Dai Sugano – Silicon Valley

Photos: Palo Alto’s Fish Market restaurant reels it in after 47 years

Dai Sugano, Linda Zavoral — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:11:06 +0000

The Fish Market era is coming to a close in the Bay Area.

Forty-seven years after opening California’s first Fish Market restaurant in Palo Alto, then expanding throughout the South Bay and Peninsula, the company shuttered that El Camino Real location late Wednesday. Customers lined up outside before lunch to snag a favorite table for their last orders of seafood and bowls of chowder — and their final goodbyes with longtime employees.

On the last day of service at The Fish Market in Palo Alto, Calif., Juan Gonzalez, who has worked in the restaurant chain since 1979, cleans a table on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

The San Mateo restaurant is nearing its final day of business, Sept. 20. The company’s fishery operations based in South San Francisco also are closing.

The reason? Redevelopment is in the works for both properties, company officials said. Also, the hiring and the costs associated with operating the Farallon Fishery for just two restaurants has been challenging.

Going forward, diners craving a Fish Market fix will have to make their way south to visit one of the chain’s two remaining restaurants, in San Diego and Del Mar.

A message of appreciation is displayed on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

Dwight Colton, the president of the Fish Market restaurants, talks with long time customers. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

Lyla Phelps, who has worked in the restaurant since 1980, interacts with co-workers. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

Hosts at the restaurant, Kathy Tweed, left, and Kirsty Milne, greet customers. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

Henry Hiatt, the general manager of the restaurant, talks with long time customer, Terry Bohn, 73. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

Marvin Coc, a cook at the restaurant, prepares seafood dishes. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

Seafood dishes are prepared in the kitchen. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

Jenny Nilson, who has worked for 17 years for the company, talks with a customer. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

Lyla Phelps, who has worked in the restaurant since 1980, smiles at customers. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

Juan Gonzalez, who has worked in the restaurant chain since 1979, cleans a table. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

2022: The Year in Pictures

Dai Sugano — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 14:00:15 +0000

Amid triumph and tragedy, private moments of grief and public spectacles of joy, Mercury News and East Bay Times’ photojournalists captured the resilience of the human spirit across the Bay Area this year.

The powerful and poignant images recorded our losses – from wildfires and shootings to COVID and abortion rights – and our gains, in sports arenas, playing fields and parades. There were deaths and funerals and festivals that documented the sorrow of the year and also the elation.

The astonishing and the sublime also were captured – sometimes in the same frame. Such was the retirement of a 100-year-old park ranger.

The Bay Area’s beauty is on full display – the sunsets, the salt ponds, the fog and snow. A stunning supermoon, the last of the year, rose behind the Golden Gate Bridge.

We present 2022, through the eyes of Bay Area News Group photographers.

Highs and Lows

Gabe Abatecola, of San Jose, watches the final minutes of the United States men’s national team World Cup match against Iran in San Jose on Nov. 29. (Dai Sugano/Staff Photographer)

Family members embrace as law enforcement officers escort the body of Alameda County Sheriff Deputy Aubrey Phillips through the grounds of Oakmont Memorial Park & Mortuary in Lafayette on Feb. 15. Phillips died after suffering a medical emergency while carrying out a traffic stop Saturday morning in the city of Dublin. (Aric Crabb/Staff Photographer)

Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry (30) celebrate the final moments of their fourth-quarter comeback victory over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 of their NBA Western Conference Finals playoffs at Chase Center in San Francisco on May 20. (Karl Mondon/Staff Photographer)

St. Francis’ Erin Curtis (6) hugs St. Francis’ Whitney Wallace (5) as they celebrate their NorCal Open Division Girls Volleyball Championship 3-1 win against Archbishop Mitty at St. Francis High School in Mountain View on Nov. 15. (Nhat V. Meyer/Staff Photographer)

Natalia (no last name given) and her son Stefan, 8, listen to speakers during a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine outside in Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on Feb. 24. (Nhat V. Meyer/Staff Photographer)

Fr. Petro Dyachok becomes emotional during an interview in St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Catholic Center in Santa Clara on March 10. His wife, Natalya, is currently staying in the city of Chortkiv in western Ukraine to help their daughter and her family. (Dai Sugano/Staff Photographer)

Tina McWright holds up the helmet of her son Camdan McWright during a moment of tribute for the San Jose State football player who was killed in a traffic accident last week, before the Spartan’s game against Nevada in San Jose on Oct. 29. (Karl Mondon/Staff Photographer)

Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe comforts Bianca Palomera as she becomes emotional while speaking at City Hall in Antioch on Dec. 13. Palomera, 19, an employee at The Habit in Antioch, defended an autistic child who was being bullied, and lost her right eye after being punched. (Jane Tyska/Staff Photographer)

A moment of silence is held during a community meeting in Montague on Sept. 4 as the sheriff of Siskiyou County confirms two people died in the Mill Fire. (Karl Mondon/Staff Photographer)

Stacey Silva of Gilroy with a blanket made in memory of her parents at her home in Gilroy on May 10. Her father, Gary Young, died of COVID-19 in 2020. Her mother, Melody Young, died of cancer in 2019. (Dai Sugano/Staff Photographer)

Split-Second Action

Coco Gauff returns the ball against Naomi Osaka in the second set during the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic tennis tournament at San José State University on Aug. 4. (Nhat V. Meyer/Staff Photographer)

The California High cheerleaders perform a halftime routine during the Grizzlies football game against Pittsburg High in San Ramon on Sept. 9. (Doug Duran/Staff Photographer)

Li Yu-Jhun serves during the Women’s Doubles final for the World Table Tennis Feeder Series Fremont 2022 at Table Tennis America in Fremont on May 8. (Nhat V. Meyer/Staff Photographer)

Sharks’ Rudolfs Balcers fights for the puck against Florida Panthers’ Jonathan Huberdeau at the SAP Center on March 15. (Nhat V. Meyer/Staff Photographer)

Warriors’ Klay Thompson uses control of the ball as he’s double teamed by Celtics’ Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown in Game 5 of the NBA Finals at the Chase Center on June 13. (Jane Tyska/Staff Photographer)

49ers’ Samson Ebukam strips away the ball from Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford at Levi’s Stadium on Oct. 3. (Jane Tyska/Staff Photographer)

Warriors’ Jordan Poole goes up for a basket against Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. (13) during Game 3 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series at Chase Center on May 7. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Staff Photographer)

Los Angeles Angels’ Andrew Velazquez leaps to catch a fly ball hit by Oakland Athletics’ Tony Kemp in the first inning of their MLB game at the Coliseum on May 14. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Staff Photographer)

Where we live

A “Starlight Ball” featuring a limo ride and a red carpet walk brought Adam Shariff and Ally Brady together on the dance floor at the Blue Oaks Church-sponsored event at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton on April 29. (Doug Duran/Staff Photographer)

Lashanna Hornage, program manager for Santa Clara County Office of LGBTQ Affairs, smiles under her rainbow umbrella during Silicon Valley Pride Parade in San Jose on Aug. 28. (Shae Hammond/Staff Photographer)

Members of Lisa Performing Arts take the stage for a performance during a Lunar New Year celebration at Santana Row in San Jose on Feb. 4. (Anda Chu/Staff Photographer)

Noah Pelchin, center left, of San Francisco, and Alex Morris, of San Francisco, lay in their derby car, Bathtime, during SFMOMA’s Soapbox Derby in San Francisco on April 10. (Shae Hammond/Staff Photographer)

Homeless artist Daniel McClenon sleeps on a sidewalk outside a Walgreens in San Francisco on May 13 with a portrait of Jimmy Hendrix he’s been painting with pens on cardboard. His artwork was stolen a few days later. (Ray Chavez/Staff Photographer)

Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest active park ranger at 100 years old, celebrates her retirement from the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historic Park on April 16, in Richmond. (Karl Mondon/Staff Photographer)

The obituary of Stephen Elliott, who died of COVID-19 on Jan. 5, is held by his son, Ryan Elliott of Palo Alto, on May 4 in Palo Alto. (Dai Sugano/Staff Photographer)

Elise Joshi, a U.C. Berkeley student, climate and labor organizer on campus Nov. 17. Joshi evolved a TikTok For Biden account shared by a group of creators into Gen-Z for Change, a 12-employee nonprofit she executive directs, which leverages social media to promote civil discourse and political action among her peers. (Aric Crabb/Staff Photographer)

