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    Let’s Go Home 1.11.24

    Let’s Go Home 1.11.24

    Here are two of the many pets now available for adoption at Oakland Animal Services (OAS): Three-year-old Amana will steal your heart! Amana loves treats and is a quick learner…

    Take Me Home with You 1.11.24

    Take Me Home with You 1.11.24

    Meet Perry, our small Chihuahua mix who charms everyone with his endearing underbite and beautiful beige short coat. He’s a cheese and chicken enthusiast, making him an eager learner during…

    Continuing the Charitable Legacy of Tenderloin Tessie

    Continuing the Charitable Legacy of Tenderloin Tessie

    Photos courtesy of Sister Roma Sister Roma, Juan Davila of the San Francisco Bay Times, and others helped out with the 2023 Tenderloin Tessie free Christmas Dinner offered to all…

    The Day the Curtains Came Down Documents the Queer Caregiving Team of Phyllis Lyon During the Last Years of Her Life

    The Day the Curtains Came Down Documents the Queer Caregiving Team of Phyllis Lyon During the Last Years of Her Life

    By Deb Svoboda– Lesbian icons and trailblazers Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon met in Seattle in 1950 and moved in together in an apartment on Castro Street on Valentine’s Day…

    Ann Rostow: End of the Year Quiz

    Ann Rostow: End of the Year Quiz

    By Ann Rostow– Don’t you hate the end of the year quizzes and lists and “best of” this and that? It’s almost as if no one wants to actually write…

    Randy Alfred’s Trip to Southeast Asia

    San Francisco Bay Times founding news editor Randy Alfred went on a tour of Southeast Asia this month. “Going to temple for Hanukkah,” he told us, “has a different meaning when…

    A Call to Action

    A Call to Action

    By Joanie Juster– There were a lot of inspiring speeches at this year’s annual vigil commemorating the 1978 assassinations of Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. Many of the…

    Farewell, OTI!

    Farewell, OTI!

    By Pau Crego– As I prepare to leave the San Francisco Office of Transgender Initiatives (OTI) after working there for six and a half years, I am struck by how…

    Legislative Mayhem

    Legislative Mayhem

    By Derek Barnes– Eviction moratoriums, rent control, and TOPA (Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act) share a common origin: policy. Despite enacting policies to ostensibly mitigate danger and avoid crisis, we…

    Insuring Your Quality of Life in Later Years

    Insuring Your Quality of Life in Later Years

    By Brandon Miller, CFP– It’s hard to think about, but long-term care is an important need for which you should prepare. It’s also something most folks start planning, and saving…