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Looking back on our photos from these past 12 months, we can’t tell whether 2023 went quickly or January was three lifetimes ago. That said, the year certainly seemed like a very visual lap around the sun, particularly here in the Bay Area, from our turbulent winter to our fall festival season.
On top of all that, we got the view from the mud at Burning Man via our California parks editor Ashley Harrell, and were front and center in the photo pit during Outside Lands. Plus, who can forget that time our photographers shadowed a punk band while they played a concert in the middle of a BART train.
All in all, it was a very photogenic year. Scroll down to see some of our favorite shots.
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A pedestrian checks out a gas station canopy in Daly City, Calif., that fell down during high winds from the storm on Jan. 4, 2023.
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Jeremy Vasquez at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023.
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Maria Cavala and Eduardo Gonzalez stand in their doorway to help prevent his house from flooding from the overflowing Pescadero Creek in Pescadero, Calif., on Jan. 9, 2023.
Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE
Children walk to the Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary in Tiburon, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2023.
Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE
Circle Beye works on a parade floats that will take part in the Chinatown Parade at a warehouse on Pier 54 in San Francisco on Jan. 30, 2023.
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A remarkable fireworks show bursts in the San Francisco sky just before midnight amid Lunar New Year’s Eve festivities on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023.
Kevin Kelleher & Emily Trinh/Special to SFGATE
Steeplejack Kells Phelan reaches the top of the flag pole for post-storm repairs on the roof of 235 Montgomery, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023.
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Caltrans workers work to clear flooding on Interstate 580 between 35th Avenue and High Street in Oakland, Calif., on March 10, 2023. The freeway was closed during the height of the morning commute.
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SFGATE editor Tessa McLean, front, paddles toward Red Rock Island with Keith Miller, owner of California Canoe & Kayak and a member of the Bay Area Sea Kayakers club, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023.
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Pedestrians use umbrellas to shield themselves during a rainstorm in San Francisco on March 28, 2023.
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Students in “The Art of Drag” Youth Actors’ Theatre Camp workshop and their instructor hold hands and discuss the safe space they’ve created over the weekend in Ben Lomond, Calif., on April 2, 2023.
Magali Gauthier/Special to SFGATE
A racer rounds a corner during the Bring Your Own Big Wheel race event down Vermont Street in San Francisco on April 9, 2023.
Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE
Costumed participants at the 2023 Bay to Breakers in San Francisco on May 21, 2023.
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A pedestrian walks by graffiti that speaks to the death of Banko Brown, on the wall of the Walgreens at the corner of Stanyan Street and Parnassus Avenue, on Monday, May 15, 2023.
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A performer commemorates Heklina outside of the Castro Theatre on Tuesday, May 23, 2023.
Chris Partin/Special to SFGATE
A view of Union Square, in downtown San Francisco, on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.
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Transit Funeral attendees hold a BART casket and march in support of funding for public transportation down Broadway in downtown Oakland, Calif., on June 3, 2023.
Adam Pardee/Special to SFGATE
Spectators at the Hunky Jesus and Foxy Mary contest in Dolores Park in San Francisco on Sunday, April 9, 2023.
Christopher Partin / Special to the SFGATE
Chris Hanlin performs in front of a house on Bartlett Street at Porchfest 2023, a musical community block party, in the Mission District of San Francisco on June 10, 2023.
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Chef Lawrence Chu teaches Yiying Lu how to fold Gold Nugget dumplings at Chef Chu’s in Los Altos, Calif., June 26, 2023.
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A fan holds a sign during a Reverse Boycott game at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on June 13, 2023. Athletics fans were protesting the proposed moved of the team to Las Vegas by current ownership.
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Composer Wendy Reid checks on her African grey parrot Lulu, during a performance for the Garden of Memory event inside the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland, on the summer solstice, Wednesday, June 21, 2023.
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Averaii marches in the San Francisco Trans March on Friday, June 23, 2023.
Chris Partin/Special to SFGATE
Claire Carden wears rainbow makeup and sequins during San Francisco’s annual Pride Parade on June 25, 2023.
