John Cunningham, CEO of the National AIDS Memorial Grove, spoke at last year’s World AIDS Day observance.

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A local TV news anchor will headline the 37th annual World AIDS Day observance Monday, December 1, in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The day, observed across the globe, is a way to draw attention to the epidemic, for which there is no cure.

In California, this year will be the first time that Governor Gavin Newsom will officially proclaim December 1 as World AIDS Day. It’s the result of a bill authored by gay state Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) that was passed in 2024 and signed by Newsom. https://www.ebar.com/story/75856

At the AIDS grove, KGO-TV’s Dan Ashley will emcee the observance, which will start at 11:30 a.m. The grove is located at Nancy Pelos

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