Dai Sugano

Where We Live: The Valkyries’ purple madness In their inaugural season, the Golden State Valkyries have drawn sellout crowds night after night as fans flock to see the Bay Area’s newest team. The characters who arrive at Chase Center sh…

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Happy World Photography Day!

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Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939, this is Sidney Bazett House, aka, Bazett-Frank House in Hillsborough, Calif. (Photos: Dai Sugano @daisugano / The Mercury News/Bay Area News Group)

#franklloydwright #architecture #design

Human Pegivirus may be environmental trigger for Parkinson’s disease Northwestern Medicine find HPgV in brain samples of people with Parkinson’s, not in those without.

Human Pegivirus may be environmental trigger for Parkinson's disease www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/10/h...

Pedestrians appear in window reflections in downtown San Francisco on July 2, 2025. (Photo by Dai Sugano / The Mercury News )
#streetphotography #reflections #color #sanfrancisco

Only one of Bay Area’s three main downtowns has bounced back to nearly prepandemic levels San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose are dealing with similar problems of vacant offices and homelessness, but one of them has reported foot traffic bouncing back after the pandemic as they execute …

Only one of Bay Area's three main downtowns has bounced back to nearly prepandemic levels www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/06/o...

Parishioners attend a noon Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph in San Jose following the election of Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Photos: Dai Sugano/The Mercury News/Bay Area News Group)
#PopeLeoXIV

Salary to afford a typical Bay Area home has increased 54% since 2019 Homebuyers need to earn $370,000 to afford a typical home in San Jose and $262,000 in San Francisco.

Salary to afford a typical Bay Area home has increased 54% since 2019 www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/01/i...

In these 4 Bay Area counties, being ‘low-income’ means earning $100K a year That’s according to the latest state eligibility limits for affordable housing.

In these 4 Bay Area counties, being 'low-income' means earning $100K a year www.mercurynews.com/2025/04/29/a...

Finding connections, 50 years after the fall of Saigon
Her quest to say ‘thank you’ led to the colonel who ran her refugee camp and the aircraft maintainer who may have loaded her onto a C-130 and life in America.

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The Bay Area’s deadliest local roads — and what’s being done to make them safer Transportation officials have been working to improve safety on some large, busy thoroughfares that have a bloody history of deadly auto collisions.

The Bay Area's deadliest local roads — and what's being done to make them safer www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/26/d...

New Parkinson’s treatment developed at Stanford could help millions Two of the first patients of adaptive Deep Brain Sitimulation (aDBS) Parkinson’s therapy and the neurologist who developed the care system share how life changes and how it doesn’t when…

New Parkinson’s treatment developed at Stanford could help millions: Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation isn’t a cure — but it’s a total game changer
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Alcatraz Island

#alcatraz #sanfrancisco #bayarea #tourism

It’s Time.

Photos: Women’s Day protests, from around the world Women’s Day protests, from around the world.

Photos: Women have taken to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa, South America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day with demands for ending inequality and gender-based violence.

Gloria Navarrete, Rodel Rodis, and Zeni Mallari organized Bay Area political support for the Filipino opposition against Ferdinand Marcos during the 1970s and 80s.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/04/bay-area-filipino-people-power-revolution/

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Egg prices could jump another 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump’s bird flu plan unveiled Farmers have already been working to protect their birds since the 2015 bird flu outbreak.

Egg prices could jump another 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump’s bird flu plan unveiled

An American coot swims by the reflection of fences distorted by the ripples of the water at Lake Elizabeth in Fremont on Feb. 17.
Photo by @daisugano.bsky.social for @mercurynews.com

#photography #bird #art

My cat, Toto, on a sunny morning.

San Jose’s Olivera Egg Ranch to close after 76 years. The family-run business, founded in 1949, is closing next month.
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My first post — with my favorite photo of California Scrub-Jay