Luke and James cool off with some water at the homeless encampment near the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport at West Hedding Street in San Jose on Sept. 6. They declined to give their last names. (Shae Hammond/Staff Photographer)

Peter and Tina Nguyen of San Jose pose for a picture at Duc Vien Buddhist Temple in San Jose on Feb. 1, at the start of the Lunar New Year. (Dai Sugano/Staff Photographer)

Natalie Vanessa, of San Leandro, works out at Marina Park in San Leandro on Feb. 7. Warm temperatures are expected to continue through the week according to the National Weather Service. (Jane Tyska/Staff Photographer)

Dre Hernandez, of San Jose, poses in his 1979 Chevy Malibu while San Jose car clubs celebrated the city’s decades old ban on cruising being lifted at San Jose City Hall in San Jose on Aug. 31. (Shae Hammond/Staff Photographer)

Members of the Black Men of Labor Social Aid and Pleasure Club carry the casket of Ray “Big Chief Hatchet” Blazio during a jazz funeral in New Orleans on July 14. Blazio, 82, the city’s oldest-living Mardi Gras Indian chief, died on June 17. He lived in Oakland for 13 years after being displaced by Hurricane Katrina. (Jane Tyska/Staff Photographer)

San Jose Taiko performs during the Obon Festival at the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuinin San Jose on July 9. (Shae Hammond/Staff Photographer)

Ava Solda, left, and Riley Velasco play on the bleachers at Cory Field at San Jose American Little League in San Jose on April 7. (Shae Hammond/Staff Photographer)

Franz Robert performs on the Grace-Liberty Theater pipe organ during a service at Grace Baptist Church on March 6 in San Jose. The church celebrated the 100th anniversary of the theater’s pipe organ during the Sunday service, and planned 13 months of centennial programs. (Aric Crabb/Staff Photographer)

Los Gatos-Campbell Longhorns players watch as assistant coach Jeff Whipple hugs head coach Saul Kennedy during a team meeting after practice at Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos on Nov. 29. (Nhat V. Meyer/Staff Photographer)

California School for the Deaf’s Devan Vierra (6) signs to his team in the locker room before their game against Trinity Christian at the California School for the Deaf in Fremont on Sept. 1. (Nhat V. Meyer/Staff Photographer)

Campolindo’s Sean Spillane quietly prays in the end zone as his team warms up before their game against Las Lomas at Campolindo High School in Moraga on Oct. 28. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Staff Photographer)

Sea to Sky

The Colorado Fire burns toward the Bixby Bridge in Big Sur on Jan. 22. (Karl Mondon/Staff Photographer)

The bright crimson waters of the Cargill Salt ponds flow beside a railroad in Newark on Jan. 27. (Jane Tyska/Staff Photographer)

The Transamerica Pyramid reflects sunlight as it pokes through the thick fog blanketing San Francisco early Jan. 20. San Francisco’s iconic pointy-headed skyscraper turned 50 this year. (Karl Mondon/Staff Photographer)

A visitor walks at sunset at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 25 in Fremont. The refuge marked its 50th anniversary this year. (Dai Sugano/Staff Photographer)

Skiers and snowboarders ride down the slopes from the KT-22 summit during the grand opening of Palisades Tahoe gondola line in Olympic Valley on Dec. 16. (Ray Chavez/Staff Photographer)

Steve Bruemmer, who was bitten by a great white shark while swimming on June 22, near the site of the attack at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove on Oct. 5. (Doug Duran/Staff Photographer)

A deer flees the Oak Fire burning near Yosemite Park on Triangle Road in Mariposa on July 22. (Karl Mondon/Staff Photographer)

Houseboats are docked in Shasta Lake as California’s largest reservoir falls to only 36% of capacity during the ongoing drought on Aug. 5. (Karl Mondon/Staff Photographer)

A firefighter battles a vegetation fire near Pacheco Boulevard in Martinez on Aug. 4. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Staff Photographer)

The Sturgeon super moon rises behind the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco skyline as seen from Sausalito on August 11. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Staff Photographer)

Community Conflict

Robert Hernandez lifts a tarp while exiting his trailer at a homeless encampment on the baseball fields off of Irene Street in San Jose on Sept. 19. (Shae Hammond/Staff Photographer)

Piles of belongings and debris, canopies, RVs, tents and vehicles making up part of Oakland’s Wood Street homeless encampment linger on July 14, three days after a massive fire there displaced about one dozen residents. CalTrans started clearing the city’s largest encampment in September after Oakland won a $4.7 million state grant to shelter its occupants. (Jane Tyska/Staff Photographer)

Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside San Francisco City Hall after the Supreme Court overturned the abortion rights case Roe v. Wade on June 24. (Ray Chavez/Staff Photographer)

Protesters Elisa Smith and Stormy Adams react as workers cut down trees in People’s Park in Berkeley on Aug. 3. UC Berkeley plans to begin constructing housing at the site for 1,100 university students and 125 homeless residents. (Aric Crabb/Staff Photographer)

Emerald Johnson, aunt of Sophia Mason, an 8-year-old girl from Hayward whose mother and mother’s boyfriend stand accused of murdering her, with a photo of Mason, her drawings and school work at Johnson’s home in Hayward on June 7. (Dai Sugano/Staff Photographer)

On the eighth day of his hunger strike, Westlake Middle School teacher Maurice André San-Chez, is comforted after answering a reporter’s questions on Feb. 8. San-Chez and another Westlake teacher struck to stop the Oakland Unified School District’s plan to close or merge 16 schools. (Ray Chavez/Staff Photographer)

Crime and Consequences

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, center, and her family leave the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse after the jury found her guilty in San Jose on Jan. 3. (Dai Sugano/Staff Photographer)

Antoinette Walker cries on the shoulder of Frank Turner as Penelope Scott speaks to the media in Sacramento on April 4. Walker is the older sister of De’Vazia Turner who was shot and killed during a mass shooting a day earlier. Six people died and 12 others were injured in the April 3 shooting. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Staff Photographer)

Law enforcement officers from different agencies respond after multiple people were shot in a complex of schools on Fountain Street in Oakland on Sept. 28. (Ray Chavez/Staff Photographer)

Kathy Teng Dwyer, from Oakland, places a candle during a vigil near where Lili Xu, 60, was killed during an attempted robbery in Oakland on Aug. 22. (Nhat V. Meyer/Staff Photographer)

Jenni Kumimoto carries her son Ben, 6, to their car after picking him up from kindergarten at Los Alamitos Elementary School in San Jose on May 25. Jenni Kumimoto, 36, a kindergarten teacher at Graystone Elementary School, spoke with her 6-year-old son Ben about the Uvalde school shooting in Texas. (Aric Crabb/Staff Photographer)

Family and friends release balloons on the one-year anniversary of the deaths of 7-year-old Sela Mataele and her mother’s partner Ramiro Castro, who were killed by a drunk driver in Pittsburg, at the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Antioch on April 12. (Nhat V. Meyer/Staff Photographer)

Beauty, Beholden

A dog runs through a field of wildflowers during a warm early morning at Shell Ridge Open Space in Walnut Creek on March 23. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Staff Photographer)

Members of the Huaxing Arts Group wait on their float, “The Beauties of the Tang,” for the start of the Chinese New Years Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 19. (Karl Mondon/Staff Photographer)

Editor’s Note: This frame was composed in-camera by combining two exposures captured moments apart. Giants pitcher Yunior Marte pitches against the Milwaukee Brewers in the eighth inning of their MLB game at Oracle Park on July 15. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Staff Photographer)

People gather during the Holiday Tree lighting ceremony at Jack London Square in Oakland on Dec. 3. (Ray Chavez/Staff Photographer)

The full moon rises behind the Oakland hills and the Mormon Temple on Dec. 6. (Ray Chavez/Staff Photographer)

Elise MacGregor Ferrell, of Santa Cruz, plays the bagpipes during a memorial service for Fran the whale at Moss Landing State Beach in Moss Landing on Oct. 3. Fran, the most photographed whale in California and well known by tourists and whale enthusiasts in Monterey Bay, washed ashore on a beach in Half Moon Bay in August, a victim of a ship strike. (Doug Duran/Staff Photographer)

Photographers

Anda Chu – @anda_chu Aric Crabb – @AricCrabb Dai Sugano – @daisugano Doug Duran – @duran_doug Jane Tyska – @tyskagram Jose Fajardo – @fuzyjoe Karl Mondon – @karlmondon Nhat V. Meyer – @nhatgnat Ray Chavez – @rayinaction Shae Hammond – @shae_hammond

Photo/Video Editors

Anda ChuDoug DuranDylan Bouscher – @DylanBouscher Laura Oda – @lodafoto

Managing Editor: Visuals

Sarah Dussault

Photos: Volunteers renovate homes for Santa Clara County veterans

Dylan Bouscher, Dai Sugano — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 22:46:23 +0000

SAN JOSE — John Migeulgorry was not expecting a fresh coat of paint and a new air conditioner and water heater when Lowes and Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley partnered to renovate the Vietnam War veteran’s San Jose home on Tuesday.

