By Donna Sachet– (Editor’s Note: The following tribute was placed by Donna Sachet, along with an image of Queen Elizabeth II flanked by elegant floral bouquets, at 18th and Castro…
By Irene Hendrick– I dressed as Queen Elizabeth II at the San Francisco Pride Parade in the San Francisco Bay Times contingent for several years because I wanted to bring…
By Joanie Juster– I’m keeping my eye on a lot of issues these days—the upcoming midterm elections, book bannings, the ongoing efforts of a certain political party to simply erase…
By Carolyn Wysinger– Happy September! We are about 6 weeks away from Election Day 2022 (November 8), and as many of you know, I am currently running for office! But…
By Assemblymember Phil Ting– September is College Savings Month! To celebrate, ScholarShare529, a state-sponsored college savings plan, is offering a $100 bonus when you open an account by the end…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– On June 24, 2022, Californians woke up to a world that many of us had never known. Earlier that day, the U.S. Supreme…
By Kit Kennedy– Ann F, Biderman, 67, a Rossmoor resident, passed away in Dallas, Texas, on July 2, 2022. Ann had flair and a zest for life. As President of the…
Bradley Scott Levine, a Bay Area-based attorney and LGBTQ community leader, died on July 20, 2022. Born in 1958, Scott grew up in New York State and was the son…
By Donna Sachet– What a few weeks it has been! And through it all, we’ve been reminded that this marvelous City continues to give us extraordinary opportunities. As reported in…
By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: John Whittier Treat writes: “Everyone stutters occasionally, but only a few of us are stutterers. And those of us who are stutterers don’t always stutter, just as…
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