Hundreds of people gathered in the 1500 block of Grove Street in San Francisco this week in a mood both solemn and celebratory as the street was renamed for Aubrey Abrakasa Jr., a 17-year-old boy who was killed there 18 years ago. 

Mayor London Breed, Police Chief Bill Scott, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston, Sheriff Paul Miyamoto, mayor-elect Daniel Lurie and other city leaders joined friends and family of the teenager as his name was unveiled on a new street sign. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.