“It’s unbelievable — and they’re all so nice. They’re very, very thoughtful and kind,” Migeulgorry said of the dozens of volunteers who helped, adding that he initially joked with the project organizers that it would take that many folks to complete the work his house needed before they assured him that’s exactly how many people would show up.

Migeulgorry, 79, grew up in the house in the 800 block of Sixth Street, which is now valued above $1 million. He said his parents moved in to the four-bedroom, two-bathroom house shortly after it was built in 1939 and that generations of Migeulgorry have lived in it since at least the late 1940s. He joined the Army in 1967, served in Vietnam in ’68 and returned home the following year.

“I’m at a loss for words. This is probably the best day of my life and the repairs that were made are more than I could ever imagine,” Miguelgorry said.

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – September 20: Lowe’s employee Kimberly Montalvo, left, high-fives the homeowner John Migeulgorry, 79, a Vietnam War veteran, on Sept. 20, 2022, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

The work on Migeulgorry’s home was one of three renovations the organizations agreed to complete for veterans across Santa Clara County on Tuesday — one more in San Jose and another in Morgan Hill. For Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley, which has assisted county residents with no-cost home repairs since 1991, this is one of about 300 similar renovations the nonprofit will complete this year.

To Deanne Everton, executive director at Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley, the work is about more than transforming Migeulgorry’s home into an asset for the community.

“Having a safe home is a right for everyone and being able to preserve that for a vulnerable group within our community is so important,” Everton said. “For John today, seeing the joy on his face and one of his quotes was, ‘I think this might be the best day of my life.’ So, not a bad day at work.”

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – September 20: Lowe’s employees Kimberly Montalvo, left, and Ethan Lechich paint the house of John Migeulgorry, 79, a Vietnam War veteran, on Sept. 20, 2022, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – September 20: Lowe’s employee Buena Acevedo paints the house of ohn Migeulgorry, 79, a Vietnam War veteran, on Sept. 20, 2022, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – September 20: Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley’s maintenance technician Abraham Lopez, center, paints the house of John Migeulgorry, 79, a Vietnam War veteran, on Sept. 20, 2022, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

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The repairs completed Tuesday would have cost an estimated $90,000, but the labor and materials were donated by Lowe’s. They included exterior vinyl board and skirt replacements and landscaping, such as laying bark near plants to beautify Migeulgorry’s yard.

The three home renovations for Santa Clara County veterans are part of a national initiative by Lowe’s to support vets and their families this fall. The home improvement retailer donated $3.3 million to that effort, which funded the renovation of 79 homes nationwide.

2021: The Year in Pictures

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 14:00:55 +0000

2021: Another year of turbulence and change, difficulty and hope. Our photojournalists witnessed grief in the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting in Bay Area history. They saw the impact of wildfires, our region’s housing crisis and the tumult in Afghanistan. They recorded local preparations for the Olympics, the governor’s recall election and the surprise success of the San Francisco Giants.

They also captured images of return and reopening: Children in school and worshipers in churches, high school sports and senior birthday parties and live theater. They documented a mass vaccination campaign that saw lines of cars stretching down streets and millions of shots administered, even as families continued to mourn those they had lost from COVID-19.

And then, those moments of everyday beauty in the place where we live: Encroaching fog, birds in flight, the crashing ocean. Perhaps these are especially meaningful amid so much tumult — and so much that remains unknown as we begin a new year.

Presenting 2021, through the eyes of Bay Area News Group photographers.

JANUARY

JANUARY 10: A bicycle rider moves along a trail at Marina Park in San Leandro. It was the start of another long road for the Bay Area as it struggled from the coronavirus pandemic. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

JANUARY 13: Officers investigate a shooting on the 1100 block of Poplar Street in West Oakland. Crime in the city became a serious concern with at least 133 homicides reported in Oakland. (Dylan Bouscher/Bay Area News Group)

JANUARY 20: Bekka Fink, left, and Larry Bogad dance to “Please Mr. Postman” as they carry signs in front of the Berkeley Main Post Office on Allston Way. Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, and Oakland-born Kamala Harris, who grew up in Berkeley, was sworn in as the first female, Black and South Asian vice president. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

JANUARY 27: Protesters face off with members of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office during a demonstration that was declared an unlawful assembly at the Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose. Angry tenants and advocates demonstrated against the displacement of renters during the coronavirus pandemic. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

JANUARY 27: Ursula Haeussler, a 105-year-old woman, who lived through the Spanish flu pandemic, experienced another global crisis caused by COVID-19. She was able to get vaccinated for the coronavirus. She was 4 years old when the Spanish flu hit and remembers several family members who died. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

FEBRUARY

FEBRUARY 10: Sandy Waite-Lopez, a Foothill Elementary School fourth-grade teacher, leads her class in Saratoga. A sense of normalcy began to emerge on campus as students returned to classrooms in the school district for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic forced their closure in March 2020. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

FEBRUARY 14: Robert Bondonno, center, and his wife, Carol, right, raise their hands while listening to the service at Rise City Church in Redwood City. The church was able to have indoor service at 25% capacity and the rules were later loosened as cases began falling in the spring. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)

FEBRUARY 23: Carnation flowers cover the hood of a Ford truck once owned by Lawrence Ferlinghetti at a vigil held for the literary figure at his City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco. He died at the age of 101. Several popular authors died in 2021, including Joan Didion, bell hooks, Anne Rice and Beverly Cleary. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

FEBRUARY 24: Professional boxer Dalia “La Pantera” Gomez, right, holds punching pads as Aton Alva, 6, learns boxing skills during the Vertical Skillz Outreach youth boxing and fitness class at San Antonio Park in Oakland. The free class is run by Gomez, founder and executive director of the nonprofit Vertical Skillz Outreach. “The program gives them the opportunity to take care of their health, wellness, mind and soul,” Gomez said. “Most important is to give kids a safe place where they feel happy, grow and be a better person.” (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

FEBRUARY 26: Residents enjoy the belly dance performance by Heaven Mousalem, left, during a Purim celebration at Moldaw Residences in Palo Alto. As more people were vaccinated, live entertainment began to return. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)

FEBRUARY 28: Dr. Patricia Nunley hugs Rajuan Lewis, 7, during a vigil and anti-violence rally for his father, Reuben Lewis, at Concordia Park in Oakland. Lewis was shot and killed in the park on Feb. 24 as his sons and others took part in a youth football practice. It was one of a number of violent deaths in Oakland in 2021. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

MARCH

MARCH 4: Alisal Elementary School staff member Amy Wood, left, greets students as they return to campus for class in Pleasanton. The pace of classroom reopenings became an issue among Bay Area school districts. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

MARCH 7: Ballet dancer Angela Watson shows off her talents in the Berkeley hills. She received a National YoungArts Foundation Award for her accomplishments in ballet and though she had a nagging Achilles injury and the quarantine hampered her somewhat, she said she couldn’t wait to get back on stage. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

MARCH 19: Members of the Freedom High football team raise their helmets during the playing of the national anthem before their football game against Pittsburg High School in Pittsburg. High school football returned in a truncated season. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

MARCH 24: The Curative COVID-19 drive-thru mass vaccination site at Golden Gate Fields racetrack was one of several in the Bay Area. Lines were long as residents hurried to get their coronavirus vaccine. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

MARCH 27: Alex Chen, of Alameda, listens to speakers during a San Francisco march and rally focused on fighting anti-Asian crime. The march, organized by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, started at San Francisco City Hall and ended at Union Square. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

MARCH 26: Demonstrators in San Francisco march to protest a rise in attacks against Asian and Pacific Islander residents in the Bay Area and nationwide. The brutality of the assaults, often captured on video, sparked an outcry and a renewed focus on crime. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

MARCH 31: A couple is silhouetted by the sunset inside a tent at Sharp Park Beach in Pacifica. Although there was plenty of sun in the winter, that meant drought conditions worsened in the state. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

