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S.F.'s Hungry Ghost Festival, a spirited tradition, honors ancestors in Chinatown

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Warren Pederson Updated Sat, September 5, 2026 at 11:37 PM EDT 3 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Add Yahoo on Google The 14-foot Ghost King, an effigy made of paper and bamboo and imported from China, towers over the crowd at the Hungry Ghost Festival in San Francisco's Chinatown.
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S.F.’s Hungry Ghost Festival, a spirited tradition, honors ancestors in Chinatown

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By Warren Pederson Verified
| San Francisco Chronicle Verified
An ancient Asian tradition took on new life Saturday in San Francisco’s Chinatown with the Hungry Ghost Festival, a rousing celebration of heritage in which the living feed the souls of their ancestors. The event shattered the symbolic boundary between the living and the dead, with surviving generations offering food and drink, burning incense and performing special ceremonies to fulfill the ghosts’ needs and avoid their wrath.
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Bay Area city’s second bicycle traffic fatality in two days Original

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A man was fatally struck by a car early Friday in San Jose’s second bicycle traffic fatality in two days, police said. The bicyclist was northbound on North First Street around 4:20 a.m. Friday when he was struck by a 2024 Toyota Corolla crossing on Trimble Road on a green light, according to the San Jose Police Department. The motorist remained on the scene and cooperated with investigators, police said.
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