Who is ara jo

A fire broke out during a party Friday night at a two-story warehouse and artists' studio in Oakland, killing at least nine people and leaving about two dozen missing. A firefighter wipes his brow on the scene of a warehouse fire that has claimed dozens of lives on December 4, in Oakland, California. Firefighters work at the scene following an overnight fire that claimed the lives of at least 30 people at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood on December 3, in Oakland, California. The warehouse was hosting an electronic music party.

Firefighters work on the scene following an overnight fire that claimed the lives of at least 30 people at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood on December 3, in Oakland, California.

Ara Jo was a year-old visual artist who filled walls with bright, colorful murals and enjoyed friends, books and online magazines. On Monday, she was identified by the Alameda County coroner as one of at least 36 fatalities in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire, according to several friends and the Associated Press. Jo, according to her Facebook page, was from Los Angeles, lived in Oakland and was an employee of the Ink Stone, a Berkeley art and drafting supply store.

She also worked at an Oakland clothing boutique and was a co-organizer of the East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest , an annual street celebration of the written word. Friends recalled how she volunteered with Oakland high school students on a silk screening project, and how she found a used, hand-decorated North Carolina jersey to give to a newly-arrived acquaintance from that state. Her friend Alexa Pantalone posted on social media that she last saw Jo the day before she died.

She was one of the most inspiring, talented, funny and caring people. She was family to so many. Steve Rubenstein is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: srubenstein sfchronicle. I had gotten lost in the music, and all my friends had slowly left. With the room almost completely empty, I spotted Jo and Joey Casio across the dance floor. Jo beckoned me over with gyrating arms held high in the air.

Without speaking, the three of us danced until the very last song, and I felt more affirmed, energized and free than I had ever felt in recent memory. Jo was so magical, she could do wonders without even saying a word. She was a weaver of community.

And now, Pendergrass still recalls his last conversation with Jo. See Ara Jo's artwork, design and illustration at her site here. For more of our tributes to the victims of the Oakland warehouse fire, please visit our remembrances page here.

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