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California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton is seen at a news conference and protest against the participation of a transgender athlete in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Track & Field Championships outside Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis on Friday.

Day 2 of BottleRock Napa Valley 2026 is winding down. Here’s a running look at the best scenes, photos and standout moments → www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen... 📹: Manuel Orbegozo

Saxsquatch performs Saturday for crowds at BottleRock Napa Valley 2026.

John Stamos, Tré Cool and Fred Armisen participate in a drum-off at BottleRock Napa Valley 2026.

The second day of BottleRock Festival 2026 is underway, Gates open at 11:30 a.m. daily, with the final act scheduled to end at 10 p.m. Follow along here for highlights, photos, crowd scenes and dispatches from the Napa Valley Expo throughout the weekend. 🎥: Jess Lander / S.F. Chronicle

BottleRock Napa Valley is back, turning downtown Napa into a three-day Memorial Day weekend hub for music, food, wine and celebrity spectacle. The sold-out festival includes more than 75 acts across five music stages.

A lawsuit filed Wednesday blames Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for the December gas leak at a Hayward construction site that injured six people and blew up a family’s rental home.

People march along Fruitvale Ave. during the Oakland Sin Fronteras: International Workers’ Day March & Resource Fair on Friday. 🎥: Yalonda M. James/S.F. Chronicle

Crowds gather at Oakland’s Fruitvale Plaza for May Day. Read more → www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... 📽️: Adahlia Cole/For the S.F. Chronicle

Friday's demonstration at SFO was part of a wave of May Day actions across the Bay Area focused on labor and immigrant rights. Hundreds of airport workers rallied in the morning at the International Terminal. SFO officials said the airport had issued a free speech permit for the demonstration.

Drone footage shows crowds gathered at San Francisco’s Civic Center on May Day. Read more → www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... 📽️: Erik Castro/For the S.F. Chronicle

Crowds gather for a May Day protest in San Francisco. Read more → www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... 📽️: Erik Castro/For the S.F. Chronicle

San Francisco officials, including top city leaders, were arrested after protesters blocked the roadway at SFO’s International Terminal during a May Day demonstration.

Demonstrators gathered Friday at San Francisco International Airport, displaying “ICE Out of San Francisco” signs at the international terminal. The protest coincides with May Day events taking place around the Bay Area and across the globe. 📹️: Lea Suzuki

A reopening ceremony was held Wednesday for the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf after is was partially destroyed during a storm in 2024. The truncated wharf is now repaired and open to the public. 🎥: Carlos Avila Gonzalez/S.F. Chronicle

San Francisco's annual Dolores Huerta Parade & Festival (formerly Cesar Chavez) took place on Saturday in The Mission. 🎥: Camille Cohen

Protestors march down Powell and Market Streets in San Francisco for a "Hands off Iran now" march on Wednesday. 🎥: Dan Hernandez/S.F. Chronicle

Protestors march down Powell and Market Streets in San Francisco for a "Hands off Iran now" march on Wednesday. 🎥: Dan Hernandez/S.F. Chronicle

San Francisco protesters gather at Civic Center Plaza during the No Kings protest, part of the nationwide protests against President Trump along with the administration’s domestic and foreign actions. Live updates → www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... 📽️: @stephenlamphoto.bsky.social/S.F. Chronicle

Demonstrators marched from Oakland’s City Hall to the Lake Merritt Amphitheater to protest the Trump administration on Saturday. Follow our live updates for the latest. 🎥: Jessica Flores / S.F. Chronicle

Protesters gathered to form a human banner at S.F.'s Ocean Beach, spelling out "Trump must go now" on Saturday as part of a No Kings Day event. Follow our live blog for the latest. 📸: Ryan Curry / S.F. Chronicle

UPDATE: A massive crowd is now slowly making its way down Market Street in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District. 📹: Laura Waxmann / S.F. Chronicle

Protesters across the Plaza are being corralled toward San Francisco's Market Street for the "No Kings" march with a rally at Civic Center from 12 to 5 p.m. on Saturday. 📹️: Laura Waxmann / S.F. Chronicle

Demonstrators are chanting “no borders, no nations, stop demonstrations!” outside of Oakland’s City Hall on Saturday as people start to gather for the No Kings rally set to start at noon. 📹️: Jessica Flores / S.F. Chronicle

Members of the Musicians Action Group perform “Battle Hymn Republic” outside Hyatt Regency during the third No Kings Day event near Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco on Saturday. 🎥: Yoshi James / S.F. Chronicle

One pedestrian died and another was injured after a driver struck them before crashing into a building in San Francisco’s Chinatown on Friday, authorities said. Read more → www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/c... 🎥: Minh Connors/For the S.F. Chronicle

Volunteers carry debris from a home impacted by the flood in Haleiwa, Hawaii Sunday, March 22, 2026. The volunteers, who arrived in droves on their own, were seen throughout the areas that suffered the most damages with tools and supplies to help with the grassroots clean up effort. 🎥: Stephen Lam

More than 80,000 tulips in a rainbow of colors were given away this year, with a limit of eight per person.

In an annual rite of spring in San Francisco, thousands of people lined up around Union Square for hours Saturday for the opportunity to take home a bouquet of colorful tulips donated by Dutch growers. Read more → www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/t... 🎥: Lizzy Montana Myers/For the S.F. Chronicle

Bay Lights presented an art installation by artist Leo Villareal, comprising of 25,000 individually controllable LEDs along 1.8 miles of the Bay Bridge, during an activation ceremony at the Embarcadero in San Francisco. Read more → www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/b... 🎥: Manuel Orbegozo

One of the most popular stopovers in Big Sur has been decimated — and no one knows why. Sometime last week between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday afternoon, the flowers filling Calla Lily Valley were cut down and the leafy green plants stomped and thrashed. 🎥: Kevin O.

A crowd is gathered outside San Francisco's Ferry Building in support of Iran on Sunday. A mix of signs read "Free Iran," with others showing messages thanking President Trump "for supporting Iran." 🎥: Elisabeth Smith / S.F. Chronicle

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