Telemundo 48 anchor Yomara Lopez prepares to go on air during the GOP watch party at Maykadeh Persian restaurant in San Francisco on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. | Michaela Vatcheva for The San Francisco Standard
Miroslav Tsvetkov and Magi Yaneva attend a protest in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Thursday, Aug 8, 2024 after the country’s parliament voted through an amendment to ban the promotion of LGBTQIA+ "propaganda" in schools. Photographer: Michaela Vatcheva | Michaela Vatcheva for Balkan Insight
Greg Fong watches a panel on making a career in the trades as part of 'Career Transition Conference: Is it Time to Quit Tech?' in San Francisco on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. | Michaela Vatcheva for The San Francisco Standard
Members of the San Gabriel Valley Chinese Cultural Association prepare to celebrate the Year of the Dragon at the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco. | Michaela Vatcheva for The San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco’s City Arts & Lectures series co-Executive Director Holly Mulder-Wollan sits for a portrait in a Sydney Goldstein Theater green room. | Michaela Vatcheva for the San Francisco Chronicle
Stephanie Hwang and her son Quentin go up the stairs of their building in the Mission in San Francisco on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2022. High winds bent a scaffolding on the 900 block of South Van Ness Ave., which damaged nearby power lines and left many households without electricity on Wednesday evening.
Clinton Lacerda and Joe Ferreira perform at the end of a dance workshop during the fifth annual Queer Afro Latin Dance Festival on Friday, Jun 9, 2023 in San Jose, Calif.