Leah Millis

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  • People lounge and play in Contra Loma Swim Lagoon to escape the 100 degree heat June 21, 2017 in Antioch, Calif.
  • Chagua Camacho, left, revs her engine as Tracy Burt cheers right before they start the parade with the rest of the Dykes on Bikes during the annual Dyke March that started at Mission Dolores park and snaked around the neighborhood up through the Castro and back June 24, 2017 in San Francisco, Calif.
  • President Barack Obama speaks in Cook's Meadow at Yosemite National Park about the national park system and a program called {quote}every kid in a park{quote} June 18, 2016 in Yosemite Valley, Calif. The program will give fourth graders a pass that will allow them and their families free access to all national parks.
  • Standing Rock, Nov. 26, 2016.
  • JaVale McGee takes in the scene as thousands of fans cheer during the Warriors' 2017 NBA Championship parade June 15, 2017 in Oakland, Calif.
  • Clockwise from lower left, Bee Geiger, Emma Cushman, Violet Moyer and Alex Quiroz lounge together with friend Rach Pitts (not visible) before the start of the Trans March in Mission Dolores park June 23, 2017 in San Francisco, Calif. The annual march kicks off a weekend of Pride events held around the city.
  • Pedestrians walk up and down Broadway Ave. in the rain as seen in a reflection on an ad featuring Maya Angelou Jan. 3, 2016 in downtown Oakland, Calif.
  • Decobelles Lindsay Ferguson, left, and Jasmine Worrell wait in the hallway before their performance during the Art Deco Society of California's 32nd annual Art Deco Preservation Ball at Bimbo's 365 Club April 2, 2016 in San Francisco, Calif.
  • Police officers apprehend and search a suspect at a bus stop on 7th Street outside of the West Oakland BART station, the closest stop where there was a fatal shooting on a BART train Jan. 9, 2015 in Oakland, Calif.
  • Friends, from left, Angelica Roessert, 21, (not visible) Jennifer Lee, 21, Alex Dernoncourt, 19, Jessica Hanes, 22, and Alan Martinez, 22, hang out and pose for photos with the Bay Bridge in the background as storm clouds approach during first day of the Treasure Island music festival Oct. 15, 2016 in San Francisco, Calif.
  • Gwendolyn Woods, the mother of the late Mario Woods who was fatally shot by San Francisco Police, sheds tears as she stands in front of a group of cameras after accepting a diploma for her son during the San Francisco Sheriff's Department's 5 Keys Charter Schools and Programs Community Graduation ceremony Jan. 20, 2015 in San Francisco, Calif.
  • Protesters who have been on a hunger strike for 13 days march with others to City Hall demand that Police Chief Greg Suhr is fired May 3, 2016 in San Francisco, Calif.
  • Students pour water onto Stephen Curry's head during an event at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School wherein Curry promoted drinking water and healthy eating in partnership with his sponsor Brita March 8, 2016 in Oakland, Calif.
  • Mavis Staples performs during the first day of the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in Golden Gate Park Sept. 30, 2016 in San Francisco, Calif.
  • Police officer and firearms instructor Mike Lee holds an AR-15 during an Emeryville Police Department annual firearms training at the Chabot Gun Club March 1, 2016 in Castro Valley, Calif. The East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors was considering whether or not to close Chabot Gun Club, the gun range in Chabot Regional Park due to concerns about lead and noise issues.
  • Zaynab AbdulQadir pictured in her home July 7, 2016 in Berkeley, Calif.
  • Warriors fans sit in stunned silence after the Warriors lost to the Cavaliers game 7 of the NBA Finals at the Oracle Arena June 19, 2016 in Oakland, Calif.
  • Michael Cahalan, 22, center, sings along to Spirit Family Reunion during the second day of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in Golden Gate Park October 5, 2013 in San Francisco, Calif.
  • A Knightscope K5 autonomous security robot roams around the Stanford Shopping Center June 15, 2016 in Palo Alto, Calif.
  • Rosalee Ramer, 16, throws all of her weight onto the handle of a floor jack, using it to raise up her father's monster truck so she can put monster wheels on it as Guillermo Serrano, left, Kelvin Ramer (her father), third from left, and Dave Wever work on her truck in preparation for their evening performance.
  • Sekou Carson adjusts the hat on his son Zakai Carson, 4, as they lean up against a community mural titled {quote}How Do You Shine{quote} while the two were out for a walk during Sekou\'s visit to the neighborhood to see his son July 3, 2014 in the Visitacion Valley neighborhood in San Francisco, Calif. {quote}My heart goes out to him and his family,{quote} Sekou said of the shooting, adding that he didn't feel the neighborhood was more unsafe now. {quote}I think it was an isolated incident,{quote} he said. Last Friday, June 27, outreach counselor Allen Calloway was shot and killed while playing dodgeball with children at a basketball court near Herz playground in Visitacion Valley. Since then, the summer program held at the playground has been closed temporarily and the area has had much fewer children and residents using it.
  • Dock workers, from left, Virginia Flores, Martha Bustamante and Ingrid Orecaba operate a hoist to help the Ingot load up crab traps or {quote}pots{quote} on Pier 45 Nov. 14, 2014 as the crab season starts in San Francisco, Calif.
  • Italy fans Emanuele Gastel, 25, right, cheers with Savino Cancellara, 30, center, and Vince Lamanna, far left, after Italy scored the first goal during the England vs. Italy World Cup match June 14, 2014 at Il Casaro in San Francisco, Calif.
  • Young cows eat feed and hang out in the sunshine on {quote}Vlot Brother's Dairy and Calf Ranch{quote}, which is on land that is sinking July 23, 2014 in Chowchilla, Calif.
