Berkeleyan Rose Trachtenberg (second from left). Photo: Mike Kepka/The Chronicle

Berkeley resident and Willard Middle School student Rose Trachtenberg wasn’t holding back yesterday as she watched the Giants’ celebratory parade in San Francisco. And today, her father Robert Trachtenberg says, she was almost as excited to see her photograph on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle.

Tracey Taylor is co-founder of Berkeleyside and co-founder and editorial director of Cityside, the nonprofit parent to Berkeleyside and The Oaklandside. Before launching Berkeleyside, Tracey wrote for...