Tiya Mohanty, 13, is surrounded by books at home in Sunnyvale. She connects with her heritage through stories from the classic Indian publication Amar Chitra Katha, plus modern works from the library. This image is part of the “We Belong” series exploring Bay Area South Asian identity which is currently on display in San Jose’s libraries. 

Performers in colorful attire dance along Mission Street in San Francisco’s Mission District as they are showered with confetti during the 46th Carnaval Grand Parade on May 26. 

Dominique (no last name given) is seen near the encampment where she lives in San Bernardino on May 1, 2024.  Seven months pregnant, she receives treatment from the Healthcare in Action street medicine team, which provides onsite lab work and tests to unhoused communities. 

At a rally outside San Francisco City Hall, Supervisors Dean Preston and Ahsha Safaí advocate for prioritizing shelter or hotel vouchers for unhoused immigrant families with children. They support a resolution to develop a comprehensive plan focused on families experiencing homelessness and to create a multilingual public dashboard for tracking waitlists and families' progress toward permanent housing.

Osbaldo Varilla-Aguilar, 46, puts on the oxygen ventilator he uses every night, at his home in San Francisco, on Feb. 26. “There are times where I can’t breathe, it’s difficult,” Varilla-Aguilar said, who was in a COVID-induced coma for more than three months. He still hasn’t recovered his strength, and experiences long-COVID symptoms.

A memorial for seven farm workers killed while driving to work in February is seen in Madera County on April 19. Lawmakers passed legislation to regulate the vans that take them to the fields. However, few vehicles are covered under the regulations now, leaving it less clear who is responsible for workers’ safety. 

Graduating students are seen at the Fresno State Chicano/Latino Commencement Celebration in the Save Mart Center in Fresno on May 18, 2024. The commencement ceremony is the largest Latino graduation ceremony in the nation.

A teenager practices soccer against the batting cage at Lynbrook Park in Bay Point on March 28 – the nearest accessible green space to the neighboring Shore Acres community – over a mile away. The community hasn’t had a nearby park since crime forced Pacifica Park to close in 2005. Local residents are now petitioning to reopen it. 

People gather outside the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive to watch the last of peregrine falcons Annie and Archie’s four eggs hatch. The last chick arrived on April 25 during Hatch Day, an annual celebration organized by Cal Falcons and BAMPFA.