APRIL

APRIL 2: Longtime friend and neighbor Linda Wolan, of Berkeley, kisses Dick Wezelman during his 88th birthday celebration at Belmont Village Senior Living in Albany. The community has reached over 98% vaccinations for all staff and residents, and Wezelman’s fully vaccinated friends were able to attend. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

APRIL 7: View of Oakland Coliseum COVID-19 vaccination site in Oakland. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

APRIL 21: Archbishop Mitty’s Hunter Hernandez (33) fights for the ball against St. Mary’s Nia Anderson (32) in the fourth quarter at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose. High school sports adapted to the pandemic by adopting rules such as a face mask requirement. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

APRIL 30: Vanessa Singh, of San Jose, the sister of Natalia Smüt, a transgender woman who was murdered, hugs her cousin Aja Franco of Pittsburg during an unveiling of a mural visualizing LGBTQ+ culture, history and community. The work included a panel memorializing Smüt and other victims of anti-trans violence in San Jose. The 864-square-foot mural, located on the side of Splash Video Dance Bar, was the first mural from The Qmunity District, the South Bay’s LGBTQ+ arts and culture space. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

MAY

MAY 4: “A Series of Unfortunate Events” author Daniel Handler, known by the pseudonym Lemony Snicket, poses for a portrait in his San Francisco home. He released a new book titled “Poison for Breakfast” and said the pandemic had been tough on his writing process because he usually writers in libraries and cafes, which were closed. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

MAY 11: Lincoln plays against Leland during their girls basketball game at Saratoga High School. With the San Jose Unified district not providing the mandatory testing for indoor play and Santa Clara County stuck in the orange reopening tier, student-athletes at six San Jose Unified high schools played their games outside. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

MAY 12: Mission San Jose High’s Savara Deshmukh and James Logan High’s Vienna Garcia wrestle in their 135-pound bout in Union City. Because of the pandemic, the wrestling match was held outdoors. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

MAY 26: Two people hug near the scene of a mass shooting at the VTA rail yard that killed nine people. It was the Bay Area’s worst mass shooting with 10 people dead, including the shooter. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)

MAY 27: The family of Paul Delacruz Megia including his father Leonard, center right, and son Gavin, center left, grieve for Megia before a vigil at San Jose City Hall. He was one of nine people killed in the VTA mass shooting. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

JUNE

JUNE 2: Relatives of Taptej Singh, one of the nine victims of the VTA shooting, gather Wednesday at his Union City home. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

JUNE 4: Los Altos High School graduates socially distance themselves from each other during the school’s graduation commencement ceremony at PayPal Park in San Jose. It was a different scene from 2020 when many ceremonies were canceled. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

JUNE 4: U.S. weightlifter Wes Kitts, of Livermore, trains while at California Strength in San Ramon. Kitts set a U.S. record in the men’s 109-kilogram category to finish eighth in his Olympic debut in Tokyo. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

JUNE 9: Archbishop Riordan’s King-Jhsanni Wilhite (2) takes a shot against St. Ignatius High in their Central Coast Section Open Division basketball boys semifinal game at Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco. Face masks in sports became a normal sight and led to questions about which ones were the best. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

JUNE 10: St. Francis celebrates their 6-0 win over Notre Dame-Salinas in the CCS Open Division Softball Championships final at St. Francis High School in Mountain View. The return of high school sports brought smiles to student athletes. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

JUNE 15: Bear Bryan raises his arm in joy as Dan Zelinsky opens the doors to his Musee Mecanique at its grand reopening at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. Zelinsky’s beloved arcade closed 15 months ago when the pandemic shutdown began and reopened as restrictions began lifting. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

JUNE 15: Patrons enjoy drinks as a go-go dancer performs at Beaux lounge in San Francisco’s Castro District. California lifted its COVID-19 restrictions with modified masking guidelines that allow fully vaccinated residents to attend indoor venues without masks, capacity limits or social distancing. Those rules began changing as COVID-19 cases began to rise. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

JUNE 22: Members of the U.S. National Team Men’s Eight boat crew take part in a training session in Oakland. The U.S. Olympic men’s team reached the A final but finished fourth overall and were unable to medal. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

JUNE 22: Karega Bailey, left, of Oakland, and Oakland council member Carroll Fife hug each other at the end of a peace and healing vigil at the Lake Merritt Pergola in Oakland. Dashawn Rhoades, 22, of San Francisco, was killed and 6 others were injured during Juneteenth celebrations at Lake Merritt. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

JUNE 24: The fog rolls over the Oakland hills into the city of Orinda as seen from the summit of Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County. A dry 2021 continued exacerbating the drought conditions in the state. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

JULY

JULY 1: Fred Mekata tucks in his wife, Ruth, at night in their bedroom at The Watermark, an assisted-living facility in San Ramon. Mekata sold his home in order to move into the facility with his wife who has dementia. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

JULY 4: Illegal fireworks explode in the sky as a Contra Costa firefighter works quickly to extinguish a vegetation fire at East Lake Drive and Hillcrest Avenue in Antioch. Contra Costa County Fire Protection District responded to 48 vegetation and exterior blazes including five structure fires across the district. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

JULY 9: San Francisco Giants pitcher Tyler Rogers (71) pitches against the Washington Nationals in the eighth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco. The Giants had a remarkable season surprisingly nearly everyone in baseball by winning the National League West. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

JULY 21: Diane Ichiyasu, 79, with Belmont Village Senior Living’s Albany team, reaches for the ball in a seated volleyball match during an Olympic Games-themed competition in Albany. The senior living’s Albany location hosted the event between teams from their Albany, Sunnyvale and San Jose locations. It was all in the spirit of the Summer Games, which were held in Tokyo under strict conditions because of the pandemic. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

July 22: The Pardee Lake Recreation marina is seen from this drone new at the Pardee Reservoir in Ione. The lake, which is usually full, is at 87% capacity and the marina had to be moved to deeper waters last month. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

JULY 24: Firefighters work to contain a two-alarm warehouse fire that caused a power outage on the 4300 block of East 12th Street in Oakland, affecting approximately 2,500 people. (Dylan Bouscher/Bay Area News Group)

AUGUST

AUGUST 6: Tigs Smith, her son Vance, 9, and her daughter Emily, 16, stay at an encampment site on vacant land owned by Apple along Component Drive in North San Jose. The housing crisis continued to be a big issue in the Bay Area. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

AUGUST 6: A gateway made of horseshoes frames a scene of devastation in a residential section of Greenville after it was destroyed by the Dixie Fire. California experienced another season of record-breaking blazes. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

AUGUST 23: Dannae Gutierrez ,18, center, holds her father’s hand as health care worker Inderjot Kaur, right, administers a Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination shot at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

AUGUST 26: Mohammad Nazir Azami; his wife, Shabnam Azami; and daughter Hadia Azami, 4, were filled with worry for their family in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over. Mohammad Nazir Azami worked in Afghanistan for a U.S. government contractor and was able to move to the U.S. with a specialized visa. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

AUGUST 30: LaToya Foster, left, and her mother, Leavonia “Peaches” Love Foster, cry in front of the headstone of Lovell Brown at the Leavenworth National Cemetery in Kansas. After Peaches obtained an amended death certificate of her mother, Brown became the first victim who died of COVID-19 in the United States. She died on Jan. 9, 2020, rewriting the timeline of how the coronavirus came to the United States. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

AUGUST 30: A tree burns in a blackened forest at dawn after the Caldor Fire tore through the Twin Bridges area on Highway 50 overnight, destroying many structures in the area. The blaze threatened Lake Tahoe but was ultimately beaten back. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

AUGUST 31: Jason Marone of the Roseville Fire Department cools down a hot spot burning close to homes in the Christmas Valley area of Meyers. The 2021 fire season was one of the busiest ever. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

AUGUST 31: Veronica Foster, an evacuee from South Lake Tahoe, hugs her dog, Gracie, as she and her co-workers from Grocery Outlet spend time together outside an evacuation center in Gardnerville, Nevada. The California fires destroyed whole towns and left many without homes. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER 3: San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey (28) tags out Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Turner (10) at home plate. Turner was attempting to score in the 11th inning of their game at Oracle Park in San Francisco. The Giants defeated the Dodgers 3-2 in 11 innings, but ultimately lost the series. It was also the last time Posey faced the Dodgers as he announced his retirement a few weeks later. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

SEPTEMBER 7: Alice Hoagland’s brother Vaughn Hoglan along with three of his children Bryce, from left, Jillian and Garrett, remember their cousin Mark Bingham at a memorial bench in Los Gatos. Bingham died a hero on Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, and this year marked the 20th anniversary of the attacks. They are working to keep the memory alive of Bingham and Hoagland, who became an activist after the tragedy. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

