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    Bay Area Indian Restaurants Join in ‘Dining for India’ to Support COVID-19 Relief Efforts

    Bay Area Indian Restaurants Join in ‘Dining for India’ to Support COVID-19 Relief Efforts

    On May 25,the following restaurants will donate 50% of their sales to support COVID-19 response efforts in India: Amber India (San Francisco, Los Altos, San Jose); Aurum (Los Altos); Besharam…

    SF Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band Overcomes Pandemic Challenges and Readies for Pride

    SF Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band Overcomes Pandemic Challenges and Readies for Pride

    By Alejando Rios– On March 3, 2020, the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band (SFLGFB) was conducting its second-to-last rehearsal ahead of its upcoming concert, Notes From the Peace Corps, produced…

    A Song That Changed My Life

    A Song That Changed My Life

    By Jan Wahl– It lives in my head. At least once a day it ventures out with my voice singing the perfect opening lyric, its power evident as it continues…

    New Work from the Author of One of the First Lesbian Mysteries Ever Published

    New Work from the Author of One of the First Lesbian Mysteries Ever Published

    By Michele Karlsberg– Barbara Wilson’s Murder in the Collective was one of the first lesbian mysteries ever published. Her later Cassandra Reilly series, featuring a footloose Irish-American translator who solves…

    How to Use a Combination Square

    By Julie Peri– There are so many wonderful tools that help make your life easier when working with wood, and today we are highlighting the combination square. A combination square…

    In Support of the San Francisco Bay Times for the Legacy Business Registry

    In Support of the San Francisco Bay Times for the Legacy Business Registry

    By John Lewis– (Editor’s Note: On April 7, John Lewis provided the following comment before the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission. This meeting preceded that of the San Francisco Small…

    California Might Spend $400 Million of Taxpayer Money for Useless Election

    California Might Spend $400 Million of Taxpayer Money for Useless Election

    By Louise “Lou” Fischer– The nail-biter 2020 election was enough drama for most of us; 2021 was supposed to be the proverbial “night off” from an election in California. After…

    How to Think About Money When ‘Me’ Becomes ‘We’

    By Brandon Miller, CFP– By her eighth marriage, Elizabeth Taylor was probably pretty accomplished at combining assets with a spouse. But most of us only get married once, maybe twice…

    Two Hatchbacks With Outdoorsy Style

    Two Hatchbacks With Outdoorsy Style

    By Philip Ruth– Cars are dead. Long live tall hatchbacks!  That’s the nature of this new breed of vehicle: a high-riding five-door with SUV-like styling.  You could say we’re in…

    Noe Valley Home of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon Receives Landmark Designation

    Noe Valley Home of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon Receives Landmark Designation

    The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on May 4 voted to pass an ordinance that will designate 651 Duncan Street—the former longtime home of lesbian activists Del Martin (1921–2008) and…