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 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 ...

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Thousands came out to celebrate Juneteenth in Oakland with music, food and activities for the kids. Those in attendance knew it was a day to celebrate freedom - an issue that is still top of mind.

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.

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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 ...

“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 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.