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Karl Mondon is a staff photographer for the Bay Area News Group based at The Mercury News.
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![Admission is free for museum's biggest chain-reaction event ever Admission is free for museum's biggest chain-reaction event ever](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-DOMINOS-0713-1.jpg?w=124)
San Jose’s Tech invites public to watch 40,000 dominos topple at 1 p.m. today
Admission is free for museum's biggest chain-reaction event ever
![Residents brave the heat to attend San Jose’s Rose, White and Blue Parade and Alameda's Fourth of July parade. Residents brave the heat to attend San Jose’s Rose, White and Blue Parade and Alameda's Fourth of July parade.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-RWBPARADE-0705-3.jpg?w=132)
Photos: Annual Fourth of July parades roll in Alameda and San Jose as heat wave continues
Residents brave the heat to attend San Jose’s Rose, White and Blue Parade and Alameda's Fourth of July parade.
![Residents celebrated during the annual Juneteenth Festival in downtown San Jose on Saturday. This is the African American Community Service Agency's 43rd Annual "Juneteenth In the Streets Festival." Residents celebrated during the annual Juneteenth Festival in downtown San Jose on Saturday. This is the African American Community Service Agency's 43rd Annual "Juneteenth In the Streets Festival."](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SJM-L-JUNETEENSJ-0617-1.jpg?w=132)
Photos: Juneteenth celebration in San Jose
Residents celebrated during the annual Juneteenth Festival in downtown San Jose on Saturday. This is the African American Community Service Agency's 43rd Annual "Juneteenth In the Streets Festival."
![Stanford women's basketball head coach Tara VanDerveer, the winningest coach in NCAA history, announced her retirement Tuesday after 38 seasons with the team. Stanford women's basketball head coach Tara VanDerveer, the winningest coach in NCAA history, announced her retirement Tuesday after 38 seasons with the team.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BNG-L-TARA-0411-13.jpg?w=132)
Photos: Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer’s greatest moments through the years
Stanford women's basketball head coach Tara VanDerveer, the winningest coach in NCAA history, announced her retirement Tuesday after 38 seasons with the team.
![Thousands of people gathered to to celebrate the Year of the Dragon in San Francisco. Thousands of people gathered to to celebrate the Year of the Dragon in San Francisco.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/SJM-L-LNYPARADE-0226-5.jpg?w=133)
Photos: San Francisco’s Lunar New Year parade celebrates the Year of the Dragon
Thousands of people gathered to to celebrate the Year of the Dragon in San Francisco.
![The 49ers are back in the Super Bowl against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Check out our staff photo coverage from Las Vegas. The 49ers are back in the Super Bowl against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Check out our staff photo coverage from Las Vegas.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/BNG-L-SUPERBOWL-0212-260.jpg?w=132)
Photos: The San Francisco 49ers lose an overtime heartbreaker to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII
The 49ers are back in the Super Bowl against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Check out our staff photo coverage from Las Vegas.
![The 49ers are back in the Super Bowl, and the 49ers Faithful fanbase is flocking to Las Vegas to support the team. The 49ers are back in the Super Bowl, and the 49ers Faithful fanbase is flocking to Las Vegas to support the team.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/BNG-L-SBFANS-0210-11.jpg?w=132)
Photos: 49er fans . . . welcome to Las Vegas
The 49ers are back in the Super Bowl, and the 49ers Faithful fanbase is flocking to Las Vegas to support the team.
![The 49ers came from behind to beat the Packers and advance to the NFC Championship Game. The 49ers came from behind to beat the Packers and advance to the NFC Championship Game.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/BNG-L-49ERS-0121-25.jpg?w=132)
Photos: 49ers rally to beat Packers in wet, wild playoff game
The 49ers came from behind to beat the Packers and advance to the NFC Championship Game.
![Fleets agree to 50 percent reduction in the number of traps set Fleets agree to 50 percent reduction in the number of traps set](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SJM-L-CRABCLO-0118-2.jpg?w=132)
Photos: At long last, crab. Bay Area’s commercial Dungeness season starts
Fleets agree to 50 percent reduction in the number of traps set
![Crowns, cake, gifts, processions mark the end of the season Crowns, cake, gifts, processions mark the end of the season](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SJM-L-CLOKINGSSB-0107-1.jpg?w=132)
Photos: Three Kings Day celebrated in Bay Area, around the world
Crowns, cake, gifts, processions mark the end of the season