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Sam Khandaghabadi, know in the ring as Dark Sheik, peeks out onto the crowd before the start of a Hoodslam event at Oakland Metro Operahouse in Oakland, Calif. Friday, Jan. 3, 2020.

Tourists look on as sea lions lie on the K-dock of Pier 39 in San Francisco, Calif. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020.

Dollars fall on the stage as Stella performs for patrons on the main stage at the Condor Club in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, Calif. Friday, February 7, 2020.

Dylan Nguyen, 14, of Milpitas catches a football while tailgating ahead of a NFC Divisional Playoff game between the San Francisco 49ers and Minnesota Vikings held at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020.

Danielle Hobart poses for a portrait in the window of her home in San Francisco, Calif. Thursday, March 19, 2020. "My first concern is for my family, especially my parents and father-in-law who are part of the vulnerable population. My friends and I have had incredible difficulties getting our parents to take this seriously. I'm feeling immense concern for the people that make San Francisco feel like home: my fellow arts and culture workers, performers, small business owners and mom n' pop restaurant owners. That's to say nothing about the truly big things, like the City's unhoused populations, people sheltered in place in unsafe situations, the overburdening of the health care system, the election. I'm taking each day and trying to do whatever's actually in my control to make a difference. It's crucial that we're there for each other and rise to the occasion."

Putting my hand up to the window to say goodbye to my grandpa and mom during a short visit to her house in Sunol, Calif. Monday, April 6, 2020.

Garnett Silver-Hall, 18, practices his shooting game with his mother's partner Lee Tafari at Mesa Park in Bolinas, Calif. Friday, April 3, 2020. The Coronavirus pandemic and accompanying shelter-in-place forced Garnett's school to close its campus at the same time that his sled hockey and basketball teams cancelled their seasons for the year. With more down time, Garnett spends every evening working on his basketball skills on the local courts.

A mother of an infant from San Carlos (no name given) poses for a portrait while wearing a protective mask and gloves after shopping for her groceries from Draeger's Market in Menlo Park, Calif. Tuesday, March 17, 2020. As of Tuesday, six counties in the Bay Area have been ordered to shelter in place in an attempt to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.

A playground is seen wrapped in caution tape and closed to public use at the Berkeley Marina in Berkeley , Calif. Wednesday, April 1, 2020. California Governor Gavin Newsom introduced stricter guidelines on the existing shelter-in-place order Tuesday, prohibiting picnicking and the use of dog parks and playgrounds.

A group of friends from Oakland who attended Head-Royce School and are home from various colleges park their cars in a circle to socially distance while spending time together in a parking lot at Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, Calif. Saturday, March 28, 2020. Colleges and schools across the country have closed their campuses for an indefinite amount of time due to the global outbreak of the Coronavirus.

Dr. Melina Beaton gears up in full personal protective equipment before administering a swab test on a patient at a walk-up Coronavirus testing site at West County Health Center in San Pablo, Calif. Friday, April 24, 2020. California Governor Gavin Newsroom Newsom says the state will need to test 60,000 to 80,000 each day in order to safely reopen society, with essential workers being tested more frequently than others. The state plans to open 86 new testing sites in "testing deserts" in rural California and poor urban areas.

Deep cleaner Hector Navarro wears full personal protective equipment and carries a cleaning spray while waiting for patients at a drive-thru and walk-up Coronavirus testing site at West County Health Center in San Pablo, Calif. Friday, April 24, 2020. California Governor Gavin Newsroom Newsom says the state will need to test 60,000 to 80,000 each day in order to safely reopen society, with essential workers being tested more frequently than others. The state plans to open 86 new testing sites in "testing deserts" in rural California and poor urban areas.

Emergency Department nurse Christa Duran carefully puts on a slightly used face mask before starting her morning shift at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, Calif. Saturday, April 11, 2020. Duran has decided to reuse masks that aren't particularly soiled to preserve personal protective equipment.

Test site worker Francesca Deltrete wears full PPE while administering a nose swab COVID-19 test at a newly-opened drive-thru testing site managed by Color in partnership with the City and County of San Francisco at the Alemany Farmer's Market in San Francisco, Calif. Tuesday, November 17, 2020. San Francisco has ramped up its COVID-19 testing efforts as the county joins dozens of others in moving to more restrictive reopening tiers due to a rise in COVID-19 cases.

Kristin Demoro sits on the stairs with her cat Twinkie as movers work to remove boxes from her packed-up apartment in Oakland, Calif. Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Demoro is moving to Washington state to be close to her mom after being laid off due to the Coronavirus outbreak and shelter-in-place, but she has a really extensive family history and lineage in San Francisco and never thought she'd leave. Her father, Harre Demoro, was a famed San Francisco Chronicle reporter, her grandfather was born in 1900 in San Francisco.

