The year 2023 literally stormed into the Bay Area and outlying counties, with people popping umbrellas and shoveling sand. Though the needed rain also white capped our mountains, it gave us enough breaks to get out and recreate.
Stockton, home of the Stockton Kings (the Sacramento Kings’ G League affiliate), celebrated the team’s playoff berth. Pinball was played, cosplayers gathered, gardens were grown and Top Fuel drivers made the fastest runs at Sonoma. The cable car turned 150 and the local Indian community celebrated its homeland’s 76 years of independence.
As we end 2023 with Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Bay City News staff looks forward to covering 2024’s news and events for you.
(L-R) Shelbee Hart, 17, and Isabella Ellsworth, 16, both of Discovery Bay, head to the dock after their run at the 43rd Annual Frozen Bun Run at the Rusty Porthole on Bethel Island, Calif. on Jan. 1, 2023. (Ray Saint Germain/Bay City News)Grace T. holds a bag as Hayden Hsu fills it with sand near the Berkeley Corporate Yard in Berkeley, Calif on Jan 3, 2023. (Isaac Ceja/Bay City News)A near empty downtown Berkeley, Calif. during the atmospheric river bringing heavy rain to the Bay Area on Jan. 4, 2023. (Isaac Ceja/Bay City News)East Woodbridge Road off Highway 99 near Arbor Mobile Home Park in Acampo, Calif., closed off due to flooding from heavy rains on Jan. 18, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)Jack Thomson high fives Stockton Kings Mascot Dunkson during the St. Joseph’s 14th Annual Fun Run/Walk for Wellness in Stockton, Calif., on Jan. 28, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)Madison Stamen climbs during the Mosaic Boulders Citizen’s Comp in Berkeley, Calif. on Feb. 11, 2023. (Isaac Ceja/Bay City News)Snow-covered Mount Diablo, as seen from French Camp, Calif., on Feb. 24, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)City workers under umbrellas talk with encampment residents at the homeless encampment along Larch Street between Van Ness and Franklin Streets in San Francisco, Calif. on Feb. 28, 2023. (Joe Dworetzky/Local News Matters)Steve Fleming and Jayden Flening reflected in standing water, from a recent winter storm, play basketball at Heroes Park in Stockton, Calif., on March 10, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)Craig Rice pushes his boat into floodwaters to take supplies back to his home on Airport Way in Manteca, Calif., on March 17, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)Stockton City Council District 3 Councilmember Michael Blower, Councilmember Kimberly Warmsley, Stockton King’s mascot, Dunkson, and Mayor Kevin Lincoln take a selfie with city employees outside City Hall in Stockton, Calif., on March 28, 2023 to celebrate the Stockton Kings securing a spot in the NBA G League basketball playoffs. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)(L-R) Jayden Robinson, 8, and Peyton Robinson, 5, share a sled on the 40 tons of snow brought in for Snow Day at Quail Lakes Baptist Church in Stockton, Calif., on April 8, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)Griselda Juarez washes dishes after dinner in her home in Weston Ranch neighborhood in Stockton, Calif., on April 11, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)(L-R) Miles Goodrich exclaims while his friend Mark Garretson laughs as Goodrich drains a ball during the Golden State Pinball Festival at Lodi Grape Festival Grounds in Lodi, Calif., on May 19, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)(R-L) Sydnee Kennedy kisses her son Milo, 1, during the first of 12 concerts scheduled for Concerts in the Park at Victory Park in Stockton, Calif., on June 7, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)Mila Phillips, 5, plays under the water fountain in the kids pool at Lodi Lake in Lodi, Calif., on June 30, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)Captain, George Laing with Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) checks incidents from his truck in East Contra Costa County, Calif., on July 4, 2023. (Ray Saint Germain via Bay City News)Cosplayers dressed as different Spider-People from the Spider-Verse pose for fans during StocktonCon at Stockton Arena in Stockton, Calif., on July 8, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)(L-R) Kalyn Simon, Isabela Garcia, 9 and Thea Simon, 2 pick produce on July 12, 2023 in the Garden to Table Silicon Valley farm in San Jose, Calif. (Prachi Singh/Bay City News)Top Fuel driver Brittany Force during her qualifying run at the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., on Friday, July 28, 2023. (Ray Saint Germain/Bay City News)Dressed in historical clothing, a man tips his hat to the ladies aboard a cable car in San Francisco, Calif., on Aug. 2, 2023 during a celebration of the transportation method’s invention 150 years ago. (Olivia Wynkoop/Bay City News)Dancers perform Odissi, ancient Indian classical dance that originated in the temples of Odisha, an eastern coastal state of India, during the Indian Independence Day celebration in San Jose, Calif. on Aug. 16, 2023 (Prachi Singh/Bay City News)San Francisco Supervisor Matt Dorsey urged the crowd of supporters in favor of homeless sweeps to “remember” the actions of homeless service nonprofits during a court hearing on Aug. 23, 2023. (Olivia Wynkoop/Bay City News)Tank Young performs a traditional dance during Annual Stockton Community Pow Wow at University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif., on Sept. 2, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)Jacob Gutierrez, of Lodi, fishes near the water fountain at Micke Grove Regional Park in Lodi, Calif., on Oct. 2, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)30-year Martinez resident Murray Bishop walks Diego at the Martinez Marina in Martinez, Calif., on Oct. 16, 2023. The area is part of the Waterfront Marina Trust Lands Use Plan. (Ray Saint Germain/Bay City News)A couple watch sea nettles at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. (Ray Saint Germain/Bay City News)(R-L) Janelle Salazar Danes with her daughter Callie Salazar, 3, during the Stockton Lantern Festival Preview Night at Banner Island Ballpark in Lodi, Calif., on Nov. 20, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)Scout Shaddy, 2, reacts to the falling snow at Lincoln Shopping Center in Stockton, Calif., on Dec. 1, 2023. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)Bay City News reporter, Tony Hicks, makes his way across the 150-foot-long pedestrian bridge and through Fujiko Nakaya’s Fog Bridge installation outside of the Exploratorium in San Francisco, Calif. on Dec. 9, 2023. (Ray Saint Germain/Bay City News)
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