San Francisco, CA
Photos: Carnaval San Francisco 2024 fills, thrills Mission District
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Michelle Jeffers, chief of community programs and partnerships for the city’s public library, said Sunday would be her first Carnaval, and pointed to her parade float members preparing for the day’s displays of community presence.
Many on the float work at the Mission branch’s temporary site on Valencia Street between 23rd and 24th streets during the original location’s renovation, which is due to finish in 2025.
“We’re trying to stay hydrated, getting our scarves ready, and we’ve got our ride,” Jeffers said, pointing to one of the library’s bookmobiles. “We just love a parade!”
Sunday’s parade followed a Carnaval festival that began Saturday along several blocks of Harrison Street, featuring music, dancing, food and crafts.
Musical headliners included Mexican singer Noel Torres, Latin fusion group Pirulo Y La Tribu and Honduran band Banda Blanca blending merengue and punta sounds. Cuban Latin pop star Franco was also set to perform. Previous headliners have included Santana, Tower of Power, Los Lonely Boys, Celia Cruz, Los Tigres del Norte and Tito Puente.
The festival typically draws 400,000 people, according to local organizers, and generates about $10 million for local businesses.
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San Francisco, CA
San Francisco homicide: Person shot in Mission District alley
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A person was fatally shot Saturday in an alley in San Francisco’s Mission District, the police said.
The shooting was reported around 4 a.m. on Wiese Street, a blocklong alley near Mission and 16th streets.
The victim was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said. No identification has been released.
San Francisco, CA
Long-time SF coffee shop owners weigh in on ‘selling out’
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Andrew Barnett, a self-described “coffee freak” and the founder of Linea, which runs its roastery in Potrero Hill, believes both customers and employees care about a company’s impact on the planet these days.
If someone’s buying a cup of specialty coffee—versus swinging by Starbucks—they want to feel good about who they’re supporting. “It’s important that our coffee is really great, but also that we have purpose,” he said. “If you don’t have a real mission, you’re a dead-end street.”
Grand’s Silmi also believes that workers and customers care about being grounded in values and community: “It’s very intimate, the relationship that cafes build with their customer base and their community,” he said. You can’t scale that authenticity, he added: “It’s called, ‘selling out.’ And the question, at the end of the day, is who’s willing to sell out and for how much?”
What’s next in SF coffee
Although local cafe owners shared similar reasons for embracing slower growth and avoiding outside funding, they all insisted that they don’t begrudge anyone who takes the opposite tack. Frankly, San Francisco is a damn hard place to run a coffee company.
Costs for rent and adequate wages—as well as inflation’s effect on everything from milk to cups—have continued to balloon.
“It’s just such an expensive place to have a small business,” Rinaldi said. “It’s an expensive place to live.” Juggling costs and profitability while trying to avoid selling “outrageously priced” drinks is a constant struggle, she said.
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco park renamed after grandmother who was fatally beaten: 'Hope and resilience'
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — There was a celebration of triumph over tragedy in San Francisco where a city park officially got a new name Saturday.
The Yik Oi Huang Peace and Friendship Park is named after the grandmother who was beaten there in 2019. She later died from her injuries. Relatives and community advocates want the new name to promote community healing.
It’s a new name and a new beginning for this city park in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley.
Sasanna Yee talked about her grandmother, Yik Oi Huang, for whom this park is named. The official dedication taking place on Saturday.
“It’s been a very hard journey, very painful but also very beautiful,” Yee said.
88-year old woman brutally beaten in San Francisco park, granddaughters seek change
Yee said her 88-year-old grandmother came to this park, formally Visitacion Valley Playground, almost every day but in January of 2019, she was found badly beaten here and died months later from her injuries. The crime rocked the Asian Community. A 24-year-old suspect was arrested and is awaiting trial.
“She is survived by great-grandchildren and grandchildren, so having everyone come together as a family is really important,” Yee said.
Many hope the Yik Oi Huang Peace and Friendship Park will be a place of healing.
“I know it wasn’t easy. You turned a devastating loss into a win,” said Hermione Colthirst.
Relatives say renaming the park was originally the idea of community advocate Ronald Colthirst, who died last year.
89-year-old grandma, who was brutally attacked on San Francisco playground, dies 1 year later
“He would bring the African Americans and the Asians together as one. One of his legacies was to make sure we renamed this park,” said sister Brejea Colthirst.
“This is a true story of turning tragedy into triumph and making people understand we are better together,” said San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed hopes generations to come will know Grandma Huang’s name.
“It’s symbol of hope, resilience for communities come together in times of challenge,” said Mayor London Breed.
Grandma Huang’s family hopes all will know peace and friendship when visiting here.
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