By Ann Rostow— Putting the Freud in Schadenfreude I was so excited when I first saw the story about Kristi Noem’s husband posting photos of himself with the balloons under…
By Gary McCoy— I’m running for District 8 Supervisor because this moment calls for leadership that is connected to the people who live here, grounded in public service, and focused…
By Michael Nguyen— In 2016, I began performing professionally as Juicy Liu—a singing drag queen who believes that our joy is resistance, our visibility is power, and our community is…
By Manny Yekutiel— San Francisco has always been a place people choose to be, choose to make their home. We are here because we love our city. I was raised in…
Rafael Mandelman, District 8 Supervisor and the President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, has nine months left before he is termed out in January 2027. A long-time San…
By Joanie Juster— Our country’s most basic principles are being questioned, attacked, and reshaped by an authoritarian regime that is challenging the very concept of what it means to be…
Jane Warner Plaza, located at the intersection of Castro, 17th, and Market streets, is undergoing multiple changes in stages. The first, on March 20, 2026, was the removal of The…
The third group of coordinated No Kings protests took place in cities around the Bay Area and nationwide on March 28, 2026. The organizers estimate that over 8 million people…
By Oakland City Council Member at Large, Rowena Brown— Greetings from the East Bay! I’m delighted to be back writing for the San Francisco Bay Times. We are living in…
By Jennifer Valles— It’s been said that “during the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced…
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