San Francisco




John Law in his office on the 22nd floor of the Tribune Tower in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, April 13, 2018.

y in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 4, 2018.
Wildfire, 2018

A fire-fighting airtanker flies through a smoke-filled sky as it battles the Carr Fire in Redding, California on July 27, 2018. (Photo by Boone Ashworth)

New sprigs grow out of a charred oak tree near a house that burned in the Carr Fire. (Photo by Boone Ashworth)

The remains of a tricycle stand near a burned out house in French Gulch, California. (Boone Ashworth/Xpress)

A charred Christmas ornament sits near a house that fell victim to the Carr Fire in French Gulch, California. (Photo by Boone Ashworth)

Doug Major stands in the trailer he shares with his girlfriend Jeanette Hernandez in Keswick, California, on December 24, 2018. (Photo by Boone Ashworth)

Jeanette Hernandez and Doug Major live in this trailer on the cleared out plot of land where their house stood before the Carr Fire. (Photo by Boone Ashworth)

Paloma Rodriguez wears a face mask to protect herself from smoke from the Camp Fire as she waits for friends near San Francisco City Hall on November 18, 2018 (Boone Ashworth/Xpress)
Portraits

Musician and artist Jerry Ferraz poses for a photo at his home in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, April 7, 2018. (Boone Ashworth)

Musician and artist Jerry Ferraz plays the guitar at his home in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, April 7, 2018. (Boone Ashworth)





Artist Nathan Goldsmith at his Naivasha Studio & Gallery on the corner of Grant Avenue and Union Street in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, Mar. 25, 2018. For the past six years, Goldsmith has made a full-time career from painting his large, abstract works. He is a graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute and lives in the city. His studio takes its name from a town in Kenya, where Goldsmith lived as a child. (Boone Ashworth)
Photo story: Metal on Fire

Daniel Macchiarini, owner of jewelry shop Macchiarini Creative Design, uses a propane torch to melt silver into a casting mold at his shop in San Francisco.

Adriana Bolotsky, a student at the Metalworks SF jewelry making school, wears an apron to protect her clothes from stray bits of molten metal as she prepares to craft a ring on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 in San Francisco, Calif.

Lauren Rios, a student of Metalworks SF, cuts a sheet of metal down to size on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 in San Francisco, Calif.

Adriana Bolotsky grinds down the edges of her wooden ring mold at Metalworks SF school of jewelry making in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

Emma Macchiarini presses a strip of metal in the studio of Macchiarini Creative Design in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

Metalworks SF student Lisa Martin uses an oxyacetylene welding torch to melt down steel into a pliable form on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

Lauren Rios polishes the ring she made at Metalworks SF in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

Adriana Bolotsky admires a ring made by Julia Farrow at Macchiarini Creative Design in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

Daniel Macchiarini, owner of jewelry shop Macchiarini Creative Design, shuts off his torch as he finishes casting a silver ring at his shop in San Francisco.

A sculpture on display in the gallery of Macchiarini Creative Design in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. There are pieces in the shop made by all three generations of Macchiarinis: Peter, Daniel, and Emma.
Photo story: Tailor Made

Stylist and designer Nick Brentley takes measurements of customer Dylan Nguyen’s feet to tailor a pair of custom shoes at Al’s Attire in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018.

Nick Brentley adjusts the window display at Al’s Attire custom tailor shop in the North Beach district of San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. Brentley works as a stylist and designer at the shop.

Stylist Nick Brentley (left) goes over customization options of tailored shoes with customer Dylan Nguyen (right) at Al’s Attire in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018.

Stylist and designer Nick Brentley flips through fabric samples at Al’s Attire in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018.

Stylist Nick Brentley (left) and tailor and shop owner Al Ribaya (right) discuss options for a custom three-piece suit order for Rene Perez (center) at Al’s Attire in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018.

A tailor’s pincushion awaits further use as Al’s Attire designer Nick Brentley selects fabric styles nearby in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018.

Stylist Nick Brentley sews up a stray thread on a display coat at Al’s Attire in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018.

Nick Brentley laces up his boots at the end of his shift at Al’s Attire in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. After closing the shop, Brentley occasionally works on personal projects, such as the recent polishing of his boots.