An employee wears full personal protective equipment while leading an exercise with a group of socially distanced residents at Gordon Manor assisted-care facility in Redwood City, Calif. Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Early in the pandemic, one person had tested positive for COVID-19 at Gordon Manor where Alisa Tu is the administrator, and most of the staff had stopped showing up to work out of fear of contracting the virus. Soon, most of the residents of the facility had the virus and 12 people would ultimately die. What followed is aggressive action by the county. Dr. Ryan Azcueta, a doctor who responded to the Life and Care Center of Kirkland nursing home in Washington, set up triage and now, nearly a month after a catastrophe, the facility is COVID-free.

A young girl from Campbell (no name given) sports a mask while frolicking in the water at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Calif. Monday, May 25, 2020. The warm Memorial Day weather brought out large crowds to popular parks and beaches despite the shelter-in-place order amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alexis Bustos and Matthew Stein (foreground) fill up a bucket with cocktail ingredients, snacks and other communal goods to send over to Sarah Hingston and Tom Broxton (center) as they use a rope to pull it to window of their apartment in San Francisco, Calif. Saturday, June 20, 2020. Since the shelter-in-place order was implemented, these neighbors began holding a weekly happy hour named Bucket Bar from the windows of their homes to promote social distancing while still being social.

A demonstrator raises his fist in the air while sporting a mask as he makes his way with thousands of others across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif. Saturday, June 6, 2020 during a march in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

(From left) Ashley Williams, her 10-year-old daughter Marley McNealy and Williams' sister Mo McNealy work alongside volunteers and staff African American Art & Culture Complex work to paint massive letters spelling "Black Lives Matter" across Fulton Street between Webster and Octavia streets in San Francisco, Calif. Friday, June 12, 2020.

“I thought it was important as an SF native to show support for community because there aren’t that many Black natives left” says Mo. “For me, it’s paying homage to that because that was done purposefully. I’m honoring my childhood friends. People don’t understand when you aren’t from here you get to go back to your hometown and the people you grew up with are still there. But for me, it’s not the same and it’s hurtful to know that this government has done Black residents so bad. And I will continue to fight for our black residents because I miss my community.”

Colette Youkin-De Luc, 4, sports butterfly wings while her parents Amiee Le Duc (right) and Dana Younkin help her put on a mask before being tested at a Coronavirus testing site for Mission district residents at Cesar Chavez Elementary School in San Francisco, Calif. Saturday, April 25, 2020. UCSF is providing free testing for Coronavirus and its antibodies to members of the Latino community at four locations across the city starting Saturday.

Fences separate play areas for designated classes to maintain social distancing in the backyard of Saint Vincent's Day Home in Oakland, Calif. Thursday, September 3, 2020. Saint Vincent's has operated since July 1 without a positive coronavirus case transmission and has earned widespread praise for its success.

Leila Havenar-Daughton, 1, and Liam Havenar-Daughton, 3, watch through the window as the mail man completes his route while parked in front of their home in El Sobrante, Calif. Thursday, May 7, 2020. Despite federal and state funding, hundreds of childcare facilities may shut down due to the Coronavirus pandemic, leaving parents with nowhere to leave their kids when the economy reopens and they want to return to work. The Havenar-Daughtons pay $1,900 a month for childcare they can't use during the shelter in place period, fearing that otherwise they might lose the preschool and nanny who watches their children.

La Tira Wax Studio owner Christine Fong waxes a customer who wished to remain anonymous on the outdoor patio of her studio in San Francisco, Calif. Tuesday, September 1, 2020. Waxing, massage, hair and nail salons in San Francisco are permitted to open outdoors starting Tuesday, September 1 for the first time since COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders shuttered most personal service businesses.

Tule Elk roam the hills of the Tomales Point Tule Elk Reserve inside Point Reyes National Seashore in Inverness, Calif. Friday, August 28, 2020. Park administrators and wildlife advocates are at odds over providing additional water for the captive tule elk herd at the Tomales Point Tule Elk Reserve at Pierce Point. Advocates claim the elk are dying of thirst because five have been found dead recently, the park service says they're just fine. Advocates want park service to full up water troughs but NPS has refused.

A hand crew monitors a backfire set behind homes to fight the Glass Fire burning along Tucker Road in Calistoga, Calif. Tuesday, September 29, 2020. The Glass Fire has burned more than 42,000 acres by Tuesday morning and is 0% contained.

