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    Jean Malin: Broadway’s Queen of Queens

    Jean Malin: Broadway’s Queen of Queens

    By Dr. Bill Lipsky– Some years after it happened, the nationally syndicated columnist Dorothy Kilgallen told her readers about a fight in a Greenwich Village club in 1928 or 1929.…

    Ann Rostow: Nasty

    Ann Rostow: Nasty

    By Ann Rostow– Nasty I am watching MSNBC with the sound off, as is my wont when I write my column, and I’m looking at Louis DeJoy, who I’ve decided…

    18th Street ‘Shared Spaces’ Kickoff Deemed a Success, with Some Lessons Learned

    18th Street ‘Shared Spaces’ Kickoff Deemed a Success, with Some Lessons Learned

    The Castro Merchants on Sunday, August 23, launched the 18th Street “Shared Spaces” program that established a car-free corridor between Collingwood and Hartford Streets. The launch marked San Francisco’s third…

    Struggling San Francisco Small Businesses Hold Peaceful Protest at City Hall

    Struggling San Francisco Small Businesses Hold Peaceful Protest at City Hall

    Supervisor and former San Francisco Bay Times columnist Rafael Mandelman on Tuesday, August 25, joined other city and community leaders at a peaceful protest that brought together leaders from San…

    Oakland Police Commission and Why It Needs Your Vote in November

    Oakland Police Commission and Why It Needs Your Vote in November

    By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– In November 2016, in the wake of abuse scandals, cover-ups, and poor management from a quick line of chiefs, 83.19% of Oakland voters…

    Making Schools and Workplaces Safer from Gun Violence

    Making Schools and Workplaces Safer from Gun Violence

    By Assemblymember Phil Ting– Since Stay-At-Home orders were issued this spring, we have rarely heard about mass shootings at schools and workplaces. Prior to COVID-19, however, the number of incidents…

    ‘Black Trans Lives Matter’ Mural at Compton’s Cafeteria Riot Site for 54th Anniversary

    ‘Black Trans Lives Matter’ Mural at Compton’s Cafeteria Riot Site for 54th Anniversary

    The Transgender District, in collaboration with the arts organization CounterPULSE, the Tenderloin Community Benefits District, and alongside Supervisor Matt Haney as well as District 6 staffer and trans community leader Honey Mahogany,…

    PBWC 31st Annual Conference Rallies Community #ForGood Three days of inspiration, empowerment, and high-impact networking

    Going virtual for the first time ever, Professional BusinessWomen of California (PBWC) brought together nearly 6,000 people for their 31st Annual Conference from August 11–13. The three-day virtual event, which…

    In Memoriam: Aging Services Pioneer Hadley Dale Hall (1933–2020)

    San Francisco has lost a towering figure in aging services and a leader in the LGBTQ+ community with the death of Hadley Dale Hall, 87, who passed away August 10 following…

    Looking at A Different Story Decades Later

    Looking at A Different Story Decades Later

    By Gary Kramer– Now available on Blu-ray and DVD is the 1978 queer romantic comedy-drama A Different Story. The film received mixed reviews upon its original theatrical release—its sexual politics…