New Years Eve: Fireworks light up the sky above the Bay Bridge and the Mission Bay near the Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., as the New Year arrives on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Cold tradition: Chris McGuire, of Bethel Island, flips himself off his board while participating during the 45th annual Frozen Bun Run held at the Rusty Porthole in Bethel Island, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Moment of reflection: Lettie Smith, of San Jose, plays the bagpipe in honor of her father who passed away eight years ago, at Calero Reservoir at Calero County Park in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. Lettie started playing bagpipe around 2006 and volunteers with Santa Clara County Sheriff Pipes and Drums. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) Winning!: San Jose Sharks’ Cody Ceci #4 celebrates with Tyler Toffoli #73 and Alexander Wennberg #21 after scoring the game-winning goal against the New Jersey Devils in the final minute of the third period, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Grit: Etiwanda’s Aliyahna Morris #25 drives on Carondelet’s Olivia Smith #11 at the Sabrina Ionescu SI20 showcase at Carondelet High School,, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Concord, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) A good night for Wiggins: Golden State Warriors’ Andrew Wiggins (22) celebrates scoring with Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) against the Memphis Grizzlies in the fourth quarter at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) Jenny Kiratli, a volunteer wrangler at the Barron Park Donkey project in Palo Alto, Calif., visits with April, one the group’s two remaining donkeys, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Their most famous resident, Perry, the model for the donkey character in the film “Shrek,” died on Thursday at the age of 30. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) The start to crab season: A customer hands cash over the side of the fishing vessel Adventure to buy crab at Pillar Point Harbor on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Half Moon Bay, Calif. After a delay to the start of the season commercial crab fishers from the Mendocino County line to the Mexican border were able start pulling up the first crab pots on Sunday. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) Goodbye to 2024: A New Year’s Eve sunset is seen over the San Francisco skyline and Bay Bridge from the hills in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)