Horns are honking, champagne corks are popping, and people are taking to the streets across the Bay Area to celebrate President-elect Joseph R. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ election win.
Harris in particular has inspired celebration on social media across the Bay Area, as she was born in Oakland, raised in Berkeley, and served as San Francisco District Attorney. For more on Harris, check out KQED’s story here.
We’ve collected photos and social media from spontaneous, smaller block parties and organized rallies popping up from Santa Cruz to San Francisco, and beyond. And remember: Organizers are still stressing the importance of wearing masks and staying socially distant.
Expect more updates throughout Sunday, and email, Facebook, or Tweet us to let us know if there are any we’ve missed.
San Francisco
Hundreds of people have crowded into San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood, where former supervisor Harvey Milk once inspired thousands, bullhorn in hand. KQED’s Beth LaBerge is on the scene, and reports music, dancers and revelers in costume and some nudists (the neighborhood is known for its nudists â who also showed support). The scene stretches from Jane Warner Plaza at Market and Castro Streets, and down Castro street.
The intersection at Castro and 18th in San Francisco is taken over with people celebrating. #BidenHarris2020 @KQEDnews pic.twitter.com/2jePDVR6R8
â Beth LaBerge (@bethlaberge) November 7, 2020
A party in San Francisco’s Castro District after the announced win of President-elect Joseph R. Biden. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)
Queen Miranda strikes a pose at a party in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood to celebrate President-elect Joseph R. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)
At San Francisco’s waterfront, the historic site where labor leader Harry Bridges led the city’s historic general strike in 1934, hundreds have gathered carrying protest signs to “Count Every Vote” at a march organized by local labor unions. Healthcare workers, teachers, service industry professionals and advocacy groups like the Democratic Socialists of America are out in force, with what KQED reporter Julie Chang describes as a scene of celebration. People are singing and dancing as others make speeches. There’s a planned march down Market Street to Union Square, where more speeches are scheduled later Saturday.
At Embarcadero Plaza where Biden/Harris supporters are out celebrating: âHit the road Jack and don't you come back No more, no more, no more, no moreâ @KQEDnews pic.twitter.com/PRevOphmfN
— Julie Chang (@BayAreaJulie) November 7, 2020
Oakland
From Grand Avenue to Lake Merritt, people are out dancing in the streets in The Town, which is also the birthplace of VP-elect Kamala Harris. At Lake Merritt, revelers flew American flags and people danced in costumes, including one toddler in a USPS mailbox outfit who caught much attention on social media after a Tweet by Oaklandside’s Sarah Belle Lin â the mailbox dance garnered 150,000 video views as of 1:30 p.m.
A mini #Oakland USPS mailbox dances in front of the American flag while community members surround him in adoration and jubilation. pic.twitter.com/b1c8ZYBEv9
— Sarah Belle Lin (@SarahBelleLin) November 7, 2020
Dancing in the streets of #Oakland. Jubilant @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris supporters are timing their dance as a DJ plays music. When the traffic light turns red, the group goes out on Grand Ave to dance. Lots of families are joining in on the celebration. @nbcbayarea pic.twitter.com/MRTOm7nsZI
— Melissa Colorado (@melissacolorado) November 7, 2020
Berkeley
Spontaneous dancing and celebrations are popping up at intersections throughout the childhood hometown of VP-elect Harris. KTVU reporter Evan Sernoffsky spotted dozens partying at Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Berryman Street. Children are also outside Harris’ childhood home celebrating her win, with some scrawling “VP HARRIS Berkeley Love, WE DID IT! FOR THE PEOPLE” in chalk on the sidewalk.
Children scrawl in chalk outside VP-elect Kamala Harris’ home on Saturday, November 7. (Ethan Toven-Lindsey/KQED)
Children scrawl in chalk outside VP-elect Kamala Harris’ childhood home. One message reads, “I’m speaking.” (Ethan Toven-Lindsey/KQED)
Theyâre partying in Berkeley along MLK at Berryman pic.twitter.com/AqVOc1qeHZ
— Evan Sernoffsky (@EvanSernoffsky) November 7, 2020
Santa Cruz
Multiple social media posts have captured an impromptu party at Santa Cruz’s Pacific Avenue, a main drag in town, where people are dancing in the streets twirling U.S. and Pride flags. The town of roughly 64,000 people had an 82.43% voter turnout, and voted overwhelmingly for President-elect Joe Biden, commanding 79% of the city’s vote, according to the county of Santa Cruz Elections Department.
Pacific Avenue. pic.twitter.com/478Gi3VvI3
— Richard Masoner ââï¸ (@cyclelicious) November 7, 2020
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