2025 marks the 20th Anniversary of Check, Please! Bay Area, which made its debut on KQED on November 3, 2005. Some of us here at the San Francisco Bay Times…
By Gordon Edgar – (It’s hard to write an article about cheese, or any food, while SNAP benefits are still in jeopardy for millions of people nationwide. While this piece…
By Beth Schnitzer – November has a way of bringing sports to life in every corner of the Bay Area. This month took me courtside and community-side—from Pride Night at…
By Louise “Lou” Fischer– Since Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi announced her retirement, there have been many testimonials to her leadership, her political instinct sharper than her favorite Manolo Blahnik stiletto…
By Ann Rostow – Atta Turk A draft of a recent set of Turkish legal reforms known as the 11th Judicial Package was leaked to the press, and, much to…
By Joanie Juster – Times are tough, and getting tougher. Millions of Americans who might have managed to get through the first ten months of this administration unscathed are now…
By Dr. Tim Seelig – “It’s the quiet ones you need to watch out for.” That also applies to the elder ones! We’re not sitting around knitting and playing Canasta.…
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis – At the time of this writing, National Guard troops have been deployed in five American cities at the direct order or urging of…
By Rafael Mandelman, President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors – We’ve taken on numerous projects this year, from increasing traffic enforcement to expanding shelter capacity, but we would now like…
On October 30, 2025, singers and orchestral musicians joined members of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus (SFGMC) for a performance of Sing for the Cure at the chorus’ home,…
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