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    Historic Black Luminaries Recognized With New Markers at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland

    Historic Black Luminaries Recognized With New Markers at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland

    Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, U.S. Representative Lateefah Simon, former Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Oakland Fire Chief Damon Covington, and other local leaders as well as historians led a program on…

    Grand Lake Theatre 100th Birthday Celebration

    Grand Lake Theatre 100th Birthday Celebration

    The majestic Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland celebrated its 100th birthday on March 4, 2026, with showings of free classic films all day, multiple organ concerts played in the main…

    Betty Reid Soskin (1921–2025) Celebration of Life

    Betty Reid Soskin (1921–2025) Celebration of Life

    Well over 1000 people gathered on March 1, 2026, at the Calvin Simmons Theater at the Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts in Oakland for the Celebration of Life…

    Carnivale 2026 at Grace Cathedral

    Carnivale 2026 at Grace Cathedral

    Photos by Drew Altizer and Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography Grace Cathedral’s annual fundraising gala Carnivale, this year entitled “Noite de Carnaval: A Celebration of Joy,” took place on…

    While You Were Out …

    While You Were Out …

    By Joanie Juster— In her book Illness as Metaphor, Susan Sontag wrote, “Illness is the night side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship,…

    State Democratic Convention: Spring Training for Political Junkies

    State Democratic Convention: Spring Training for Political Junkies

    Photos courtesy of Louise “Lou” Fischer By Louise “Lou” Fischer— Over the weekend of February 20–22, approximately 3,500 State Delegates attended the California State Democratic (CADEM) Convention at San Francisco’s…

    ‘Fix Society. Please.’

    ‘Fix Society. Please.’

    By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis— California law strongly protects the health and wellbeing of transgender and nonbinary school children. As such, it prohibits school districts in the state from…

    Donna’s Chronicles, “At the risk of sounding like a naive school girl…”

    Donna’s Chronicles, “At the risk of sounding like a naive school girl…”

    By Donna Sachet— At the risk of sounding like a naive school girl with a childish crush, we report with giddy delight that the Kamala Harris who invited us a…

    Bingo, Bikes, and the Road to 50

    Bingo, Bikes, and the Road to 50

    By Kate Brown, Ph.D— Sometimes the best way to build momentum for the future is to gather, laugh, and celebrate the community that brought us to where we are today.…

    New Exhibition Honors the Lesbian Business Owners and Networks That Sustained a Community

    New Exhibition Honors the Lesbian Business Owners and Networks That Sustained a Community

    This Women’s History Month, the GLBT Historical Society is thrilled to present Directory of Dreams: Bay Area Lesbian Economies and Radical Care, 1970–1995—a new exhibition tracing the everyday efforts of…