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The Year in Pictures 2020

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The Year in Pictures 2020 = 10.27.20 SENATOR AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS SPEAKS AT A GET-OUT-THE-VOTE RALLY IN RENO. MICHAEL MACOR / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE San Francisco Chronicle |

> 06.11.20 KATE WEBER JOINS NURSES FOR RACIAL JUSTICE OUTSIDE CITY HALL IN SAN FRANCISCO AS THEY LIE AND KNEEL IN REACTION TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, A 46-YEAR-OLD BLACK MAN KILLED BY POLICE DURING AN ARREST IN MINNESOTA. SCOTT STRAZZANTE / THE CHRONICLE

THE YEAR IN PICTURES INTRODUCTION By Nicole Frugé, Director of Photography

It was a turbulent year. Chronicle photographers were there to capture it. Photojournalists are trained to expect the unexpected. But how do you prepare for a year like 2020? The coronavirus changed everything. Chronicle photo editors had to quickly develop safety protocols for covering a pandemic, while our photographers worked 24/7 to visually document the Bay Area during those first days of sheltering in place. The Chronicle newsroom has been nearly empty since March, with reporters and editors working remotely. But photojournalists can’t work from home. They need to be out among people (safely 6 feet away) to capture the defining and intimate moments included in the pages of this magazine. Their work takes you where you can’t go: inside a hospital’s busy COVID-19 unit; at an Oakland A’s game played before cardboard-cutout fans; outside nursing homes coping with surging death tolls. Visual essays such as our Class of 2020 project and the Essential Workers portrait series look deeper into how this virus has upended the lives of our neighbors. While the coronavirus was the year’s dominant story, other events also shaped 2020. Over summer, in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, protests demanding social justice erupted

across the country and in the Bay Area. Photographer Yalonda M. James set out to better understand what motivated people to demonstrate during a public health crisis. Her empathic photographs and interviews offer a nuanced portrayal of why we protest. Social issues, especially homelessness and food insecurity, continued to plague the region during the pandemic. Photographer Gabrielle Lurie spent a year following Theo, a 7year-old homeless boy, and his mother, Leah Naomi Gonzales, as they tried to find shelter in Berkeley. Her photo essay is a heartbreaking examination of what it’s like to grow up on the streets with no safety net. The unrelenting pace of the news continued in late August, when fire season started early due to a series of lightning strikes. Wildfires raged across California, and on Sept. 9 the smoke they generated turned the skies an apocalyptic shade of orange. Jessica Christian photographed the cover image for this magazine at 8:44 a.m. on the Embarcadero. All of this played against the backdrop of a consequential election. From the primaries in March, to the historic selection of the Bay Area’s own Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s running mate, to a divisive

general election fight, to spontaneous celebrations across the Bay Area when the race was called days after the election, Chronicle photogra-

phers documented the anxiety and the joy. In reviewing the more than 100,000 photographs made by our

talented and dedicated staff photographers and contributors, four major themes emerged: the COVID-19 crisis, climate change, social justice

and the presidential election. Taken together, the powerful images in the pages that follow bear witness to a year like no other.

= 04.15.20 AN EMPLOYEE PEEKS FROM A WINDOW AFTER A PATIENT WAS PICKED UP BY AN AMBULANCE AT GATEWAY CARE AND REHABILITATION IN HAYWARD. AT THE TIME THE FACILITY HAD 11 CORONAVIRUS-RELATED DEATHS, AND DOZENS OF STAFF MEMBERS AND PATIENTS WERE INFECTED. YALONDA M. JAMES / THE CHRONICLE

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< 08.06.20 A WORKER DISINFECTS A DOME FOR DINERS OUTSIDE HASHIRI IN SAN FRANCISCO. THE DOMES, INSTALLED IN PART TO ISOLATE DINERS FROM THE HOMELESS WHO GATHER IN MINT PLAZA, IGNITED CONTROVERSY AND WERE ORDERED REMOVED. SARAHBETH MANEY / THE CHRONICLE

THE YEAR IN PICTURES COVID-19

‘There was not a protocol for this’ In March, as the novel coronavirus swept throughout a cruise ship held off the coast of California, photographers were able to use long-distance lenses to capture the ordeal of 3,500 people trapped with a rapidly spreading sickness. But when the deadly virus made landfall, the story could no longer be covered long distance. The Chronicle’s 16 photographers and videographers literally found themselves too close to the subject. The virus does not respect the freedom of the press, so these journalists had to come up with a way to do their job without putting themselves or those they were photographing in danger. They shot from a distance of at least 6 feet, and outside wherever possible. But the story of COVID-19 also existed inside hospitals and funeral homes, and in Zoom meetings, all of which would need to be covered in a new way. It posed a challenge for every working photographer in America. “We didn’t start this with knowing how to cover the coronavirus,” said Nicole Frugé, director of photography. “We know how to cover earthquakes and fires, but this is something you can’t see. There was not a protocol for this.” So The Chronicle created one by drawing on guidence from public health and news organizations as well as the photographers in the field. Whether behind face masks or in full PPE, through the safety of windows or car windshields, photographers brought the story home — as these images will attest.

