The thrill of victory, the agony of loss, the return of Klay and more captured in photos

The thrill of victory, the agony of loss, the return of Klay and more captured in photos

ATHERTON - Sacred Heart Prep boys' water polo players celebrate with each other after winning the CCS Open Division title match. Teams competed in the 2024 Central Coast Section Water Polo Championships at Sacred Heart Prep on Saturday, November 16 in Atherton, Calif. (Joseph Dycus/Bay Area News Group)
ATHERTON – Sacred Heart Prep boys’ water polo players celebrate with each other after winning the CCS Open Division title match. Teams competed in the 2024 Central Coast Section Water Polo Championships at Sacred Heart Prep on Saturday, November 16 in Atherton, Calif. (Joseph Dycus/Bay Area News Group)
Aldo Arroyo, 10, uses his cell phone to scan the QR code of a utility box model on display during the utility box unveiling ceremony at the intersection of University Avenue and Bay Road in East Palo Alto, California , on Saturday, November 16, 2024. Approximately 140 EPACENTER students participated in an interactive artistic project on a dozen electrical boxes featuring music and animations after scanning a QR code visible to the public. EPACENTER coordinated the year-long project with support from the California Arts Council, the City of East Palo Alto and the San Mateo County Health Department. (Ray Chávez/Bay Area News Group)
EAST PALO ALTO: Aldo Arroyo, 10, uses his cell phone to scan the QR code of a utility box model on display during the utility box unveiling ceremony at the intersection of University Avenue and Bay Road in East Palo Alto, California, Saturday, November 11, 2017. December 16, 2024. Approximately 140 EPACENTER students participated in an interactive art project on a dozen electrical boxes featuring music and animations after scanning a QR code visible to the audience. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Returning for the first time since surviving a fishing boat tragedy that took his father and four others, 13-year-old Jude Khammoungkhoune returns to Bodega Bay, California, on Saturday, November 16, 2024 (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
BODEGA BAY: Returning for the first time since surviving a fishing boat tragedy that swept away his father and four others, Jude Khammoungkhoune, 13, returns to Bodega Bay, California, on Saturday November 16, 2024. (Karl Mondon / Bay Area News Group)
The tower of the east span of the Bay Bridge is illuminated at dusk as the supermoon rises on the horizon behind clouds as seen from Treasure Island in San Francisco, Calif., Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. The fourth and final Super Moon of the year is also called the Beaver Moon because beavers take refuge with enough food to store in their lodges for the winter at this time of year, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. It was also the season for beaver trapping during the North American fur trade. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
SAN FRANCISCO: The tower of the eastern span of the Bay Bridge is illuminated at dusk as the supermoon rises on the horizon behind clouds as seen from Treasure Island in San Francisco, California, Friday, November 15, 2024. The fourth and The last supermoon of the year is also called the Beaver Moon, because beavers hunker down with enough food to store in their lodges for the winter at this time of year, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. It was also the season for beaver trapping during the North American fur trade. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Klay Thompson (31) of the Dallas Mavericks salutes fans after a tribute video in his honor before their game against the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Thompson, who played 13 years for the Warriors, winning four titles and achieving other records, he returned to Warriors Nation for the first time since moving to the Dallas Mavericks. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
SAN FRANCISCO: Klay Thompson (31) of the Dallas Mavericks salutes fans after a tribute video in his honor before their game against the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center in San Francisco, California, Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Thompson , who played 13 years for the Warriors, winning four titles and setting other records, returned to Warriors Nation for the first time since moving to the Dallas Mavericks. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Hien Nguyen, 77, of San Jose, carries a large American flag with members of the Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 201 during the Veterans Day parade in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Monday November 11, 2024. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE: Hien Nguyen, 77, of San Jose, carries a large American flag with members of the Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 201 during the Veterans Day parade in downtown San Jose, California , Monday, November 11, 2024. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
BERKELEY: Rain falls in Berkeley, California, Thursday morning, November 14, 2024, as a pedestrian walks past Mavis McClure’s “Pablo” statue on 4th Street. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

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