A young participant talks to her friends during the Chinese New Year Parade celebrating Year of the Tiger in San Francisco, Calif., on Feb. 19, 2022. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News)
The fairy appears on stage during the second act of ODC/ Dance theater production of The Velveteen Rabbit at Blue Shield of California Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Calif., on Dec. 5, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local) San Francisco USA
Participants Larry Pascua and Natalie Renier-Bertolucci perform together during Polar Bear Skate contest at Union Square Holiday Ice Rink in San Francisco, Calif., on Jan. 1, 2022. (Harika Maddala/ Bay City News) San Francisco USA
(L-R) Gabriela Bass, 6, Melania Bass, 10, and Crystal Gotsch of the Champions Martial Arts Academy try to walk down a slippery path with their trash bags during litter clean up at Prewett Park in Antioch, Calif., on Jan. 17, 2022. (Harika Maddala/ Bay City News) Antioch USA
Women sitting by the window at Libreria Restaurant in San Francisco, Calif., show solidarity with the demonstrators protesting the leaked draft opinion of the Supreme Court's intent to overturn Roe v. Wade, on May 3, 2022. (Harika Maddala/Bay City San Francisco USA
Attorney John Burris passes around the photo of Laudemer Arboleda outside A.F. Bray Courthouse, in Martinez, Calif., on March 4, 2022. (Harika Maddala/ Bay City News) Martinez USA
Spectators cheer as a participant in costume waves at them during SF Pride Parade on Market Street in San Francisco, Calif., on June 26, 2022. (Harika Maddala/ Bay City News / Catchlight Local) San Francisco USA
Students from Guadalupe Elementary School line up outside Blue Shield of California Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Calif., to watch ODC/ Dance theater production of The Velveteen Rabbit on Dec. 5, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local) San Francisco USA
Eliot Navarra, 3, son of registered nurse Doris Navarra, takes part in the informational picket at Tenet’s San Ramon Regional Medical Center in San Ramon, Calif., on April 27, 2022. (Harika Maddala/ Bay City News) San Ramon USA
An educator taking part in the march for Dublin students waves at children looking out of a window from a home in Dublin, Calif., on April 26, 2022. (Harika Maddala/ Bay City News) Dublin USA
Brookelyn Managan, 4, and Noah Matuszak, 4, attend the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin, Calif., on March 12, 2022. (Harika Maddala/ Bay City News) Dublin USA
Arveen Birdi is crowned the 2022 Miss San Joaquin Asparagus Festival during Asparagus Festival at San Joaquin County Fairgrounds in Stockton, Calif., on May 8, 2022. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News) Stockton USA
Wesley Eure from “Land of the Lost” takes a bow after singing the show’s opening credits song during Krofft Kon at Orinda Theatre in Orinda, Calif., on May 21, 2022. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News) Orinda USA
A festivalgoer turns her head in excitement as Kygo performs on stage at BottleRock 2022 in Napa, Calif., on May 27, 2022. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News) Napa USA
United Farm Workers union members and supporters march on Walnut Grove Road near Walnut Grove, Calif., on Aug. 23, 2022.(Harika Maddala/ Bay City News/ Catchlight Local) Walnut Grove USA
Maria Delos Angeles, 56, one of the permanent marchers, gets treated for a sore on her foot following the march from Galt to Walnut Grove at Dr. Paul Barnes Community Park in Walnut Grove, Calif., on Aug. 23, 2022. University of California Davis medical team provided care for the UFW members at the park. (Harika Maddala/ Bay City News/ Catchlight Local) Walnut Grove USA
Richard Levallee, bassist of Gary Bohannon and the Bad Habits, joins the crowd during Concerts in the Park music series at Victory Park in Stockton, Calif., on July 13, 2022. (Harika Maddala/ Bay City News / Catchlight Local) Stockton USA