> 03.17.20 THE BAY BRIDGE IS DESERTED AFTER SAN FRANCISCANS AND RESIDENTS OF FIVE OTHER BAY AREA COUNTIES WERE ORDERED TO SHELTER IN PLACE IN AN ATTEMPT TO CURTAIL THE SPREAD OF THE NEW CORONAVIRUS. CARLOS AVILA GONZALEZ / THE CHRONICLE

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> 03.16.20 MANAGER KATHRYN SANDRETTO CLOSES HER STORE ACOTE IN HAYES VALLEY AS SAN FRANCISCO LOCKED DOWN. MANY THOUGHT THE ORDER WOULD LAST JUST A FEW WEEKS. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE

= 03.16.20 SHOPPERS STOCK UP AT A SAN FRANCISCO SAFEWAY AFTER SIX BAY AREA COUNTIES ORDERED EVERYONE BUT ESSENTIAL WORKERS TO STAY HOME. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE

= 03.19.20 THE THIRD NIGHT OF THE SHELTER-IN-PLACE ORDER IN SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA BECAME THE FIRST STATE TO PUT SUCH AN ORDER INTO EFFECT. KATE MUNSCH / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

> 04.09.20 DAISY RIOS-ROJAS GETS A COVID-19 TEST IN SAN FRANCISCO AT A SMALL TENT IN THE SOUTHEAST HEALTH CENTER PARKING LOT IN THE SECOND MONTH OF SHELTERING IN PLACE. BY THE END OF THE MONTH THERE WERE 7,500 CASES IN THE BAY AREA. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE

< 7.20.20 AMAYA AND JOAQUIN WILLIAMS WERE CONFINED TO THEIR PETALUMA HOME. “MY FRIENDS ARE HAVING SLEEPOVERS, ORDERING FOOD AND GOING PLACES. I FEEL LEFT OUT,” SAID AMAYA. RACHEL BUJALSKI / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

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THE YEAR IN PICTURES COVID-19

< 05.22.20 RESPIRATORY THERAPIST CHARLOTTE NIRONA (FRONT) AND REGISTERED NURSE REENA POULARD TEND TO A COVID PATIENT AT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL IN SAN JOSE. CHLOE AFTEL / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

> 04.08.20 A BODY IS REMOVED FROM GATEWAY CARE AND REHABILITATION. SEVERAL RESIDENTS AT THE SKILLED NURSING HOME IN HAYWARD DIED AFTER BEING INFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS. THE OUTBREAK ALSO INFECTED 29 OTHER RESIDENTS AND 24 STAFF MEMBERS. MANY NURSING HOMES WERE HARD HIT BY THE VIRUS. YALONDA M. JAMES / THE CHRONICLE

> FOLLOWING PAGE 03.09.20 THE GRAND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP, WHICH HAD BEEN HELD OFFSHORE SINCE THE FIRST CORONAVIRUS CASES WERE IDENTIFIED ONBOARD TWO DAYS EARLIER, ENTERS SAN FRANCISCO BAY. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE

= 03.25.20 AMIR (LAST NAME WITHHELD) HOLDS A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIS LATE MOTHER, AZAR AHRABI, 68, THE BAY AREA’S FIRST COVID-19 VICTIM. STEPHEN LAM / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

> 04.13.20 STACEY NED AND HER FAMILY SIT SOCIALLY DISTANCED FROM ONE ANOTHER AT THE VIEWING OF HER FATHER, CLIFTON NED, AT DUGGAN’S FUNERAL HOME IN SAN FRANCISCO. CLIFTON NED DIED OF COVID-19 AFTER ATTENDING A BIRTHDAY PARTY AND A FUNERAL. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE = 08.07.20 MONIQUE GARCIA’S FATHER, STEVEN GARCIA, DIED OF COVID-19 AT AVENAL STATE PRISON. SEVERAL FAMILIES OF MEN WHO DIED OF COVID IN CALIFORNIA PRISONS WERE MADE TO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR THEIR BURIAL OR CREMATION. ALLISON ZAUCHA / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

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THE YEAR IN PICTURES COVID-19

_ 03.31.20 JOSHUA OWENS, 12, WEARS A MASK AS HE DOES SCHOOLWORK AT THE WOMEN HELPING ALL PEOPLE SCHOLASTIC ACADEMY IN MARIN CITY. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE

< 03.28.20 A GROUP OF FRIENDS FROM OAKLAND WHO ATTENDED HEAD-ROYCE SCHOOL AND ARE HOME FROM VARIOUS COLLEGES PARKED THEIR CARS IN A CIRCLE TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE WHILE SPENDING TIME TOGETHER IN A LOT AT LAWRENCE HALL OF SCIENCE IN BERKELEY. COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE CLOSED THEIR CAMPUSES INDEFINITELY DUE TO THE GLOBAL OUTBREAK OF THE CORONAVIRUS. JESSICA CHRISTIAN / THE CHRONICLE

= 08.17.20 AS THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 CONTINUES, ANGELA OWENS, A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AT SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SAN FRANCISCO, ENGAGES WITH HER STUDENTS ONLINE FOR THE FIRST TIME. CONSTANZA HEVIA H. / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

> 09.04.20 JAMES “J.J.” KLOS, 5, LISTENS TO A RECORDING OF A BOOK BEING READ BY A TEACHER AS HE WORKS ON ASSIGNMENTS FOR HIS CLAIRE LILIENTHAL KINDERGARTEN CLASS AT HIS HOME IN SAN FRANCISCO. LEA SUZUKI / THE CHRONICLE

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= 03.24.20 JAMIEE ROESCH AND HER DAUGHTER FINLEY DELIVER BAGS OF DONATED MASKS AND GLOVES TO A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL IN SAN FRANCISCO. ESSENTIAL WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY FACED A SHORTAGE OF PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. NICK OTTO / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

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THE YEAR IN PICTURES COVID-19

_ 05.02.20 LINDSEY DALE DANCES AS HER FIANCE, SEAN WIDGER, GREETS PEOPLE ON A VIDEO CALL IN LIVERMORE. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GET MARRIED THAT DAY BUT HAD TO POSTPONE THEIR WEDDING BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. INSTEAD, THE COUPLE HOSTED A SOCIALLY DISTANCED GATHERING FOR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND WELL-WISHERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SANTIAGO MEJIA / THE CHRONICLE

