{"id":99219,"date":"2025-12-18T04:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T04:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/99219\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T04:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T04:04:07","slug":"historic-county-building-lit-in-blue-and-white-to-honor-sydney-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/99219\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic county building lit in blue and white to honor Sydney victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0.Blu12.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0.Blu12.jpg\" alt=\"A structure lit in blue and white at night with trees in front.\" class=\"wp-image-360008\"  \/><\/a>The County Administration Building lit on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 to honor the 15 people killed during a Hanukkah celebration Sunday in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Adrian Childress\/Times of San Diego)<\/p>\n<p>The historic County Administration Center in downtown San Diego will be illuminated in blue and white Wednesday night in remembrance of the victims and in solidarity with the survivors of the recent mass shooting in Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen people were killed and dozens injured during a <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/life\/2025\/12\/13\/hanukkah-2025-begins-sundown-sunday-first-candle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hanukkah<\/a> celebration Sunday on Sydney\u2019s famous Bondi Beach.<\/p>\n<p>The lighting was requested by Supervisor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supervisorjoelanderson.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joel Anderson<\/a> and will take place on the fourth night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.<\/p>\n<p>Blue and white are the traditional colors of Judaism and of the flag of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson\u2019s request was praised by County Assessor\/Recorder\/County Clerk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiego.gov\/iab\/about\/marks-bio\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Z. Marks<\/a>, who is Jewish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only time that Hanukkah was recognized by the county in this way was when Supervisor Anderson requested it,\u201d\u00a0said Marks. \u201cAs a Jew, I\u2019m grateful that Joel understands this is a sacred season of joy, love, and light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJordan is an incredible partner and I share his belief that all faiths should be recognized during this holiday season,\u201d said Anderson. \u201cWe refuse to place a cap on love and celebration here in San Diego County.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the historic building has been illuminated in recognition of other events and causes, from LGBTQ pride to support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Anderson will be join Marks to light a menorah at the County Administration Center on the last day of Hanukkah.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The County Administration Building lit on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 to honor the 15 people killed during a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[6915,54114,43000,7677,74,76,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-99219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-county-administration-center","10":"tag-hanukkah","11":"tag-mass-shooting","12":"tag-san-diego","13":"tag-san-diego-headlines","14":"tag-san-diego-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99219","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=99219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}