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    Empowering Women, Embracing Diversity, and Riding for Change

    Empowering Women, Embracing Diversity, and Riding for Change

    By Evan Payne, Kasha Horton, and Gonzalo Garcia– Teammates help make the AIDS/LifeCycle experience smooth as (chamois) butter! Being part of a team gives you access to training and fundraising…

    Historic John’s Grill: 115 Years and Counting

    Historic John’s Grill: 115 Years and Counting

    By David Landis, The Gay Gourmet– It was only two years after San Francisco’s devastating earthquake, in 1908, that John’s Grill emerged from the ashes and opened its three-story steak…

    Oakland Animal Services Director Ann Dunn Is Building Capacity to Save Lives

    Oakland Animal Services Director Ann Dunn Is Building Capacity to Save Lives

    If you are an animal lover, you will appreciate learning about some exciting changes happening across the bay. Oakland Animal Services (OAS), Oakland’s municipal animal shelter, has undergone a major…

    Divas & Drinks @ The Academy SF Third Annual Halloween Party

    Divas & Drinks @ The Academy SF Third Annual Halloween Party

    The Shake It! Booty Band lived up to their name on Friday, October 27, making their first appearance at The Academy SF with a high energy funky disco performance. Bandmates…

    Ann Rostow: Time to Grow Up

    Ann Rostow: Time to Grow Up

    By Ann Rostow– Time to Grow Up When did Americans become so simplistic? We conflate innocent Palestinians with barbaric Hamas terrorists, defending the former without condemning the latter. We blame…

    Caring for Each Other

    Caring for Each Other

    By Joanie Juster– For much of this year, I have found myself in the role of caregiver to friends and family unable to take care of themselves. I have spent…

    Another Major Breakthrough for Transgender Rights in Japan

    Another Major Breakthrough for Transgender Rights in Japan

    By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– In July, we reported on a major breakthrough for transgender rights in Japan. A five-judge panel of the Japanese Supreme Court issued a unanimous…

    Speed Cameras to Save Lives

    Speed Cameras to Save Lives

    By Assemblymember Phil Ting– In a state that’s trying to push active transportation that includes bicycling and walking, we must make our streets safer. Alternatives to driving are not only…

    Investing in Oakland’s Green Economy

    Investing in Oakland’s Green Economy

    By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– I continue to be in the vanguard of the switch to greener technology to improve the lives of our community. The At-Large office…

    ‘The Mass Shooting in Maine Is a Clarion Call for Gun Control’

    ‘The Mass Shooting in Maine Is a Clarion Call for Gun Control’

    Jim Abbott, a veteran newspaper industry professional and friend of the San Francisco Bay Times, used to live in the Lewiston, Maine, area and is familiar with the Just-in-Time Recreation…