{"id":206218,"date":"2026-03-05T22:02:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/206218\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T22:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:02:06","slug":"alysa-lius-homecoming-party-in-oakland-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/206218\/","title":{"rendered":"Alysa Liu\u2019s Homecoming Party in Oakland: What to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/arts\/tag\/oakland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland<\/a> has announced its hotly anticipated homecoming party for Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu. The celebration gets underway at noon on Thursday, March 12, at Frank Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland. <\/p>\n<p>As one of the rare uniting sources of joy 2026, Liu is expected to draw a huge hometown crowd. The event takes place just around the corner from Oakland Ice Center, Liu\u2019s home rink and training ground, and two miles from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVZOE_4EnQU\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recently completed mural<\/a> of the figure skating icon.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free for the celebration, but an RSVP to the event is required for entry. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitoakland.com\/alysa-liu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reservations can be made here<\/a>, and are limited to two per person. Doors will open at 9 a.m. for the noontime program.<\/p>\n<p>Liu herself will appear at the event and address the crowd, according to organizers.<\/p>\n<p>Many Oakland residents had anticipated a parade, similar to the Warriors parades of the last decade. But \u201cat Alysa\u2019s request, she chose not to have a parade,\u201d organizers say. \u201cInstead, she asked for a celebration that shines a light on Oakland\u2019s vibrant community and talented local artists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Oakland has announced its hotly anticipated homecoming party for Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-206218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}