SEPTEMBER 8: Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at an anti-recall rally in San Leandro. Newsom ended up beating back the Republican recall efforts. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

SEPTEMBER 08: Oakland Athletics left fielder Mark Canha, #20 center fielder Starling Marte #2 and right fielder Chad Pinder #4 celebrate their 5-1 MLB win against the Chicago White Sox at the Coliseum in Oakland. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

SEPTEMBER 21: Junru Wang rehearses for “Dear San Francisco” at Club Fugazi in San Francisco. It is the first show at the famed North Beach club since Dec. 31, 2019, when the curtain came down on “Beach Blanket Babylon.” (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

OCTOBER

OCTOBER 8: Natalie Chavez, center, keeps an eye on Christian LaPalgia as he sings to her during a music therapy session at a Life Services Alternatives home in San Jose. The Campbell-based nonprofit houses 70 disabled people with varying levels of assistance needs. (Nha V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

OCTOBER 14: San Francisco Giants Wilmer Flores is left howling at home plate as umpire Doug Eddings calls him out and Los Angeles Dodgers Will Smith begins to celebrate a Game 5, 2-1 Dodger victory in the National League Divisional Series at Oracle Park. The game and series ended on Flores’ controversial check swing. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

OCTOBER 16: Judy Chicago’s pyrotechnic art exhibit, “Forever de Young,” is ignited outside the de Young Museum in San Francisco, filling the skies over Golden Gate Park with rainbow-colored smoke. It was the famed artist’s latest in a series of “Atmosphere” exhibits and coincides with her retrospective hanging in the museum until Jan. 9, 2022. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

OCTOBER 21: Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) warm-ups before their home opener against the Los Angeles Clippers at Chase Center in San Francisco. The season has gone well for the Warriors as they have one of the best records in the league. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

OCTOBER 22: Visitors ride the Wave Swinger on the first day of the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton. The fair returned after missing 2020 because of the pandemic. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

OCTOBER 26: Brenda Deckman, 45, from Shasta County holds a flower at the Homeless Garden Project store in Santa Cruz. The project hires 17 homeless people each year and that helps turn around their lives. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

OCTOBER 28: Theresa Parker, left, hugs Brian Boyle in the Parker family’s backyard in El Sobrante. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa County assists the Parkers with food distribution. The agency is a safety net for people struggling with hunger, homelessness, unemployment, and lack of health care. (Dylan Bouscher/Bay Area News Group)

OCTOBER 28: San Jose Sharks’ Brent Burns (88) reaches for the puck against the Montreal Canadiens in the third period at the SAP Center in San Jose. The Sharks have had a decent season so far but a COVID-19 outbreak has upended the sport. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

NOVEMBER

NOV. 1: White pelicans fly over Lake Merritt as a light rain falls in Oakland. California hoped for a wet fall and winter to help end a drought. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

NOVEMBER 2: Samuel McFarland a former client at Options Recovery Services is seen alongside artwork created by students in his Recovery through the Arts program in San Leandro. Options Recovery Services helps those with addiction problems. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

NOV. 5: San Ramon Valley High’s Jordan Lewis (10) and the football team celebrate their 30-23 win against Monte Vista High in Danville. High school football returned with a more normal schedule but there were times COVID-19 outbreaks led to forfeits and cancellations. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

NOVEMBER 7: San Jose Quakes’ Chris Wondolowski (8) is tossed in the air by his teammates after announcing his retirement at PayPal Park in San Jose. Wondolowski holds several records including the all-time MLS scoring record of 171 career regular-season goals. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

NOVEMBER 7: San Francisco 49ers’ Tavon Wilson (32) breaks up a pass intended for Arizona Cardinals’ Darrell Daniels (81) in the first quarter at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. The 49ers had an up and down season. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

NOVEMBER 21: Circus performers do tricks on the rope at the Zoppé Italian Family Circus’ one-ring tent in downtown Redwood City. Traveling shows were more abundant as COVID restrictions were lifted in the fall despite a rising number of cases. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

NOVEMBER 28: Warren Upton, of San Jose, turned 102 in October and still remembers what happened at Pearl Harbor on the 80th anniversary of the attack. He was aboard the USS Utah and was getting ready for the day when the ship was hit by a torpedo on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

DECEMBER

DECEMBER 3: People walk in the labyrinth at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

DECEMBER 10: Cathedral Catholic quarterback Charlie Mirer (12) slides into the end zone as he celebrates with the team after defeating Folsom during their CIF division 1-AA football state championship game at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo. Cathedral Catholic defeated Folsom 33-21. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

DECEMBER 22: Members of the Oakland Police Department’s 186th Basic Recruit Academy attend a graduation ceremony at the Scottish Rite Center in Oakland. Twenty-Five new Oakland Police Officers were sworn-in at the ceremony as the city deals with a rise in crime. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

DECEMBER 22: Marisol Escalera, a volunteer for Farmworker Caravan from San Jose, gives clothes and toiletries to Ellie Aguilar and Nicole Martinez,7, at a Brussels sprout farm in Half Moon Bay. Volunteers for the Farmworker Caravan made 2,400 tamales for farmworkers in Half Moon Bay for the holiday season. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

DECEMBER 24: A snowboarder walks through a winter wonderland at Palisades Tahoe in Olympic Valley. A series of storms brought needed water to reservoirs and powder to fill the mountain snowpacks. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

California reopening photos: Here is what June 15 looks like in the Bay Area

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 19:14:28 +0000

Today, June 15, 2021, California has officially reopened. Here in the Bay Area, we’ve been living under fluctuating coronavirus restrictions since March 2020, when a shelter-in-place order was instituted. Mask mandates arrived in April 2020. The state’s colored tiers reopening system came at the end of last summer.

Now, the tiers are gone. So are capacity limits at restaurants, bars, gyms, places of worship, amusement parks and theaters. Indoor and outdoor gatherings of any size are permitted. And vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks in most settings.

Many Californians, of course, have been eating out, exercising, going to movies and gathering with loved ones for months as coronavirus cases have declined, vaccination rates have increased and the state has loosened its rules. Our return to “normal” has been steady but gradual, accompanied along the way by both uncertainty and hope.

In that sense, today’s official reopening is less a dramatic shift in daily life (though life will look different: all those exposed chins and noses!) than a celebration of the progress we’ve made after so much loss and loneliness. That celebration consists of coffee dates and commutes, bowling and swimming and music. It symbolizes the return of our life together — just in time for the long, bright days of summer.

7:00 A.M.

ALAMEDA: Waitress Jessie Hill, center, works in the dining room of Ole’s Waffle Shop. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

FREMONT: Davinder Kaur attends a morning prayer at the Gurdwara Sahib Sikh Temple. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

8:00 A.M.

OAKLAND: BART passengers are photographed inside a train at the Fruitvale Station. As Covid -19 restrictions are eliminated across the state, face masks are still required on public transportation. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

9:00 A.M.

SAN FRANCISCO: Bear Bryan raises his arm in joy as Dan Zelinsky opens the doors to his Musee Mecanique on the grand reopening day at Fisherman’s Wharf. Zelinsky’s beloved arcade closed fifteen months age when the pandemic shutdown began. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

PALO ALTO: West Currier, right, helps up Max Leins, 9, left, onto a popsicle stick bridge during Neuro Camp. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)

10:00 A.M.

PALO ALTO: Dario Cometto, 10, sits near a door while listening to counselors teach a lesson during Neuro Camp. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)

11:00 A.M.

SAN JOSE: Kathleen Cohen, 75, attends a senior fitness class without being required to wear a mask at the Central YMCA. On Tuesday, the State of California began a highly anticipated reopening with modified masking guidelines that allow fully vaccinated Californias to gather indoors without masks. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

SAN FRANCISCO: Angela Del Rio and Laurent Velazquez of Las Vegas, sit inside Caffe Trieste. It is the first time the North Beach institution has opened for indoor service in the fifteen months since the pandemic shutdown. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE: Richard Veyna, 18, works out without being required to wear mask in a weight room at the Central YMCA. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

12:00 P.M.