Petaluma firefighters rest near a home along Mill Creek Road after battling the Walbridge Fire west of Healdsburg, Calif. Thursday, August 20, 2020. The Walbridge Fire stands at 14,000 acres and is 0% contained as of Thursday.

A helicopter attempts to survey the ridge west of Bear Valley Visitors Center through heavy smoke as birds fly overhead in Olmea, Calif. Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Firefighers are working to hold the eastern fire line near Bear Valley Visitors Center and northern line south of Limantour Road. The Woodward Fire stands at 2,739 acres and is 5% contained as of Tuesday.

Eli Harik of San Francisco wears a mask while looking up at the dark orange sky hanging over the Embarcadero in downtown San Francisco, Calif. Wednesday, September 9, 2020 due to multiple wildfires burning across California and Oregon.

Dark orange skies hang over the San Francisco skyline seen from Treasure Island in San Francisco, Calif. Wednesday, September 9, 2020 due to multiple wildfires burning across California and Oregon.

A line of untouched blue chairs sit neatly against a charred hillside along Sanitarium Road in Deer Park, Calif. Tuesday, September 29, 2020. The Glass Fire has burned more than 42,000 acres by Tuesday morning and is 0% contained.

Contra Costa County firefighter James Myers poses for a portrait after working a 36 hour shift to successfully protect structures from the Glass Fire at Stony Hill Vineyard in St. Helena, Calif. Thursday, October 1, 2020. Fire crews from Contra Costa County, Moraga-Orinda and Rodeo-Hercules fire departments worked through Wednesday day and night to protect structures at Stony Hill Vineyard and were successful, although the surrounding property suffered fire damage. The Glass Fire has burned more than 56,000 acres in Napa and Sonoma counties by Thursday morning and is 5% contained.

Allen Strong of Ben Lomond comforts his 10-year-old blind dog Annie while camped out at La Placa Family Bakery in the evacuation zone of Ben Lomond, Calif. Thursday, August 27, 2020. Strong and his friend Brent White have remained in town, spending the night at the La Placa Family Bakery to keep an eye on it for the Placa family. Residents in the communities of Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek, Last Chance, Swanton and Felton are still under evacuation orders as the CZU Lightning Complex Fire continues to burn in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

PG&E line inspector Kevin Ogans works to clear lines so crews can begin removing a tree that crashed into live power lines along Mountain Boulevard in the Montclair Village neighborhood of Oakland, Calif. Thursday, October 15, 2020. PG&E implemented Public Safety Power Shutoffs to over 53,000 customers across the Bay Area, including homes and businesses in the Montclair Village area of Oakland, due to high winds and a combination of high fire danger.

A customer leaves after not finding any ice for sale at Fast & Easy Gas Station during a public safety power shutoff implemented by PG&E in Calistoga, Calif. Friday, October 16, 2020. PG&E implemented Public Safety Power Shutoffs to thousands of customers across Napa and Sonoma counties, including parts of the community of Calistoga recently hit by the Glass Fire.

Wally the neighborhood poses with his campaign sign which includes a smear of his fellow candidate Betty while spending time outside a home along 55th Street in Oakland, Calif. Thursday, October 22, 2020. Wally is the incumbent candidate in the race for Mayor of 55th Street in Oakland which consists of three other furry friends running for the seat.

Poll worker Tom Villanueva wears gloves while cutting "I Voted" stickers for in-person voters at SF Eagle leather bar in San Francisco, Calif. Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Bay Area residents headed to the polls on Election Day morning to cast their vote in local and national elections. Polling places are expecting less in-person voter this year due to the increase in mail-in and drop-off ballots.

SF Eagle leather bar owner Lex Montiel (left) helps Christine Malvin (right) retrieve her ballot and vote in-person through a plexiglass barrier at SF Eagle in San Francisco, Calif. Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Bay Area residents headed to the polls on Election Day morning to cast their vote in local and national elections. Polling places are expecting less in-person voter this year due to the increase in mail-in and drop-off ballots.

Masked pedestrians walk past a large robotic dog and screens displaying puppies and kittens from SFSPCA in the holiday-decorated windows of Macy's in San Francisco, Calif. Tuesday, November 24, 2020. Every year, the SFSPCA holds an annual pet adoption drive in the holiday-themed windows of the Macy's store in Union Square. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this tradition has been adapted into a robotic dog and virtual screens displaying adoptable puppies and kittens.

Ducks glide across glassy waters as mountains dusted in snow are seen South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Thursday, December 10, 2020. Vacation travel to Lake Tahoe will be banned for at least three weeks starting Friday due to a regional rise in the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations.

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