Juliana Yamada

Mari Jacobson stands for a portrait in front of drying Hachiya persimmons in her home in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. Jacobson began making the dried persimmons, or hoshigaki, in November to fundraise for the Middle East Children’s Alliance and support Palestine. | Juliana Yamada/KQED

Tia Cabral stands for a portrait in her home in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, August 10, 2023. Cabral, known as SPELLLING,  released a new album “SPELLLING & The Mystery School” on August 25. | Juliana Yamada/KQED

Lena Turner, 93, poses for a portrait in her restaurant, Chika and Sake in San Francisco's Japantown on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Turner has been a restauranteur in Japantown for almost five decades now. Juliana Yamada/KQED

Robert Starkey poses for a portrait at Alta Plaza Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, August 4, 2022. Starkey uses Nextdoor to post his photography and tell stories to his neighbors while he undergoes cancer treatment. | Juliana Yamada/The Standard

Sara Williams writes in her journal as her clothes go through the dryer at Oak St. Laundry in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Williams enjoys her time at the laundromat because it allows her to spend time alone and check in with herself during the week while she waits for her clothes to finish. | Juliana Yamada for The Standard

Saxophonist Gary Bartz swings at the playground at Franklin Square in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, August 18, 2023. The 82-year-old has won two Grammy awards for his contributions to jazz music. | Juliana Yamada/KQED

 Dr. Lama Rimawi (left) and Rabbi Amy Eilberg (right) stand for a portrait at Rabbi Eilberg’s home in Los Altos, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Rimawi, who is Palestinian, and Eilberg, who is Jewish, met years ago in a Muslim-Jewish women’s interfaith group and are close friends. | Juliana Yamada/KQED

John Howard III, 8, poses for a portrait with his track medals at Castlemont High School in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, July 31, 2023. Howard III runs track with the East Oakland Track Gems, a nonprofit that introduces OUSD students to track and field and helps them with various travel expenses. | Juliana Yamada/KQED

Leticia Tate-Azevedo holds her two-year-old son Gunner Tate-Boyer in their City Gardens apartment in San Francisco, on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. The two were one of the first tenants to move into the new supportive housing in SOMA. | Juliana Yamada/Special to The Chronicle

Hilary Fitzpatrick stands for a portrait in her backyard in Vacaville, Calif., on Friday, May 5, 2023. Fitzpatrick formerly worked as a shift supervisor at Wag Hotels and witnessed unethical treatment of dogs during her 6 month employment in 2021. | Juliana Yamada/The Chronicle