Rafael Mandelman, President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors– June was a whirlwind month at City Hall. I spent much of the month deep in hearings and negotiations over our city’s…
By Jewelle Gomez– An email exchange with scholar and writer Heather Petrocelli about the film Sinners by Ryan Coogler sent us on many different inquiries. One was to think about…
By David Landis, (with a lot of help from Chef Paul Iglesias, Parche and Jaji)– I’ve heard a lot of buzz about Parche and Jaji restaurants in Oakland from numerous…
Berets and French fare were de rigueur at Rockridge Market Hall on July 12, 2025, for the 8th annual Bastille Day celebration (ahead of the actual holiday that falls on…
By Dina Novar– In the sea of industrial clean-lined restaurants popping up in SF—those sterile spaces with exposed concrete, minimalist plants, and all the warmth of a tech office—Catch French…
By Ann Rostow– Fall Goeth Before a Pride Parade Let’s see now. Pride Sunday is coming up! The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Rastafarian who…
The San Francisco Public Library (SFPL), which is facilitating digitization of past issues of the San Francisco Bay Times, recently confirmed that every issue of the Bay Times published from…
By William “Bill” Francis Wilson– If Fernando Proietti Orlandi and I were to mark every milestone in our relationship, we would have a celebration practically every day! We say that…
By Sandy Stier– Ten years ago, my wife Kris and I stood on the plaza of the Supreme Court of the United States beaming as we heard the ruling that…
By Jeanne Rizzo and Pali Cooper– San Francisco Gay Pride weekend marks the anniversary of our first date—the one and only anniversary we celebrated from 1989 until 2008. When Gavin Newsom defied…
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