THE TOWN EXPERIENCE of the day is ALYSA LIU! 🥇 Credit to kqedarts Oakland figure skater Alysa Liu (alysaxliu) delivered the U.S. its first women’s figure skating Olympic gold medal in 24 years, performing a near-flawless free skate Thursday night in a glittering golden dress to upstage Japanese rivals Kaori Sakamoto and Ami Nakai at the Milan Cortina Games. The 20-year-old San Francisco Bay Area native, who had walked away from the sport after the Beijing Games four years ago only to launch a remarkable comeback, finished with a career-best 226.79 points. Nakai and Sakamoto, skating right behind her, each made a mistake on a combination sequence, and that made the difference in the medals. Read more at kqed.org. ✍️: Dave Skretta, AP Sports Writer 📸: AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko #alysalui #OaklandsVeryOwn #Olympics