_ 07.24.20 A CUTOUT REPRESENTS A FAN AS THE OAKLAND A’S PREPARE TO PLAY THE LOS ANGELES ANGELS IN THE SEASON OPENER AT OAKLAND COLISEUM. PEOPLE WEREN’T ALLOWED IN THE STANDS, BUT THEY COULD BUY CUTOUTS FEATURING THEIR PHOTOS. SCOTT STRAZZANTE / THE CHRONICLE

< 04.11.20 THE REV. JACK LAU SPEAKS WITH A PARISHIONER DURING A DRIVE-THROUGH CONFESSIONAL AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OAKLAND. LAU WAS ONE OF THREE PRIESTS IN THE PARKING LOT WHO LISTENED TO CONFESSIONS AND OFFERED PRAYERS. “WE’RE COMMUNICATING WITH OUR CONGREGATION,” HE SAID. YALONDA M. JAMES / THE CHRONICLE

= 07.18.20 CASSIE HAUSAUER, 95 (LEFT), AND HER DAUGHTER HEIDI HAUSAUER WAIT FOR THE START OF “THE SHINING” AT THE DRIVE-IN THEATER AT THE SAN MATEO COUNTY EVENT CENTER IN SAN MATEO. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE < 10.19.20 WITH THE FOG-SHROUDED GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE IN FRONT OF HIM, IVAN GUSHCHIN OF CITRUS HEIGHTS MEDITATES AT MARIN HEADLANDS IN SAUSALITO. THE PANDEMIC LED TO A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN OUTDOOR RECREATION IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SCOTT STRAZZANTE / THE CHRONICLE

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= 06.08.17 PRE-PANDEMIC RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC FLOWS THROUGH THE BAY BRIDGE TOLL PLAZA IN OAKLAND. NOAH BERGER / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE 03.19.20 FAR RIGHT, WITH MANY BAY AREA WORKERS ORDERED TO SHELTER IN PLACE, THE TOLL PLAZA IS DESERTED. PAUL KURODA / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

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< 01.21.19 PASSENGERS CROWD THE CALTRAIN STATION AT FOURTH AND KING STREETS IN SAN FRANCISCO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE 03.19.20 FAR LEFT, THE SAME STATION SEES VERY FEW PASSENGERS FOLLOWING THE STATEWIDE SHUTDOWN. PAUL KURODA / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

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CHRONICLE IN-DEPTH CLASS OF 2020

A senior year unlike any other The transition from adolescence to adulthood can be fraught even in the easiest of circumstances. And the teens who graduated from high school in 2020 — amid a pandemic, a national reckoning about racial justice, an economic disaster and one of the most tumultuous elections in American history — would tell you they have not been handed the easiest of circumstances. The class of 2020 got used to plans evaporating overnight. First, high school graduation ceremonies moved online, then the pandemic canceled summer plans. Zoom college orientations were followed by socially distanced dorm rooms. For most, in-person parties, sports and other hallmarks of a youthful social life still seem an eon away. Meanwhile, many students are concerned for their families, from the health of aging relatives to the potential financial burden of a college education. In 2019, when Chronicle photographers began a yearlong series documenting the lives of seven 2020 graduates, one common thread was resilience: Photographers captured these teens as time and again they surprised themselves and their families with their adaptability, maturity and ability to find silver linings. They also appear to be clearheaded, if not wholly optimistic, about the future. Their generation will be the one to change things, they say — and we believe them. Read the series: projects.sfchronicle.com

= 06.20.20 JA’EL BRYANT’S FAMILY AND FRIENDS PHOTOGRAPH HER DURING HER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PARTY IN SAN FRANCISCO. AFTER MANY WEEKS OF DEBATING, JA’EL ACCEPTED A SPOT AT VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY. THE SCHOOL DECIDED TO LET ONLY FRESHMAN AND SENIORS ATTEND SCHOOL IN PERSON SO THEY COULD BE HOUSED IN SINGLE ROOMS DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS. JA’EL SAID SHE WAS SAD NOT TO HAVE A ROOMMATE, AS THAT WAS SOMETHING SHE HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE FALL. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE

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CHRONICLE IN DEPTH CLASS OF 2020

_ 01.31.20 PHILIP WOLF (CENTER RIGHT) JOKES AROUND WITH FRIENDS KALANIANELA YOUNG (LEFT), LANI LAM (CENTER LEFT) AND OTHERS DURING THE TALENT SHOW AT ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL IN SAN FRANCISCO. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE

_ 05.30.20 MELISSA HERNANDEZ RIVERA BLOWS UP A BALLOON THAT ARRIVED IN A GRADUATION GIFT BOX FROM MINDS MATTER SAN FRANCISCO AS SHE WATCHES THE MINDS MATTER SAN FRANCISCO VIRTUAL GRADUATION CEREMONY AT HER HOME IN RICHMOND. LEA SUZUKI / THE CHRONICLE

= 06.10.20 TAMALPAIS HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR CHARLIE OSBORN WAITS IN LINE FOR HER DRIVE-THROUGH GRADUATION IN MILL VALLEY. SCOTT STRAZZANTE / THE CHRONICLE

< 06.11.20 AARON JACKSON, WHO GRADUATED FROM SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 2020, GETS HIS HAIR WASHED AT THE DREADLOCKS SALON IN OAKLAND. AARON, WHO LIVES ALONE, FINISHED HIS STUDIES ON HIS OWN AND GRADUATED DURING THE PANDEMIC. HE BEGAN ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO IN THE FALL. CARLOS AVILA GONZALEZ / THE CHRONICLE

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> 11.27.19 GARNETT SILVER-HALL, 18, HITS A RAMP IN HIS WCMX WHEELCHAIR AT THE BOLINAS SKATE PARK. GARNETT BECAME THE WCMX, OR WHEELCHAIR MOTOCROSS, WORLD CHAMPION FOR HIS AGE GROUP IN 2018 AND CONTINUES TO PRACTICE HIS MOVES AT HIS LOCAL SKATE PARK. JESSICA CHRISTIAN / THE CHRONICLE

