With the death of Queen Elizabeth II reported by British authorities Thursday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed said a condolence book is being made available at City Hall for people who want to write messages in her memory.

Elizabeth, who died at the age of 96, became queen in 1952 and was the United Kingdom’s longest-reigning monarch. Her son Prince Charles is now King Charles III.

The condolence book will be in San Francisco’s fourth floor South Gallery on Friday between 10 am and 3 pm and will be sent afterwards to the British consulate general in San Francisco with the messages from well-wishers, according to the mayor’s office. No comments, flowers or other gifts will be accepted.

“She was a marvelous lady and she definitely will be missed,” Breed said, speaking at a news conference Thursday afternoon about San Francisco’s Central Subway project.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, also attended the news conference in San Francisco Thursday and commented on the queen’s death.

“Not that we always agreed on everything in the UK, but nonetheless, a great leader for many generations,” Pelosi said.

gov. Gavin Newsom and other elected leaders from the Bay Area also released statements Thursday about the queen’s death.

“The longest-ruling monarch in British history, Queen Elizabeth II has had an extraordinary impact throughout her momentous life and work,” Newsom said. “As we reflect on her incomparable life and legacy, our hearts are with the King and the Queen Consort and the entire Royal Family during this time of great loss.”

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WASHINGTON (CBS SF) – KPIX 5 host Elizabeth Cook traveled to Washington this week to have a face-to-face meeting with First Lady Jill Biden for the family’s First Christmas at the White House.

Dr. Biden said the goal of her husband, President Joe Biden, and his administration had been to bring a divided country back together from day one in office. The theme that the Bidens have chosen for the festive Christmas decorations at the White House this year is “Presents from the Heart”.

It was a theme that was reflected in the decoration of the Christmas tree that was next to Dr. Biden stood. Many of these decorations contained photos that were treasured by the First Family.

“I think Joe will fix things,” said Dr. Biden on the mood in Washington. “If you look at where we started when we took office, I think he made so much progress in so many things. Our kids are back to school, now we have (COVID) vaccines for everyone 5 years or older, we just passed the infrastructure bill, it brought Republicans and Democrats together, and now every kid in America is going to have broadband so everyone is equal Access to education and we will have better roads and clean drinking water. “

“In just a short time,” she continued. “I think Joe is doing a great job of moving things forward.”

As a professional trainer, Dr. Biden was particularly aware of the steps the administration has taken to bring schools back after the pandemic closed and the forced switch to distance learning.

“One of the things I want to say to the parents where you live (in the Bay Area) is that they (the local educators) are doing a great job and that was so tough,” said Dr. Biden. “I know it as a teacher, I had to learn to teach about Zoom last semester and this semester I’ll be back in the classroom. So many parents had to drop everything (during distance learning), our teachers – look at the great job they have done. “

“In a minute they just changed the curriculum, they got students on zoom, some teachers stayed up late so they could re-teach their lesson plan when too many members of their (student) families were at the computer and they” didn’t have time to be on. So many educators have done so. ”

Dr. Biden said it was crucial to continue increasing the resources available to educators.

“If we can give equal resources to schools, if we can give equal opportunities to every child in America, and that’s exactly what Joe does,” she said. “It’s going to improve education exponentially.”

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