Hundreds celebrate Juneteenth in San Francisco over Father's Day weekend
San Francisco celebrated the Juneteenth holiday with a parade and festival along Market Street Saturday morning.
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San Francisco celebrated the Juneteenth holiday with a parade and festival along Market Street Saturday morning.
UC Berkeley track star Nairobi Smith, granddaughter of U.S. Olympic champion and civil rights icon Tommie Smith, is carrying her grandfather's torch of service and leadership. Len Ramirez reports.
In the 1970's and 80's, the city of Seaside had one of the largest Black populations on California's Central Coast. Veronica Macias spoke to community members there about what Juneteenth means to them.
Juneteenth will affect banking, mail service and financial markets, although retailers and restaurants are largely staying open.
A memorial sculpture park honoring the first Black family to own a home in the city of Piedmont is once again gaining momentum, with Oakland artist and landscape architect Walter Hood ready to bring his design to life.
President Trump appeared to mark Juneteenth — a day he has commemorated in the past — by arguing businesses are closed for "too many non-working holidays."
Lines wrapped around the museum to get in for the sold-out Hella Juneteenth event.
See what's open and closed during the Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, from stores to public services.
On this Juneteenth, expect clear skies and breezy conditions throughout the Bay Area. Highs on Thursday are expected to range from the upper 50s along the coast, to the low 80s inland. Jessica Burch has the forecast.
Juneteenth became federally recognized in the U.S. in 2021, but the origins of the holiday and its name date back more than 150 years.
Bishop Ishmael Burch Jr. of St. Andrew Baptist Church in San Francisco talks to CBS News Bay Area's Reed Cowan and Gianna Franco about the importance of Juneteenth, which celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. Burch also talks about the upcoming Juneteenth parade in San Francisco.
Oakland police say they will increase their presence and close streets around Lake Merritt on Saturday for Lakefest in the wake of shootings at Wednesday's Juneteenth festivities that left 15 people wounded.
Sixteen people ended up in the hospital following an outbreak of violence at a Juneteenth celebration near Oakland's Lake Merritt on Wednesday night.
This week, San Francisco is united in honoring the memory of the late, great Willie Mays. But a historian sat down with KPIX to shed light on the baseball legend's arrival to the city - and how he overcame it.
As people celebrate Juneteenth, many are also remembering Willie Mays and what he meant for the Black community.
Multiple people were shot Wednesday night at a Juneteenth celebration by Lake Merritt in Oakland, according to the city's fire department. Website: http://kpix.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kpixtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Multiple people were shot Wednesday night at a Juneteenth celebration by Lake Merritt in Oakland, according to the city's fire department.
As people celebrate Juneteenth, many are also remembering Willie Mays and what he meant for the Black community. Andrea Nakano reports. (6-19-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
James Shields took his sculpture "Watermelon Couch" to Alabama and Georgia to strike up conversations with Black farmers. Kenny Choi reports. (6-19-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
An Oakland artist will be creating the first single monument honoring the Black Panther Party as a whole.
The Oakland Museum of California will host its first Juneteenth celebration on Wednesday as the site of Hella Juneteenth "The Cookout" in the afternoon.
Shawn Chitnis interviews Jessica Torres and Chike Nwoffiah about the events happening in San Jose for Juneteenth. (06-19-2024) Website: http://kpix.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kpixtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KPIXtv
June 19th marks the third consecutive year as a federally recognized United States holiday. Some services and stores may be closed today to commemorate it.
Events will be held across the Bay Area on Wednesday to celebrate Juneteenth, the day the last enslaved African Americans learned about their emancipation in 1865. Shawn Chitnis reports.
A group of tech-driven artists from Oakland kicked off their inaugural Juneteenth hackathon this week, a tech event aimed at changing the way art is discovered and seen in their communities through a 21st century lens.