_ 12.10.19 NOAH PASCUAL TALKS WITH BERENICE DELUCA PALMER, 102 YEARS OLD, DURING HIS INTERNSHIP AT THE SAN FRANCISCO CAMPUS FOR JEWISH LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF HIS SENIOR YEAR, HE HAS BEEN VISITING BERENICE EVERY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PALMER TALKS TO HIM ABOUT POLITICAL SCIENCE AND HAS MADE HIM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HAVING A CAREER IN POLITICS. LIZ HAFALIA / THE CHRONICLE

“Garnett navigated unthinkable obstacles brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic with ease, always adapting and thinking ahead.” Jessica Christian, Chronicle photographer

= 08.02.20 JA’EL BRYANT WORRIES THAT HER LUGGAGE IS TOO HEAVY AS SHE AND HER MOM, INGRID LEDBETTER, PACK FOR COLLEGE. JA’EL PLANNED TO GO TO VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY DAYS LATER, BUT HER TRIP WAS DELAYED AND THEN CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE < 09.20.20 ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE PHILIP WOLF EMBRACES HIS FATHER, MARTIN WOLF (LEFT), AS HE LEAVES FOR COLLEGE. HE’S ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON IN EUGENE, WHERE MOST OF HIS CLASSES IN THE FIRST SEMESTER WERE TAUGHT VIRTUALLY. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE

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THE YEAR IN PICTURES CLIMATE CHANGE > 08.16.20 LIGHTNING ILLUMINATES THE SKY OVER THE BAY BRIDGE AS A STORM PASSES THROUGH THE BAY AREA. MULTIPLE CLUSTERS OF LIGHTNING-SPARKED WILDFIRES BURNED HUGE SWATHS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IN AUGUST. CARLOS AVILA GONZALEZ / THE CHRONICLE

THE YEAR IN PICTURES CLIMATE CHANGE

Lightning, fire and darkness at noon Sometime between midnight and dawn on Aug. 16, the skies all over the Bay Area flickered to light in a rare electrical storm. The ground was too dry, and every place the lightning touched down seemed to catch fire. Within a day, uncontrolled wildfires were raging on three sides of San Francisco Bay. Grouped under the moniker Lightning Fire Complex, they burned on and on, for two weeks. The sky first turned brown. Then on Sept. 9, the sky turned orange. Sunrise came, but the sun itself could not break through the smoke. Streetlamps in San Francisco stayed on. There was no daylight. Night led into night. Experts say the conditions that led to the otherworldly phenomenon are tied to climate change. These two unforeseen events — the lightning storm and the day the sky turned orange — bracketed two of the most miserable weeks of weather in Bay Area history. Ominous and scary as it was, it made for some beautiful atmospheric pictures to compensate for the images of burnt destruction between the lightning and the darkness blanketing the Bay Area.

= 08.23.20 CAL FIRE AND U.S. FOREST SERVICE FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE A WILDFIRE ON THE SOUTH COAST OF BIG SUR. KODIAK GREENWOOD / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

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THE YEAR IN PICTURES CLIMATE CHANGE

= 09.10.20 A DOE STANDS AMID THE BURNED REMAINS OF CAMP OKIZU DURING THE NORTH COMPLEX WEST ZONE FIRE IN BERRY CREEK (BUTTE COUNTY). CAMP OKIZU WAS A HAVEN FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER AND ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. THE FIRE BURNED MORE THAN 300,000 ACRES. SCOTT STRAZZANTE / THE CHRONICLE

= 09.11.20 JACKY WRYBROWSKI WAITS OUTSIDE A POLICE ROADBLOCK AFTER EVACUATING FROM HER HOME IN BERRY CREEK BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE PATH OF THE NORTH COMPLEX FIRES. SANTIAGO MEJIA / THE CHRONICLE

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= 08.19.20 AVA SANTOS, 11, PETS LILY AFTER EVACUATING FROM THE LNU LIGHTNING COMPLEX FIRE IN VACAVILLE. THE FIRE RAGED OUT OF CONTROL IN THREE COUNTIES. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE

= 08.21.20 FIREFIGHTERS SPRAY WATER ON THE CZU LIGHTNING COMPLEX FIRE BURNING BEHIND A HOME ON MADRONE AVENUE NEAR BOULDER CREEK (SANTA CRUZ COUNTY). NIC COURY / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

THE YEAR IN PICTURES CLIMATE CHANGE

= 09.09.20 THE MORNING SKY OVER THE PRESIDIO IN SAN FRANCISCO IS AN EERIE DARK ORANGE BECAUSE OF SMOKE FROM MULTIPLE WILDFIRES BURNING ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND OREGON. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE

THE YEAR IN PICTURES CLIMATE CHANGE

= 08.20.20 A PETALUMA FIREFIGHTER RESTS NEAR A HOME ON MILL CREEK ROAD AFTER BATTLING THE WALBRIDGE FIRE WEST OF HEALDSBURG. JESSICA CHRISTIAN / THE CHRONICLE

“I can’t explain how terrifying a moment it is when you hear that first boom and you don’t know which way the tree is falling.” Carlos Avila Gonzalez, Chronicle photographer

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= 09.29.20 FIREFIGHTERS WORK ON A BACK BURN EAST OF PALISADES ROAD IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP THE GLASS FIRE OFF OF HIGHWAY 29, IN CALISTOGA. SANTIAGO MEJIA / THE CHRONICLEAGO MEJIA / THE CHRONICLE

