RICHMOND, CA – JANUARY 20: Lateefah Simon, right, celebrates with her daughter Lelah ,9, left, as they watch the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in their home on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 in Richmond, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
On the day that President Joe Biden and our own Vice President Kamala Harris — the daughter of Berkeley — shattered gender and racial barriers, much of the Bay Area quietly took in the moment and hoped that a true culture change will follow four years of Donald Trump. Here are glimpses of how the Bay Area reacted to a new Democratic future as Biden and Harris took the oath of office.
OAKLAND, CA – JANUARY 20: Oakland City Hall is lit in red, white and blue in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, and Oakland-born Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first female, Black and South Asian vice president. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 20: Manny’s restaurant owner Manny Yekutiel, center, his friends, Rob Avruch, left, and Jeffrey “Mercury” Van Sciver raise their hands during a live broadcast of the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the 46th president and vice-president, respectively, of the United States on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at Manny’s restaurant in San Francisco, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CA – JANUARY 20: Owner Allen Michaan changes the marquee of the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, and Oakland-born Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first female, Black and South Asian vice president. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) SACRAMENTO, CA – JAN. 20: California Highway Patrol officers stand guard outside the Capitol building in Sacramento, Calif., as a small group of protesters appear briefly, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, as Joseph Biden is sworn in as the 46th President of the United States in Washington D.C. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) SACRAMENTO, CA – JAN. 20: A truck driver circles the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., with an American flag, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, as Joseph Biden is sworn in as the 46th President of the United States in Washington D.C. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) BERKELEY, CA – JANUARY 20: Dave Ely stands next to anti-President Donald Trump display in his yard in Berkeley, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, and Oakland-born Harris, who lived in the house as a child, was sworn in as the first female, Black and South Asian vice president. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) SACRAMENTO, CA – JANUARY 20: Protesters march towards the California State Capitol building in Sacramento, Calif., on Inauguration Day, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) SACRAMENTO, CA – JANUARY 20: Protesters march near the California State Capitol building in Sacramento, Calif., on Inauguration Day, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) BERKELEY, CA – JANUARY 20: Bekka Fink dances to ÒMr. Post ManÓ as she carries sign in front of the Berkeley Main Post Office on Allston Way in Berkeley, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, and Oakland-born Kamala Harris, who attended the school, was sworn in as the first female, Black and South Asian vice president. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) RICHMOND, CA – JANUARY 20: Lateefah Simon, right, and her daughter Lelah ,9, left, watch the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in their home on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 in Richmond, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) SACRAMENTO, CA – JAN. 20: An unleashed dog exercises in front of California National Guard protecting the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, as Joseph Biden is sworn in as the 46th President of the United States in Washington D.C. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) BERKELEY, CA – JANUARY 20: A woman walks past the former home of Vice President Kamala Harris in Berkeley, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, and Oakland-born Harris, who lived in the house as a child, was sworn in as the first female, Black and South Asian vice president. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) FREMONT, CA – JANUARY 20: Wearing her anti-Trump shirt, Chrissy McIntosh, of Newark, talks about how happy she is that Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States and that Kamala Harris is the new vice president, as McIntosh gets a celebratory lunch in Fremont, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) SACRAMENTO, CA – JANUARY 20: Protesters march near the California State Capitol building in Sacramento, Calif., on Inauguration Day, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 20: Jeffrey “Mercury” Van Sciver of San Francisco smiles during a live broadcast of the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the 46th president and vice-president, respectively, of the United States on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at Manny’s restaurant in San Francisco, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) SACRAMENTO, CA – JANUARY 20: A protesters holds up a smoke canister near the California State Capitol building in Sacramento, Calif., on Inauguration Day, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)
