There was a celebration of triumph over tragedy in San Francisco where a city park officially got a new name.
Cornell BarnardThe Yik Oi Huang Peace and Friendship Park was renamed after the grandmother who was beaten there in 2019.There was a celebration of triumph over tragedy in San Francisco where a city park officially got a new name Saturday.
Yee said her 88-year-old grandmother came to this park, formally Visitacion Valley Playground, almost every day but in January of 2019, she was found badly beaten here and died months later from her injuries. The crime rocked the Asian Community. A 24-year-old suspect was arrested and is awaiting trial.
Relatives say renaming the park was originally the idea of community advocate Ronald Colthirst, who died last year.89-year-old grandma, who was brutally attacked on San Francisco playground, dies 1 year later
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