= 10.08.20 CAPTAIN CAL, A 6-WEEK-OLD MOUNTAIN LION CUB, SUFFERED SEVERE BURNS DURING THE ZOGG FIRE IN SHASTA COUNTY. CAPTAIN CAL, NAMED BY THE CAL FIRE FIREFIGHTERS WHO RESCUED HIM, WAS TAKEN TO THE OAKLAND ZOO VETERINARY HOSPITAL. PAUL CHINN / THE CHRONICLE

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THE YEAR IN PICTURES CLIMATE CHANGE

= 09.09.20 FROM TREASURE ISLAND, THE TRANSAMERICA PYRAMID IS SEEN STABBING THE DARK-ORANGE SKY HANGING OVER SAN FRANCISCO. JESSICA CHRISTIAN / THE CHRONICLE

> 09.09.20 A HANDPRINT MADE IN ASH FROM SURROUNDING WILDFIRES MARKS THE BACK OF A CAR IN OAKLAND. CARLOS AVILA GONZALEZ / THE CHRONICLE

= 08.19.20 THE SUN SETS THROUGH WILDFIRE SMOKE AT RODEO BEACH IN SAUSALITO. SCOTT STRAZZANTE / THE CHRONICLE

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CHRONICLE PORTRAITS ESSENTIAL WORKERS Photography by Gabrielle Lurie

On the front lines of the pandemic In the weeks leading up to Labor Day, Chronicle photographer Gabrielle Lurie and videographer Manjula Varghese spent time with more than a dozen essential workers — firefighters to house cleaners — to hear about their jobs and their lives. Workers told them what it felt like to be on the front lines during a pandemic, what it meant to have their labor called essential and how the rest of the country might better honor those who have, to varying degrees, risked their health to keep a nation in crisis working. Watch the video: projects.sfchronicle.com

= ESSENTIAL WORKERS IN SAN FRANCISCO: TOP, FIREFIGHTER TANESHA GIBSON, FIRE STATION 17, BAYVIEW. ABOVE LEFT, PAULINE TRAN, NURSE, TESTING FOR COVID-19 AT LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL. ABOVE RIGHT, LARRY CRUZ, POSTAL WORKER, POTRERO HILL, SAN FRANCISCO.

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= CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: MANUELA GARCIA AND PATRICIA HODGE, CLEANERS, SAN FRANCISCO. MUNI DRIVER SHAUN REEVES, SAN FRANCISCO. FARMWORKER NANCY ZUNIGA, DEL BOSQUE FARMS, FIREBAUGH (FRESNO COUNTY). JONATHAN PERSICO, SHEET-METAL WORKER BUILDING A VIRUS TESTING SITE, BERKELEY.

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THE YEAR IN PICTURES SOCIAL JUSTICE

Protests galvanize Black Lives movement The protests started with reactions to the ongoing mistreatment of the homeless and only escalated with the coronavirus pandemic. Then, on Memorial Day, George Floyd was killed at the hands of police while he was face down and handcuffed on a Minneapolis street, trying to submit to arrest. Floyd’s death was captured on an eight-minute video that found its way to the media and outraged the world. Demonstrations erupted everywhere against a deep and longtime culture of police brutality. Not every act of protest is aggressive, and not every great picture of protest and the demand for social justice is made by capturing aggression. Chronicle photographer Yalonda M. James made a photographic essay of the aftermath of Floyd’s death as seen in Oakland. It was one more battle in a long fight, and the images James made show love and regeneration a week after the death of Floyd. The subjects appear strong and vulnerable at the same time. Chronicle intern Sarahbeth Maney was so moved by the protests that she started photographing them a week before her internship started, on the theory that this kind of news doesn’t wait. That is how she captured Brianna Noble riding through downtown Oakland on a horse wearing a saddle pad carrying the words “Black Lives Matter.” The momentum built over the summer and into fall, and Chronicle photographers were on the streets day and night. Covering protests can be a complicated and dangerous assignment, and it was made more difficult by the social-distancing protocols photographers had to follow while doing their work.

> 05.29.20 A BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTER STANDS IN FRONT OF A DUMPSTER FIRE AT BROADWAY AND 27TH STREET IN OAKLAND. BRANDON TAUSZIK / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

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THE YEAR IN PICTURES SOCIAL JUSTICE

> 06.15.20 S.F. PRIDE BOARD PRESIDENT CAROLYN WYSINGER WEARS A COLIN KAEPERNICK FACE MASK DURING A CELEBRATION ON CASTRO STREET IN SAN FRANCISCO OF THE SUPREME COURT’S DECISION BARRING SEX DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE. SCOTT STRAZZANTE / THE CHRONICLE

< 06.03.20 DEMONSTRATORS IN SAN FRANCISCO SHOW SUPPORT DURING A STUDENT-LED PROTEST AFTER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, WHO WAS KILLED BY POLICE IN MINNESOTA. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE _ 06.03.20 THE MARCH, WHICH BEGAN AT MISSION HIGH SCHOOL IN SAN FRANCISCO, DREW THOUSANDS OF PARTICIPANTS. NICK OTTO / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

= 05.29.20 BRIANNA NOBLE, 25, RIDES HER HORSE, DAPPER DAN, THROUGH THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN OAKLAND AT THE START OF A PROTEST SPARKED BY GEORGE FLOYD’S KILLING. “THERE IS NO IMAGE BIGGER THAN A BLACK WOMAN ON A LARGE HORSE,” SAID NOBLE. “THIS IS THE IMAGE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE PORTRAYED IN OUR COMMUNITY.” SARAHBETH MANEY / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

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THE YEAR IN PICTURES SOCIAL JUSTICE

= 06.19.20 A STATUE OF FRANCIS SCOTT KEY HITS THE GROUND AFTER A GROUP OF MORE THAN A HUNDRED PROTESTERS USED ROPES TO PULL IT DOWN IN GOLDEN GATE PARK. JUNGHO KIM / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