  • From left, members of Ensambles Ballet Folklorico de San Francisco, Maricela Benavides, Marco Castellanos, Mario Sosa and Arturo Flores change costumes as other dancers perform on stage during the annual Cinco de Mayo celebration May 3, 2014 along Valencia street in San Francisco, Calif.
  • Singer, songwriter Mara Hruby, 26, pictured in Yoshi's Oakland on March 27, 2014 in Oakland, Calif.
  • Red Rodrigo glances over at his two daughters, Brennelyn, 8, right, and Bryanna, 11, as they sleep in the bed he and his wife (their mother) sleep on in the living room in their transitional apartment Oct. 21, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. Because the children grew up sleeping together, sometimes all five in one bed, the two youngest still like sleeping with their parents. The Rodrigo family has been living in transitional housing for almost a year after staying with a large number of family members in a very small apartment. The family hasn\'t really had a place of their own and have enjoyed having the apartment to themselves but their time allotted in the place is almost up.
  • From left, Birza Santiago, 26, Brian Boyce, 30, Stacey Garcia, 31, and Jesus Jocobo, 37, laugh as they do a group dance move together during the monthly barn dance May 17, 2014 at Pie Ranch in Pescadero, Calif. Every month, the educational farm holds a work day and welcomes people to volunteer at the farm. Afterwards, people gather for a potluck and then an evening of traditional barn dancing with a caller and a live band. Margaret More has been attending the dance for eight years, she says she enjoys the intergenerational aspect and added, {quote}it feels like [we've] stepped back 150 years in civilization.{quote}
  • Fans, from left, Rick Oropeza, Yana Borovlev, Ashley Henry, Roman Kreslavsky, Joey Juarez, Josh Jemelka and Carlos Rizo celebrate after the Giants win game five of the NLCS at AT&T Park Oct. 16, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif.
  • Josie Hussussian, 6, front right, sits with others in the Redwood City, San Mateo County Princess Program members, as they practice their waves before the annual Fourth of July Parade July 4, 2014 in downtown Redwood City, Calif. The parade is the largest and oldest fourth of July parade in the bay area.
  • A man walks across a short brick pathway that was later painted yellow and a small Wizard of Oz house was also later added on the Facebook campus Nov. 12, 2014 in Menlo Park, Calif.
  • Kay Oppenheimer, 71, of England tries on a vintage Pan Am hat as Edith Kipping, 73, of Germany, right, and Karin Brodhl Persson, 72, of Sweden, left, prepare to take her picture during the 50th reunion of Pan Am Class 12 May 19, 2014 at the San Francisco Foreign Cinema in San Francisco, Calif. In 1964, 16 women from the United States, England, Norway, Sweden and Germany, among other countries, arrived in New York to train as Pan American flight attendants. Of that crew, 14 of them were assigned to San Francisco as a flight base and two to New York. The group has stayed in touch and remained close friends over the past 50 years. {quote}This is a special group, an eclectic group,{quote} said Karin Brodhl Persson, {quote}somehow we managed to stick together, it's our family in America.{quote}
  • Heather Gillette, 44, and her husband Christopher Carstens, 34, pictured with miniature donkeys Large Marge, left, and Penelope May 22, 2014 in  front of their home in Woodside, Calif. The couple bought the land in 2006 and built the barn with horse stables with the intent of living in the upstairs space. Over the years, though, Heather took over the downstairs area. Sometimes animals from their land wander in and out of their home, including ducks, a chicken, three dogs, cats and the occasional horse.
  • Telegraph Hill dweller and a founder of San Francisco Heritage Foundation Stewart Morton, center laughs as he and Peggy Dohrman wait for the ribbon-cutting ceremony during the reopening of Coit Tower May 14, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif.
  • Shady Alzayat, 38, far left, the host of their co-working space, stands with Skillz employees, from left, Prasheel Vissapragada, 24, Anthony Jacobson, 39, Jared Ricardo, 28, Simon Rider, 31, and Casey Chafkin, 29, as they take part in their weekly ritual of unwinding at the end of a work week with a few beers together May 23, 2014 on a rooftop lounge at the Club Quarters Building, where their company is based in a co-working space, in San Francisco, Calif.
  • John Wick walks through invasive weeds before covering the area with compost on Wick\'s ranch, Nicasio Native Grass Ranch, Oct. 18, 2014 in Nicasio, Calif. Wick says that he and local scientists may have discovered a system that could change the world in regards to our emissions problem. According to Wick, if California could compost its current available organic material, it would cover 5% of California\'s range land. And that amount alone would offset the emissions of the entire California agricultural industry.
  • Zach Blumner and Alice Langlois slow dance to Steve Earle and the Dukes during the second day of the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in Golden Gate Park Oct. 4, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. The free festival offers three days of music with over 80 artists on six different stages.
  • Jose Esteva performs Danza Azteca with other members of various groups during a rally and march coinciding with May Day (a day that historically recognizes workers) called {quote}The Community Fights Back!{quote} May 1, 2014 through the Mission district in San Francisco, Calif. Hundreds of people participated in the rally and march which took participants down Mission street, ending at 16th and Mission. Organizers were protesting evictions, gentrification, police brutality, privatizing public spaces, unlivable wages, environmental destruction and war. Multiple people were arrested after the march was over after they would not leave the street.
  • Fans, including Marc Serrano, center, and Bronze Baseball Man Chris Hutcherson, right, bustle through McCovey Cove outside of AT&T Park during Game 3 of the World Series between the Giants and the Royals Oct. 24, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif.
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