Alice Weddle, 88, surrounded by her daughter Dedra Maxey, grandson Darius Maxey, and daughter Teresa Bettis. The family celebrated Mother's Day at the Queens Tour at Kia Forum on Sunday, May 11, 2025 in Inglewood, CA. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times)
Owner Kei Nakai stands for a portrait at Hawthorne Nursery in Hawthorne, CA. Hawthorne Nursery has been in the Nakai family since 1927, and will close its doors for good this month. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times)
Warner Anderson poses for a portrait at the Lincoln Avenue Church of Christ on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025 in Pasadena, CA. Anderson, who lost his home in the Eaton Fire, has been involved in the church since 1965 and now volunteers with food and supply distribution for other fire victims. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times)
Luis A. Torres stands for a portrait at Balmy Alley in the Latino Cultural District on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada)
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
Singer Kali Uchis poses for a portrait at the Roosevelt Hotel on Monday, May 5, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times)
Camillo Cervantes, 22, poses for a portrait while waiting to attend Charli XCX and Troye Sivan’s Sweat Tour at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sunday, October 20, 2024. (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 SF Chronicle
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
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
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
Scarlett Goddard Strahan, 11, sits for a portrait at her home on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Sacramento, Calif. Goddard Strahan became fascinated with skincare at 10 years old, after watching TikTok videos of complex skincare routines, and unknowingly used products with anti-aging and harsh chemicals which quickly damaged her skin barrier. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada)
Stand-up comedian Susan Ware, 80, poses for a portrait at Tao Comedy Studio on Monday, April 7, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times)
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/SF Standard