A lion dance team heads into Avenidas in downtown Palo Alto for a lunar new year celebration on Feb. 12, 2025. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. The official start of the Lunar New Year is Feb. 17, but ...
Ken Brock, owner of Peninsula Feed Store, center, watches as Julien, left, feeds one of his silkie chickens, Fluffy, at the Earth Day Festival in Atherton on April 21, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
Lunar New Year lion dance performances are scheduled throughout January and February, including at local libraries. Courtesy San Mateo County Libraries. It’s time to usher in the Year of the Snake.