"Caroline Sekar, 45, lived on a tight-knit block in San Francisco's Bernal Heights where children drift between houses and parents trade dinners and carpools. Neighbors described her as the brightest, sunniest and most positive person an amazing mom. The way it works with all these kids around the same ages is like, if you're mom to one, you're mom to all, said Jen Wofford, who lives across the street. And she definitely was that, and then some."
"During the pandemic, Sekar helped close the block to traffic and projected movie nights onto her garage door. She created a WhatsApp group so parents could keep track of where their children were playing and opened her porch for produce drop-offs. She called it babysitting them,' Wofford said. If it's hot, there's an umbrella. If it's raining, there's an umbrella at a different angle."
"Skiing was central to the Sekars' lives. They spent summers in Tahoe and had gone to the mountains for ski week when the avalanche struck near Castle Peak as a group of 15 skiers returned from a three-day guided trip to the Frog Lake huts. Skiers and snowboarders hit the slopes at Sugar Bowl Resort in Nevada County, Calif., on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)"
Neighbors recall Caroline Sekar as a radiant, community-focused parent who organized block life, movie nights, and a WhatsApp group to keep children safe. Sekar opened her porch for produce drop-offs and adapted shade with umbrellas for neighborhood kids. Skiing was central to the Sekar family, with regular summers in Tahoe and a ski-week trip when the avalanche struck near Castle Peak. Fifteen skiers returned from a three-day guided trip to the Frog Lake huts when the slide occurred. Rescue teams located eight bodies but paused recoveries as severe weather forced crews off the slope, leaving recovery pending.
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