“He came (to San Diego) with the knowledge already of Juneteenth,” said Maliya Jones, Cooper’s granddaughter and the foundation’s marketing and events coordinator.

Juneteenth in June 19, 2025. Here's what you should know about the federal holiday and which stores and services are open and closed.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Juneteenth celebrations across the Bay Area brought families together sharing renewed excitement over federal holiday. "It's a celebration of true Black independence," said ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Juneteenth commemorates the official end of slavery in the United States. It happened in 1865 in Texas, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Although San Jose’s Juneteenth in the Streets has been celebrated for more than four decades, Juneteenth became a federal holiday only in 2021. Padma Balaji is a member of the class of 2026 at ...

Here in the Bay Area, San Francisco’s Juneteenth celebration has traditionally been one of the largest gatherings of African Americans in California every year. The city’s 2019 Juneteenth parade was ...

Kids stand in front of the History Wall during the Juneteenth celebration, hosted by the Cooper Family Foundation in Logan Heights on June 21, 2025.© Ariana Drehsler/The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS ...

Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021. Professor James Taylor from the University of San Francisco says alot was happening in the Bay Area and San Francisco in the mid 19th century.