NLGJA’s Deep San Francisco Roots
The story of NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists is fundamentally woven into the cultural and civic fabric of San Francisco. In 1990, former Oakland Tribune executive editor Leroy “Roy” F. Aarons gathered a small group of open-minded reporters in his Bay Area living room. Driven by…
LGBTQ+ Crush Season Escape to Wine Country
Late summer through early November is Crush Season in California’s Wine Country. During its peak period, wineries harvest grapes and immediately press or “crush” them to begin fermentation. At a time when there is so much urban disconnect from farming rituals and nature’s cycles of life, it…
About Our Cover 8.13.26
August 2026 marks the fifth Transgender History Month observed in San Francisco. Former Mayor London Breed declared the first such month in August 2021, making San Francisco the first city in the U.S. to do so. Santa Clara declared August as Transgender History Month in 2022, followed…
How Golden Gate Park Became California’s Largest Queer Green Space
When nineteenth-century critics dismissed San Francisco’s ambitious park plan as a foolish attempt to grow greenery on barren ocean dunes, few could have predicted the triumph that would rise from the sand. Today, Golden Gate Park stands as an engineering and ecological miracle, spanning over 1,017 acres—a…
Midnight at Orphan Andy’s: The Castro’s Forever Diner
Eating at Orphan Andy’s at midnight is like stepping into a cozy, neon-lit sanctuary where the pulse of the Castro softens into pure comfort. Squeezing into one of the vintage red vinyl booths or grabbing a swivel stool at the counter, diners are immediately wrapped in the…
Revisiting Dolly Parton’s Final Full Concert in the Bay Area
Dolly Parton, on September 24, 2016, performed what would become her last full concert in the Bay Area. The show, at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, was part of her Pure & Simple Tour. The San Francisco Bay Times publishers, Betty Sullivan and Jennifer Viegas, along…
Features
After Almost a Century, Vella Has Emptied Their Last Vat of Cheese
By Gordon Edgar— The big news in the cheese world right now is the end of almost a century of cheesemaking…
September: The Season in Between
By Johanna Klaiman— September at the farmers’ market is arguably the most confusing, and one of the best, times of year to shop. Although the first…
Renée’s Napa Valley Beat
By Renée Lubin Holmes— Greetings Friends: Summer is moving swiftly towards cooler breezes much faster than I’d like to admit. I…
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