= 06.01.20 PROTESTERS CONFRONT WALNUT CREEK POLICE OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR BLOCKING NORTH BROADWAY NEAR THE POLICE STATION AS PEOPLE GATHERED FOR A GEORGE FLOYD SOLIDARITY DEMONSTRATION AT NEARBY CIVIC PARK. MICHAEL SHORT / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

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= 08.11.20 IN 2018, VALLEJO POLICE DRAGGED MASSEUSE DELON THURSTON, 39, OUT OF HER VEHICLE AND ARRESTED HER IN THIS DRIVEWAY BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THE THERAPEUTIC GLOVES SHE WAS WEARING INDICATED SHE HAD STOLEN THE CAR. YALONDA M. JAMES / THE CHRONICLE

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CHRONICLE PORTRAITS WHY I PROTEST Introduction by Otis R. Taylor Jr., photography and interviews by Yalonda M. James

“We cannot keep allowing law enforcement to hurt the people.”

Standing up for the right to breathe The demonstrations against police violence in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police in Minneapolis have been an awakening for some white Americans to systemic racism in the United States. But for Black people, this reality is nothing new. It is their existence from birth. In a private home or on a public street, Black life is fragile because Blackness is often regarded as a threat. Black people have been protesting police violence in communities for decades, yet the country hasn’t responded with racial equity and police reform. Will it happen this time? Black people are exhausted. But Black people are also strong, and committed to not being silenced. Their voices can no longer be dismissed or ignored. Chronicle photographer Yalonda M. James spent several days photographing Black artists, business owners and students — Black people standing up for their right to breathe. “I need to hear from us,” James said of those she made portraits of. “We need to utilize this space for them.” The protesters talked about how they feel about this moment, and why they had come out to protest. Read more: projects.sfchronicle.com

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< 06.05.20 NEE, WHO DIDN’T PROVIDE HER LAST NAME, WITH HER SON SEMAJE WILLIAMS, 11, OF OAKLAND. NEE SAYS HER SON WAS TEARGASSED BY OAKLAND POLICE DURING A PROTEST THE PREVIOUS WEEK.

“I don’t feel our community is as united as it would like to be.” “I need to be out here. I felt compelled to be out here.” Shan’a Mason

= 06.04.20 SHAN’A MASON (FROM LEFT) HUGS HER CHILDREN AAMINA MASON, 10, AND ASSATA MITCHELL, 20, NEAR 14TH AND BROADWAY AFTER A PROTEST AT FRANK OGAWA PLAZA IN OAKLAND.

Tiphereth Banks

< 06.05.20 TIPHERETH BANKS SHOWS HER COMMITMENT NEAR 13TH AND BROADWAY IN OAKLAND. BANKS, AN ARTIST AND STUDENT, WAS PAINTING A MURAL A BLOCK AWAY TO COMMEMORATE GEORGE FLOYD.

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CHRONICLE PORTRAITS WHY I PROTEST Photography and interviews by Yalonda M. James

“It’s really important to me to create spaces and experiences for other women of color — people of color — to really reconnect with their ancestors.” Minerva Arias

< 06.04.20 NURI NUSRAT (FROM LEFT) OF OAKLAND, ALYSA WILSON OF OAKLAND AND MINERVA ARIAS OF NEW YORK CITY PREPARE AN ANCESTRAL ALTAR IN FRONT OF CECE CARPIO’S “WE GOT US” MURAL AT 14TH AND BROADWAY DURING A GEORGE FLOYD PROTEST AT FRANK OGAWA PLAZA IN OAKLAND.

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= 05.23.20 PEOPLE SOCIALLY DISTANCE AS THEY WAIT IN LINE TO RECEIVE FOOD BUNDLES FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO-MARIN FOOD BANK. NOAH BERGER / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

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THE YEAR IN PICTURES SOCIAL JUSTICE

< 03.04.20 MANUEL ROMEO AND HIS DOGS LIVE IN A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE IN SAN FRANCISCO. LEA SUZUKI / THE CHRONICLE _ 07.11.20 PARAMEDICS REVIVE AN OVERDOSE VICTIM IN THE TENDERLOIN NEIGHBORHOOD. DEATHS FROM DRUG OVERDOSES SPIKED IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS YEAR. NICK OTTO / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

= 03.23.20 A HOMELESS MAN SLEEPS NEAR A BOARDED-UP STOREFRONT IN SAN FRANCISCO. COVID-19 MADE AN INTRACTABLE PROBLEM EVEN MORE VISIBLE. NICK OTTO / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE > 04.10.20 JEFF REAVES WALKS TO HIS TENT IN THE TENDERLOIN. A BURGEONING ENCAMPMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PEAKED IN THE SPRING. NICK OTTO / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

SF Homeless Project: For a fifth consecutive year, The Chronicle presented a week of coverage in July dedicated to examining and seeking solutions to the seemingly intractable problem of homelessness, a crisis made more acute by the ongoing pandemic. To read more, go to projects.sfchronicle.com

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THE YEAR IN PICTURES SOCIAL JUSTICE

< 10.10.20 CHILDHOOD FRIENDS GABRIEL CANO (LEFT) AND MOOSE SABERI AT SABERIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SHED AT THE WOOD STREET ENCAMPMENT IN OAKLAND. SABERI HAS BEEN UNSHELTERED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. YALONDA M. JAMES / THE CHRONICLE