WALNUT CREEK: Emma Rohner, of Walnut Creek, unloads groceries as her 1-year old daughter Remi sits in a shopping cart in the Trader Joe’s parking lot. Rohner, who is vaccinated for COVID-19, was one of the many shoppers at Trader Joe’s, one of the stores that announced they would not require mask-wearing indoors. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE: Business remains sparse at Jade Cathay in San Jose, with owner Grace Guan’s base of customers still mainly working from home. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

COLMA: Community members dance in Mike Nevin Plaza during a “Reopening of the State Celebration” event. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

1:00 P.M.

DALY CITY: Dwayne Cross, left, stretches out before his turn at Classic Bowling Center. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)

CASTRO VALLEY: People play mini golf at the Golden Tee Golfland as seen from this drone view. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

2:00 P.M.

DUBLIN: From left, Martyna Kuron, 11, and her siblings, Maja, 14, and Oliver, 9, all of Pleasanton, have fun at The Wave Waterpark’s “Splash Zone.” Dublin’s water park started its phased re-opening on Tuesday after being closed through the Pandemic. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND: A discarded mask hangs from a powerline in East Oakland.(Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND: Dentist Faiz Ansari administers a COVID-19 test to a kid inside a minivan at La Clinica testing and vaccination site on Fruitvale Avenue and East 12th Street parking lot. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

3:00 P.M.

SAN FRANCISCO: The North Beach Brass Band marches down Columbus Avenue in San Francisco, Calif. for a grand reopening pub crawl, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

4:00 P.M.

LIVERMORE: Commuter traffic travels on Interstate 580. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

5:00 P.M.

PALO ALTO: Nancy Lam, left, her sister, Janet Chan, right, both of San Mateo, and their long-time friend, Hollie Wong, who is visiting from Washington D.C., share a laugh on June 15, 2021, at The Wine Room. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

BERKELEY: Dancers perform in front of a green screen and video camera at the Ciel Creative Space open house. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

BERKELEY: Jon Bowden, of Drool Visuals, hugs Geri Logan, of Marin County, at the Ciel Creative Space open house. The state of California officially opened today and eased rules after over a year of coronavirus pandemic restrictions. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

6:00 P.M.

LIVERMORE: Rosa Fierro, of Danville, the owner of Rosa Fierro Cellars, toasts a glass of wine with people attending a celebration event called the “Great Unmasking!” held by Rosa Fierro Cellars, Favalora Vineyards Winery, Occasio Winery, and Nottingham Cellars. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

FREMONT: Men and women attend an evening prayer at the Gurdwara Sahib Sikh Temple. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

7:00 P.M.

SAN FRANCISCO: Friends and family members of San Francisco Giants pitcher Sammy Long (73) cheer during the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

8:00 P.M.

MOUNTAIN VIEW: People are seen in the reflection of mirrors as they practice salsa dancing at Alberto’s. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

MOUNTAIN VIEW: Sarah Northrop, right, and her boyfriend, Kevin Boyce, take a break during a salsa dance class at Alberto’s. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

9:00 P.M.

SAN FRANCISCO: Search lights scan the sky above the Pink Triangle on Twin Peaks as part of the day’s celebration for the state’s reopening from the COVID-19 lockdown. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND: Carrie Platt, who was visiting from Washington, D. C., hangs out with her uncle Dan Venzill at George & Walt’s bar on College Avenue.(Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

SAN FRANCISCO: Patrons enjoy drinks as a go-go dancer performs at Beaux lounge in the Castro district. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

10:00 P.M.

SAN FRANCISCO: DJ Gatsbo provides music for a dance party atop Twin Peak, part of the celebration for the state’s reopening from the COVID-19 lockdown. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

SAN FRANCISCO: Patrons enjoy drinks as a go-go dancer performs at Beaux lounge in the Castro district. Today, the state lifted its COVID-19 restrictions with modified masking guidelines that allow fully vaccinated residents to attend indoor venues without masks, capacity limits nor social distancing. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Photos: Former estate of Silicon Valley legend, Intel co-founder for sale

Dai Sugano, Louis Hansen — Wed, 19 May 2021 18:00:35 +0000

For around $14 million, a wealthy bidder can lay claim to the commanding, 7,700 square foot hillside estate of the late Silicon Valley legend Robert Noyce. For those less inclined toward history, agents say the 4.6-acre property can be easily subdivided into four lots and developed into new estates.

The Los Altos estate has been on the market since 2018, originally listing for $21.8 million. It now goes up for an online auction in June.

Click here to read the full article.

Photos by Dai Sugano (Bay Area News Group)

An exterior view of the Los Altos estate once owned by Intel founder and Silicon Valley legend Robert Noyce is photographed on May 17, 2021, in Los Altos, Calif.

An interior view on the 1st floor

Intel’s board of directors met in this room for years.

The kitchen area

Man-made ponds, now drained, where Noyce and his family kayaked and swam.

The vineyard

Los Altos Golf & Country Club’s golf course is seen from the Los Altos estate.

The kitchen area

The light fixtures in the kitchen area

An interior view on the 1st floor

A child’s room

One of the bedrooms in the Los Altos estate

A view of one of the bathrooms

An exterior view of the estate

Sotheby’s International Realty agent Arthur Sharif shows this news organization the tennis court of the Los Altos estate.

An interior view of the estate

Photos: The Bay Area’s year of COVID life

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:15:54 +0000

March 2020

MARCH 8: The coronavirus-stricken Grand Princess cruise ship glows on the horizon outside the Golden Gate off San Francisco, as it waits for authorities to allow it to dock in the Bay Area. Several lawsuits have been filed against Princess Cruises for COVID-19 outbreaks aboard its ships. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Before this past year, images of pandemics were mostly those of strangers in century-old black and white photographs, grainy unrecognizable faces, people from a bygone era peering at us safely from the remote dustbins of history.

That all changed in 2020.

Now we are the new faces of pandemic. Our families, our friends, our neighbors.

Bay Area News Group photographers documented this past year as we began isolating from each other to stop the deadly spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.

From those early days when the virus seemed safely anchored in purgatory aboard an ill-fated cruise ship off the Golden Gate, to that St. Patrick’s Day eve, when we all faced our first day of lockdown.

Through the chaotic rainbow-colored tiers of repeated closings, openings and reclosings, as our schools, businesses, sports and the arts all grappled to make the best of a scary time — and to make it through to better days. Along the way, families generously shared their stories of love and painful loss.

And finally, through the pain of our political divides during the bitter election year, to the racial reckoning sweeping the streets of our democracy, and a never-ending string of deadly regional wildfires.

These photographs offer a small mirror of ourselves as we fought through it all to keep our health, our dignity and our humanity. We look back now one more time at these images of ourselves, before they too join the next dustbins of history.

MARCH 8: Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, speaks to the media at Elihu M. Harris State Office Building in Oakland, regarding the fate of the Grand Princess cruise ship. The ship was carrying passengers infected with COVID-19 and was waiting to dock at the Port of Oakland. (Randy Vazquez / Bay Area News Group)

MARCH 17: Pigeons have the run of the San Francisco Caltrain Station during the morning rush hour as the first day of a shelter-in-place period begins to limit the spread of the coronavirus. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

MARCH 19: Lucinda Tinsman quarantines her mother at her home in Menlo Park. Tinsman pulled her mother out of a nursing home where a resident tested positive for COVID-19. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

MARCH 20: Co-owners Zach Davis, left, and Kendra Baker think of the future of their Santa Cruz restaurant, The Picnic Basket. They also own other Santa Cruz establishment’s such as Snap Taco and The Penny Ice Creamery. At the time, they had to lay off 80 of their 85 employees because of the coronavirus. They worried whether their businesses would survive but they have weathered the financial storm so far and have only closed the ice cream shop. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

MARCH 25: Customers wait to enter the Elite Armory Plus gun store during California’s shelter-in-place order in Tracy. Early on, debates erupted over what types of retailers could stay open during the shelter-in-place order. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

MARCH 26: The closed Golden Tee Golfland is seen from this drone view during the Bay Area coronavirus shelter-in-place in Castro Valley. Entertainment venues such as movie theaters were closed as part of the order. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Sam Martinez, left; his daughter, Maryann Martinez, right; and his granddaughter, Alyssa Martinez, 9, gather in front of their home in March 2020 with a wedding picture of Sam and his wife, Arcelia Martinez. The grandmother, who worked at FoodMaxx, died of COVID-19 that month. Her family knew her as a great cook, loving nana and “mother hen.” (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

April 2020

APRIL 21: Edward Hartwig, of Lathrop, comforts his aunt Aida Flores, of San Jose, as they look at Hartwig’s mother and Flores’ sister Mercedes Hartwig during a visitation at the Alta Mesa Funeral Home in Palo Alto. Mercedes and her husband, Richard, died within a week of each other from COVID-19. The Hartwigs’ three children reunited the couple by having their caskets placed side by side during the visitation. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