Magali Gauthier/Special to SFGATE
Revelers turn up, run wild, and go absolutely bananas for the Fourth of July in San Francisco on July 4, 2023.
Kevin Kelleher & Emily Trinh/Special to SFGATE
A view of Sutro Tower illuminated by lasers via the nonprofit group Illuminate to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the landmark’s creation, as seen on Wednesday, July 5, 2023.
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Star Wars fans wave their lightsabers before the screening of the new show “Ahsoka,” at Lucasfilm headquarters in the Presidio on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023.
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BART employee Demariante Clark walks between train cars with cleaning tools within the Daly City yard in Colma on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023.
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The Blue Angels fly their routine over Alcatraz and the San Francisco Bay along the coast of San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2023.
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Visitors take in the view of the musical concourse and the city from the de Young observatory above the museum in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
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Left to right, Diane Elizabeth Simonsen and Edgar Simonsen are served by Jessie Ochoa under some of the 300 taxidermied animals at Foster’s Bighorn in Rio Vista, Calif., on Aug. 16, 2023.
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Janelle Monáe performs on the main stage during Outside Lands, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023.
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Jordan Hunnell and Ava enter the bubble from Erin Maxick at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park on Aug. 11, 2023.
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Steve Henrick, laying down, and Alex Horne hang out in Dolores Park in San Francisco during a warm weather day on Oct. 4, 2023.
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SFGATE California parks editor Ashley Harrell drags her bike across the Black Rock Desert at Burning Man.
Jonah Page
A performance at the bondage stage at Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco in Sept. 24, 2023.
Kevin Kelleher & Emily Trinh/Special to SFGATE
Chef Anthony Salguero tends the wood-fired grill at Popoca’s grand opening in Oakland on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.
Chris Partin/Special to SFGATE
Big moves and bold performances pop off in the iconic Castro District during San Francisco is a Drag, Dec. 3, 2023.
Kevin Kelleher & Emily Trinh/Special to SFGATE
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram performs at the Tower of Gold Stage at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Sept. 29, 2023.
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Wayne Coyne, singer of the Flaming Lips, performs under giant inflatable robots and confetti at the final concert of Stern Grove’s summer series on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023.
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Portola Festival attendees dance inside of the Warehouse at the Portola Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.
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Children play in the surf while enjoying the hot weather on the beach at Crissy Field in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2023.
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Salesforce’s annual Dreamforce conference kicked off at the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.
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A City Hall worker walks past the mayor’s office and the bust of Dianne Feinstein after news of the senator’s passing was announced earlier in the morning on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.
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SFGATE culture editor Dan Gentile exits the Yayoi Kusama art installation, titled “Love is Calling,” at SFMOMA, on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.
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The How Weird Street Faire brings banging, world-class electronic dance music to Howard Street in San Francisco’s SoMa District, where it has been happening for 20 years, Oct. 14, 2023.
Kevin Kelleher & Emily Trinh
Pro-Palestine activists rally to block the doors of the San Francisco Federal Building on 7th Street in an effort to urge Rep. Nancy Pelosi to sign a congressional resolution calling for a cease fire in Gaza, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.
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Mayhem ensues amid a flash mob by PopStar Booty Camp for Halloween in San Francisco’s Castro District on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023.
Kevin Kelleher & Emily Trinh
A pedestrian is blocked from crossing the intersection at 5th and Mission streets during APEC protests, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023.
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A view of the illuminated Ferry Building during the first night of Let’s Glow, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023.
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Josh McLaughlin skates at the Civic Center, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2023.
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A counterprotester raises a sign against a protest and die-in against Google’s business relationship with the Israeli military and government outside the company’s offices at One Market Street in San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2023. The protesters are asking for Google stop their investment, which they feel aids Israel’s military action in Gaza.
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Ella, left, and Ezra, tan shepherd puppies, check out their surroundings during the unveiling of the SPCA 37th annual Holiday Windows at Macy’s Union Square in San Francisco on Nov. 17, 2023. The event features puppies and kittens available for adoption.
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A view inside the Rotunda at Neiman Marcus on Union Square, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.
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