CHRONICLE IN DEPTH THEO: HOMELESS AT AGE 7 Photography by Gabrielle Lurie

A child living on the margins in Berkeley Chronicle photographer Gabrielle Lurie and reporter Sarah Ravani followed 7-year-old Theo Schrager and his mother, Leah Naomi Gonzales, over the course of a year to try to capture the intractability of California’s homelessness crisis through the experience of a child living on the margins of a largely comfortable community, Berkeley. In 2019, Alameda County’s biennial count showed 23 children under the age of 18 unsheltered. Nationally, minors accounted for 5% or about 9,700 of the 194,000 homeless people who were unsheltered in 2018, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. When those staying in hotels and other temporary housing were included, the number of homeless youths swelled to nearly 112,000. Theo’s situation is complex: His parents are estranged and battling in court over his father’s right to visit him. Gonzales has rejected mental health services offered by the city. Homeless kids as young as Theo, though, are rare. Berkeley’s official homeless count, in fact, showed no families with children among the more than 813 unsheltered people in the city in 2019. But Berkeley officials know well that Theo sometimes lives on the city’s streets with his mother. They have tried several times to help the two find stable housing, without success. Theo and his mom had to leave the La Quinta Inn in July. They are currently in a trailer that was donated after the story was published. Read more: projects.sfchronicle.com

= 05.21.20 HOMELESS MOTHER LEAH NAOMI GONZALES HOLDS HANDS WITH HER SON, THEO SCHRAGER, 7, AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY INTO A TENT ENCAMPMENT TO BRING FELLOW HOMELESS FRIENDS FOOD IN BERKELEY. FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS, THEO AND HIS MOTHER HAVE BEEN SLEEPING ON THE STREETS AND IN HOTELS AFTER THEIR RV WAS TOWED IN JULY 2018.

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< 08.19.19 THEO SCHRAGER, 6, STAYS WITH HIS MOM, LEAH NAOMI GONZALES, IN A TENT IN BERKELEY AFTER BEING UNABLE TO GET MONEY FOR A HOTEL. THEO HAS BEEN HOMELESS FOR MUCH OF HIS LIFE. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE

CHRONICLE IN DEPTH THEO: HOMELESS AT AGE 7 Photography by Gabrielle Lurie

“I loved watching Theo grow and become a young boy while still grappling with his everyday reality.” Gabrielle Lurie, Chronicle photographer

< 11.13.19 “LOOK HOW STRONG I AM, MOM!” THEO SAYS IN THEIR ROOM AT THE DOWNTOWN BERKELEY INN HOTEL. = 08.25.19 GONZALES’ SIGN LIES ON THE FLOOR OF THE QUALITY INN ROOM SHE WAS SHARING WITH THEO, AFTER GONZALES PANHANDLED UNDER THE FREEWAY IN BERKELEY.

< 09.23.19 FAR LEFT, GONZALES REALIZES IT IS THEO’S SEVENTH BIRTHDAY AS THEY AWAKEN IN THEIR TENT AT STRAWBERRY CREEK PARK IN BERKELEY. THEO DREAMS OF HAVING A HOME WHERE HE CAN “BAKE CHOCOLATE CAKES IN AN OVEN” AND RUN AROUND WITH A DOG.

< 09.23.19 LEFT, THEO PASSES OUT PARTY HATS TO HIS FIRST-GRADE CLASSMATES ON HIS SEVENTH BIRTHDAY AT THOUSAND OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ALBANY.

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THE YEAR IN PICTURES POLITICS

Divisive election arouses passion, emotion, action The 2020 presidential election was plainly the most divisive, emotional and anxiety-inducing campaign in recent memory. All that stress made it a great year for political photography. There were an even dozen candidates in the Democratic primary, including the Bay Areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Sen. Kamala Harris. Then there was President Trump ignoring pandemic protocols and sowing doubt about the electoral process, and Joe Biden ultimately winning the most votes ever received by a presidential candidate. But the political story was much bigger than the candidates. It was also about the voting public, which shook off long-standing accusations of apathy to rise up and become their own story. Every action was political and partisan, even the wearing of masks to protect against the coronavirus. There were confrontations. There were people yelling out of windows. There was even controversy at the normally staid polling stations. The presidential election this year, more than any other since the Vietnam War, seemed to be a matter of life and death.

= 03.03.20 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOE BIDEN TAKES A PHOTO WITH A PATRON AT THE BUTTERCUP DINER IN OAKLAND BEFORE THE CORONAVIRUS SHELTER-IN-PLACE RULES BEGAN. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE

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It’s very circus-like when I cover the Trump side. As a photographer it’s actually incredibly visual. There’s red everywhere. The images are much more dynamic just from that fact alone.” Scott Strazzante, Chronicle photographer

> 02.17.20 LIZA BENDER WEARS A HOMEMADE HEADPIECE WHILE WAITING FOR A CAMPAIGN EVENT TO START FOR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BERNIE SANDERS IN RICHMOND. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE > 11.22.20 WALLY WAS THE INCUMBENT CANDIDATE IN THE RACE FOR MAYOR OF 55TH STREET IN OAKLAND. WALLY’S CAMPAIGN SIGN GOES NEGATIVE ON HIS FELLOW CANDIDATE BETTY. JESSICA CHRISTIAN / THE CHRONICLE

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= 11.02.20 YOUNG SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP RUN ACROSS CROW CANYON ROAD WHILE TAKING PART IN A TRUMP TOWN USA RALLY IN DANVILLE. SCOTT STRAZZANTE / THE CHRONICLE

< 02.15.20 JOE BIDEN RECEIVES A KISS FROM ROXY ALONGSIDE HER OWNER, KRISTIN REID, DURING A CAMPAIGN EVENT AT K.O. KNUDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LAS VEGAS. MIRANDA ALAM / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

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< 09.14.20 A TRUMP SUPPORTER ARGUES WITH A BIDEN SUPPORTER ON THE STREET OUTSIDE MCCLELLAN AIRPORT AS TRUMP WAS IN A HANGAR BEING BRIEFED ON WILDFIRES. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE > 09.14.20 PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKS TO THE MEDIA AT SACRAMENTO MCCLELLAN AIRPORT BEFORE A BRIEFING ON WILDFIRES. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE

_ 10.22.20 THE FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN IS PROJECTED ONTO A GIANT SCREEN AT FORT MASON IN SAN FRANCISCO. THE DEBATE WATCH PARTY WAS ORGANIZED BY BUSINESSMAN MANNY YEKUTIEL. SCOTT STRAZZANTE / THE CHRONICLE

= 10.13.20 FOXXY BLUE SNACKS (LEFT), TRANGELA LANSBURY AND GRACE TOWERS WRITE LETTERS TO SWING-STATE VOTERS IN THE OUTSIDE BOOTHS AT MANNYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S IN SAN FRANCISCO. LIZ HAFALIA / THE CHRONICLE

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> 10.27.20 SEN. KAMALA HARRIS ATTENDS A GOTV (GET OUT THE VOTE) MOBILIZATION RALLY AT THE ROBERT Z. HAWKINS AMPHITHEATER IN RENO. MICHAEL MACOR / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

THE YEAR IN PICTURES POLITICS

> 11.02.20 LILY WONG AND HUSBAND HAI WONG VOTE WITH CHILDREN ROYCE, 2, (RIGHT) AND STACY, 4, THE DAY BEFORE ELECTION DAY IN A TENT AT CIVIC CENTER IN SAN FRANCISCO. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE _ 11.04.20 THOMAS HO AND SAMSON LEGESSA WATCH ELECTION COVERAGE OUTDOORS AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ATHLETIC CLUB. GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE

= 11.07.20 PEOPLE LISTEN TO A BROADCAST OF PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN’S SPEECH DURING A STREET CELEBRATION IN THE CASTRO NEIGHBORHOOD OF SAN FRANCISCO. AMY OSBORNE / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE < 11.03.20 SHAWN KILLINGSWORTH WALKS HOME AFTER VOTING AT THE MUSEUM OF ICE CREAM POLLING STATION IN SAN FRANCISCO. “WE GOTTA GET RID OF TRUMP,” HE SAID. “THIS IS EXHAUSTING. I FEEL LIKE I HAVEN’T SLEPT IN MONTHS.” GABRIELLE LURIE / THE CHRONICLE

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> 11.07.20 QUIANA EASTER, WHO RECENTLY MOVED FROM OAKLAND TO PITTSBURG, LISTENS AT THE OAKLAND ATHLETIC CLUB AS VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT KAMALA HARRIS DELIVERS HER VICTORY SPEECH. YALONDA M. JAMES / THE CHRONICLE

= 11.07.20 WOMEN WATCH THE CELEBRATION IN THE CASTRO AFTER THE ELECTION WAS CALLED FOR JOE BIDEN. AMY OSBORNE / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

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= 11.07.20 DAVE GIFFORD JOINS THE FESTIVITIES IN THE STREETS OF THE CASTRO IN SAN FRANCISCO. BIDENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S WIN TOUCHED OFF SPONTANEOUS CELEBRATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AMY OSBORNE / SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

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“We’re covering history. This is something in 50 years we’ll be interested to look at.” Scott Strazzante, Chronicle photographer

< 11.07.20 ADRIENNE LAM HAS HER PHOTO TAKEN BY ANDREW LEE, BOTH OF OAKLAND, UNDERNEATH THE MARQUEE AT THE GRAND LAKE THEATRE. “I’VE BEEN CRYING ALL DAY. JUST TEARS OF HAPPINESS, RELIEF AND JOY,” LAM SAID. “IT’S THE FIRST TIME WE’VE HEARD A LEADER IN A LONG TIME.” YALONDA M. JAMES / THE CHRONICLE

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THE YEAR IN PICTURES CHRONICLE PHOTOGRAPHERS

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CHRONICLE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS: SANTIAGO MEJIA (1); LIZ HAFALIA (2); JESSICA CHRISTIAN (3); GABRIELLE LURIE (4); CARLOS AVILA GONZALEZ (5); MANJULA VARGHESE (6); LEA SUZUKI (7); YALONDA M. JAMES (8); SCOTT STRAZZANTE (9); PAUL CHINN (10).

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The Year in Pictures 2020 Director of Photography Nicole Frugé Magazine Editor Deb Wandell Design Director Elizabeth Burr Copy Editor Andrea Behr Writers Sam Whiting, Emma Silvers, Otis R. Taylor Jr. Photo Editors Lisa Iaboni, Michael Malone, RJ Mickelson, Guy Wathen, Alex Washburn, Russell Yip Color Imaging Anna Sarpieri Staff Photographers Paul Chinn, Jessica Christian, Carlos Avila Gonzalez, Liz Hafalia, Yalonda M. James, Gabrielle Lurie, Santiago Mejia, Scott Strazzante, Lea Suzuki, Manjula Varghese Contributing Photographers Chole Aftel, Miranda Alam, Noah Berger, Rachel Bujalski, Nic Coury, Kodiak Greenwood, Constanza Hevia H., Jungho Kim, Paul Kuroda, Stephen Lam, Michael Macor, Kate Munsch, Sarabeth Maney, Nick Otto, Amy Osborne, Michael Short, Brandon Tauszik, Allison Zaucha

A Hearst Newspaper Publisher William Nagel Editor in Chief Emilio Garcia-Ruiz

Vice President, Circulation Brad Nichols

Deputy Managing Editor, Features Michael Gray

Senior Vice President, Sales Sean Jacobsen

Assistant Managing Editor, Production Ronald Kitagawa

Vice President, Marketing Sarah Morse Cooney

ON THE COVER 09.09.20 ELI HARIK OF SAN FRANCISCO GAZES UP AT THE DARK-ORANGE MORNING SKY ABOVE THE EMBARCADERO. THE “BAY LIGHTS” ON THE BAY BRIDGE WERE TRICKED INTO STAYING ON. JESSICA CHRISTIAN / THE CHRONICLE

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