APRIL 2: Realtor Alan Wang, left, shows a home to prospective buyer Steve Young in Foster City. A change to shelter-in-place guidelines allowed real estate agents under strict conditions to show and sell homes.(Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

April 7: People try to keep 6 feet apart as they wait for the sunset in Dublin. Social distancing and shelter-in-place rules changed how Californians did everyday activities. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

APRIL 8: Ryan Sutherland stands beside hundreds of gallons of sanitizer at Sutherland Distilling in Livermore. The company switched early on from making spirits such as whiskey and rum to sanitizer for first responders and front-line workers. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

APRIL 10: Fremont firefighter Jaylin Brooks has been working as a COVID-19 tester at the Fire Department Tactical Training Center. He was part of a four-person crew who administered test for the illness. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

APRIL 11: Volunteers David Dove, 17, from left, and Wyatt Taylor, 17, both from Discovery Bay, hide plastic eggs during the Discovery Bay Lions Club annual Easter egg hunt. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the club changed how it did the activity. Volunteers worked through the night secretly hiding Easter eggs on lawns so children could safely search for them in the morning. About 30 volunteers hid more than 7,000 eggs at 350 houses. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

APRIL 12: Although Easter sunrise services atop Mount Davidson were canceled for the first time in its 97-year history, a couple dozen people hiked to the cross and worshipped while maintaining their social distance in San Francisco. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

APRIL 27: Terez Dean Orr, a Smuin Contemporary Ballet dancer, teaches an intermediate ballet class from her kitchen in San Francisco. Artists and other professions had to find ways to stay afloat in the coronavirus economy. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

May 2020

MAY 4: Claudia Meza, right, holds her granddaughter Emily Rodriguez, 5, left, as she returns to her San Jose home. Meza was released from Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center after spending weeks at the hospital dealing with the coronavirus. (Randy Vazquez / Bay Area News Group)

MAY 6: Christina Gabe, right, followed by her children Bowen, 13; Aidan; and his 10-year-old twin brother Landan watch an online martial arts class from ATA Martial Arts Academy via Zoom while sitting in their Pleasant Hill living room. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

MAY 14: A reflection shows a pedestrian walking near a temporarily closed retail store in downtown Palo Alto. The coronavirus changed shopping as many turned to online sites to buy groceries, sundries and other goods. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

MAY 16: Graduating senior Catherine Giorgi reacts as she participates during the Class of 2020 Drive-Thru Parade at Carondelet High School in Concord. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, schools found creative ways to hold events for graduating seniors. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

MAY 19: A sanctioned and fenced-in homeless encampment is seen from this aerial view across from San Francisco City Hall. The camp featured socially distanced spaces, hand washing stations, bathrooms and 24-hour security. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

MAY 20: Ashleigh Alexander helps Mary Allen, 85, at a coronavirus testing site run by the Roots Community Health Center in the parking lot of Antioch Baptist Church in San Jose. Actor Sean Penn and his nonprofit organization Community Organized Relief Effort provided support for the testing. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

MAY 29: Protester Khennedi Meeks takes a knee in front of San Jose Police officers during a protest decrying the police killing of George Floyd. The death of the Minnesota man sparked demonstrations across the nation in the middle of the pandemic. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

June 2020

JUNE 12: Surgery schedulers Raquel Smith, from left, Lavanna Curtis and Latasha Mason holds signs that read “Black Lives Matter” during a moment of reflection in support of victims of racial violence at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek. About 200 hospital staff members including doctors, nurses and administration staff gathered in the lobby to take a knee for 8 minutes and 46 seconds to remember George Floyd who was killed while being arrested by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

JUNE 5: Protesters participate in a “die-in” outside San Jose City Hall. Thousands of demonstrators joined to protest the police killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd in a summer marked by demonstration against racial injustice. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

JUNE 6: A sign pinned to a flower wall can be seen during the Berkeley March to Bury Racism funeral procession. The march was held to honor the lives of George Floyd and the other individuals who have lost their lives to racial terror. More than 2,000 people began marching from Malcolm X Elementary School to Martin Luther King Civic Center Park. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

JUNE 10: Batman, a 19-year-old San Jose man who wants to remain anonymous, talks to David Lee Lopez, far left, in his tent after he delivered water and food to the homeless encampment under Highway 87 in downtown San Jose. Amid the pandemic, there were some in masks who made the world a little brighter. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

July 2020

JULY 20: First-grade teacher Lori Suydam takes part in an online class session with 14 students at Park Elementary School in Hayward. Distance learning became the norm during the pandemic. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

JULY 20: Daniel M. Russell, senior research scientist for search quality at Google, holds a virtual reality headset in his Palo Alto. Many vacation plans were canceled and families had to find other ways to travel. Sometimes, it was done virtually. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

JULY 20: San Francisco Giants’ Austin Slater (13), Steven Duggar (6) and Mike Yastrzemski (5) celebrate their 6-2 win over the Oakland Athletics in an MLB exhibition game at the Coliseum in Oakland. Because of the MLB health rules, the players weren’t allowed to touch each other while rejoicing over the victory. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group))

JULY 28: Twins Kristin Hembree and Lisa Thomas wear their favorite team’s colors while donning face shields and watching the San Francisco Giants home opener on their phones just outside of fan-free Oracle Park. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

August 2020

AUG. 10: Nicole Lopez, 8, a Manzanita SEED Elementary School second-grader, raises her hand as she introduces herself to classmates while distance learning from her Oakland home. Oakland Unified School District schools started teaching through video amid the chaos of the coronavirus pandemic and disagreements between the district and the teacher’s union. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

AUG. 16: A big crowd cools off at Kings Beach State Recreation Area in the Lake Tahoe region. The pandemic put local residents at odds with visitors who they say behaved badly and placed the area at risk of an outbreak. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

AUG. 26: Sgt. Gilbert Polanco’s daughter Selena Polanco, center; her mother, Patricia; and her brother, Vincent, right, watch as an honor guard folds an American flag during a ceremony remembering the late correctional officer. Gilbert Polanco, who worked at San Quentin State Prison, died after contracting COVID-19. The state’s prisons were the site of virus outbreaks that claimed the lives of workers and inmates. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

AUG. 22: Firefighters work to protect homes surrounded by flames in Boulder Creek. The pandemic added another layer of difficulty to one of the state’s worst years for fires.(Dylan Bouscher/Bay Area News Group)

AUG. 26: Carol and her husband, Bruce Schafer, look over what remains of their home along Cantelow Road destroyed by the LNU Lightning Complex fires in Vacaville. The Schafers stopped by to water and feed their three cows and three bulls. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

September 2020

SEPT. 22: San Francisco Giants’ Drew Smyly (18) delivers against the Colorado Rockies in the second inning of a MLB game at Oracle Park in San Francisco. Cutouts filled many ballparks as MLB teams played without any fans for much of the season. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

SEPT. 9: A person takes a picture of the San Francisco skyline from Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in Oakland. The Northern California wildfire smoke led to the unusual orange- and red-hued skies. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

SEPT. 11: Jo Anna Lujan, left; her husband, Carlos; and their children, Carlos Jr., 10; center, Joshua, 8; and Haley, 13, stand together at Alviso Park in San Jose. Six months of the COVID-19 lockdown left families missing the simple things in life. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

SEPT. 14: Co-workers Paul Carlisle, from left, Frank Tuzzolino, and Casey Golliher sit for lunch in a nearly empty Castro Street in downtown Mountain View. Cities changed streets and parking spaces to accommodate restaurants’ efforts to do outdoor dining during the pandemic. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

October 2020

OCT. 7: Aleena Hastings, 3, of Oakland, pauses as she plays with her brother Amar, 8, at Speer Family Farms pumpkin patch in Oakland. The autumn attraction adapted to the pandemic by offering hand sanitizer and checking the temperatures of all visitors. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

OCT. 7: John Jones III, a single father in East Oakland, helps his son Josiah, 6, a Horace Mann kindergartner, prepare for a day of remote learning at home. Studies showed that there was learning loss with the closure of campuses. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

OCT. 7: Alyssa Bastovan, left, program coordinator with Friends from Meals on Wheels Food & Nutritional Services, hands Bob Chapman a box in his San Jose home. The coronavirus made helping seniors difficult as it forced them to be more careful and more isolated. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

