalk and drew a heart and a rainbow on her driveway, writing: "When this is all over what will you remember?" Her whimsical pursuit is now a side career.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- A Redwood City grandmother is turning sidewalk space into creations of art. ABC7 caught up with Mary Kay Mitchell, also known as "Chalk Granny," at her home on Anamor Street. She was busy coloring in a beautiful Phoenix above the phrase "hope rises." Mitchell began her chalk artistry when the COVID-19 shutdown first began. "I got really bored, and I got my grandson's Crayola chalks out," she said. "And I drew a little sign on my sidewalk that says, 'when this is all over, what will you remember?' Then I looked at it and thought, huh? What am I going to remember?"