Large crowds are expected in San Francisco this weekend for the annual Chinese New Year Parade on Saturday as well as the two-day Community Street Fair in Chinatown.

The parade will go from Market and Second streets to Kearny and Jackson streets starting at 5:15 p.m. Saturday. The event, which lasts about two and a half hours, is free to attend but tickets must be purchased to sit in bleacher sections.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.