OCT. 24: San Jose State’s football team pauses for a moment of unity after warming up for their game against Air Force at CEFCU Stadium in San Jose. Gestures such as these were common after the George Floyd protests of the summer. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

November 2020

NOV. 7: People gather for a group hug after listening to President-elect Joe Biden speak after being declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election in San Francisco. Biden surpassed the 270 electoral votes required to win the White House by flipping the battleground states of Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

NOV. 14: Kathy Terry, right, of Vacaville, and Maureen Sesser, of Fairfield, play bingo from their car in the parking lot at Blue Devils Bingo in Concord. Drive-in experiences such as these became popular during the pandemic. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

NOV. 19: Mahesh Mahadevan, of Fremont, drives his family past a replica Tyrannosaurus during the Dinosaur Adventure Drive-Thru at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. The Dinosaur Adventure featured 80 life-size creatures with an accompanying audio tour. Exhibits like these gave families a welcome distraction from the monotony of staying home. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

NOV. 21: Dawn, a college student traveling home for Thanksgiving who would only give her first name, enters San Francisco International Airport dressed in protective clothing and mask. Despite health officials’ warnings, many still traveled during the holidays. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

NOV. 23: COVID-19 patient Juan Flores, left, speaks to his son Israel on an iPad in the intensive care unit at Regional Medical Center in San Jose. Hospitals adapted to the challenges of coronavirus by using technology. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

December 2020

DEC. 22: Registered nurses Barbara Callens, left, and Linh Nham, right, treat a patient in the intensive care unit inside El Camino Health Mountain View Hospital. The holidays were a dark time when coronavirus cases were soaring. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)

DEC. 6: A shopper’s reflection is seen in the window of one of the Stanford Shopping Center stores in Palo Alto. Online shopping was more popular than ever as consumers changed their habits during the busy holiday season. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)

DEC. 8: Supporters of Calvary Chapel wave to cars outside Santa Clara Superior Court in downtown San Jose. The church repeatedly defied shelter-in-place orders during the pandemic. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling ultimately sided with worshippers. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DEC. 12: The Golden State Warriors prepare to play the Denver Nuggets during their NBA preseason game at Chase Center in San Francisco. It was their first game in 277 days and no fans were in the stands. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

DEC. 15: Dr. Robert Liebig receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Holly Longmuir, right, infection prevention and control program manager, at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez. Front-line health care workers who have high risk of exposure to infectious disease received their initial doses of the new vaccine. It was a glimmer of hope that the pandemic could be headed toward an end. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

January 2021

JAN. 21: Bob Stannard, 91, continues waiting for his COVID-19 vaccine at his home in Gilroy. Back then, his children had had no luck arranging a shot with his medical provider. Getting the vaccine to the most vulnerable demographics was difficult at first. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

JAN. 10: A bicyclist moves along a trail at Marina Park in San Leandro. The outdoors became hugely popular during the pandemic as many grew tired of being cooped up inside, according to the Associated Press. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

JAN. 27: Ursula Haeussler, a 105-year-old Fremont woman who lived through the Spanish flu pandemic, went through another one. She received her COVID-19 vaccine in December. She was 4 years old when the Spanish flu spread and killed several family members. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

JAN. 27: Protesters face off with officers at the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office during a demonstration against the displacement of renters during the coronavirus pandemic. Authorities declared the protest an unlawful assembly. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

February 2021

FEB. 10: Foothill Elementary School first-graders study inside the multipurpose room on their Saratoga campus. This was the day some Saratoga Union Elementary District students returned to classrooms for the first time since the pandemic closed campuses in March 2020. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

FEB. 13: The San Jose Sharks return to the SAP Center to play the Las Vegas Golden Knights in their first home game in almost a year. Like other California venues, the stands were empty for the game. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

FEB. 14: Robert Bondonno, center, and his wife, Carol, right, raise their hands while listening to the service at Rise City Church in Redwood City. The church was able to have indoor service with 25 percent capacity. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)

FEB. 14: Deputy Commissioner of marriages Julie Graff performs a wedding ceremony for George Ambartsoumian, of Walnut Creek, and Sarah Ambartsoumian during Valentine’s Day at the Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder’s Office in Martinez. Because of COVID-19 protocols, all ceremonies were conducted with a glass barrier between the couple and the officiant and only the couple were allowed inside the building. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

FEB. 20: Members of the Buk Sing Kung Fu Academy of Fremont perform the traditional Chinese lion dance at Lan’s Hair salon as owner Lan Ho, right, employees and customers take photos and video during the Lunar New Year Lion Dance Blessing in Oakland. The lion dance procession blessed Laurel District businesses as a way to bring good luck and welcome the Year of the Ox. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

FEB. 25: Practicing in pads for the first time since the pandemic shut down the season last year, the Los Gatos High football team takes to the field. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

FEB. 26: Residents enjoy Heaven Mousalem’s belly dance, left, during a Purim celebration at Moldaw Residences in Palo Alto. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)

March 2021

MARCH 4: Rebecca Busler, of Moraga, picks flowers from a field of mustard plants with her daughter Zelda Busler, 2, while enjoying a sunny Thursday afternoon at Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

MARCH 4: Alisal Elementary School staff member Amy Wood, left, greets students as they return to the Pleasanton campus for in-class instruction. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

MARCH 10: Waiter Victor Ochoa serves customer Shaylin Usiak inside the dining room of Five Tacos and Beers in Albany. Restaurants were allowed to resume indoor dining in Alameda County on Wednesday. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

MARCH 12: High school football returns for the first time in more than a year since the start of the pandemic crisis as Tristan Hofmann is introduced at senior night at Half Moon Bay before their game against Burlingame, Friday night, March 12, 2021, at John Francis Field in Half Moon Bay, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Photos: Newsom pledges extra $200 million for homeless housing, funds more Bay Area projects

Marisa Kendall, Dai Sugano — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 00:25:39 +0000

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a $200 million boost to his Project Homekey homeless housing fund in San Jose on Friday — a major cash infusion that will back several Bay Area projects.

But he also acknowledged the challenges his administration faces with its anti-homelessness efforts, even admitting there’s not enough housing for everyone temporarily sheltered in pandemic hotels.

SAN JOSE, CA – OCTOBER 23: California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and the City of San Jose’s housing policy and planning administrator, James Stagi, tour during the grand opening of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, the governor announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA – OCTOBER 23: A view of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, is photographed during the grand opening of the site on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA – OCTOBER 23: California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, right, and the City of San Jose’s housing policy and planning administrator, James Stagi, left, tour during the grand opening of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, the governor announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA – OCTOBER 23: An interior view of the computer lab at an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, is photographed during the grand opening of the site on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA – OCTOBER 23: An interior view of the community room at an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, is photographed during the grand opening of the site on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA – OCTOBER 23: Helen Johnson, a resident at an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, listens to a speaker during the grand opening of the site on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA – OCTOBER 23: California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center right, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, left, and Assemblymember Ash Kalra left, listen to a resident, Sandy Escobar, 67, during the grand opening of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, the governor announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA – OCTOBER 23: Sandy Escobar, 67, a resident at an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, talks to California Gov. Gavin Newsom during the grand opening of the site on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, the governor announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA – OCTOBER 23: California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, right, tour during the grand opening of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, the governor announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA – OCTOBER 23: A view of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, is photographed during the grand opening of the site on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA – OCTOBER 23: California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during the grand opening of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, the governor announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long-term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA – OCTOBER 23: San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo speaks during the grand opening of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, the governor announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA – OCTOBER 23: An interior view of the community room at an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, is photographed during the grand opening of the site on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

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Photos: Where Steve Jobs introduced the original Apple Macintosh for the first time

Dai Sugano, Thy Vo — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:58:12 +0000

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The Flint Center for the Performing Arts, a historic piece of Silicon Valley history, will be demolished after more than 50 years. The Cupertino theater was the site where Apple co-founder Steve Jobs introduced the original Macintosh computer in 1984, and has been home to a number of Apple launch events over the years. The Celebrity Forum, a speaker series that has been a staple at Flint since 1976, has brought to the stage foreign dignitaries such as former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto and anti-apartheid leader Desmond Tutu and celebrities like 49ers quarterback Joe Montana and Star Trek actor George Takei. Flint has also hosted Broadway shows, local symphonies, nutcrackers, religious services and college graduations.

But that legacy is over, after the board of the Foothill-DeAnza Community College District voted earlier this month to close the theater for good and rebuild another facility in its place.