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Crucial Castro Theatre hearing dates pushed back to April

Crucial Castro Theatre hearing dates pushed back to April

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 9, 2023

Three city hearings relating to the future of the Castro Theatre's landmark status and the appropriateness of Another Planet Entertainment's plans for the interior of the historic movie palace have been pushed back to April.

Out in the Bay: Lesbian CA Supreme Court Justice Evans credits grandmother for her success

Out in the Bay: Lesbian CA Supreme Court Justice Evans credits grandmother for her success

  • NEWS
  • by Eric Jansen
  • Mar 9, 2023

As a young girl, future California Supreme Court Associate Justice Kelli Evans was more excited about the bookmobile coming through her Denver neighborhood than the ice cream truck.

Editorial: Now the Pride flag is under assault

Editorial: Now the Pride flag is under assault

  • NEWS
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Mar 8, 2023

After years of reporting on Bay Area governments that have taken the right step and flown the rainbow flag in June for Pride Month, the inevitable backlash is underway in Southern California, and cities in several other states.

Business Briefing: Desert flora inspires SF-based skincare line hault

Business Briefing: Desert flora inspires SF-based skincare line hault

  • BUSINESS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 8, 2023

Over the years San Francisco resident Brian Diethorn has found visits to Joshua Tree National Park straddling the Colorado and Mojave deserts and to Palm Springs in the Coachella Valley to be rejuvenating destinations.

Transmissions: An alchemist's passing

Transmissions: An alchemist's passing

In 1994, when dinosaurs still roamed the Cretaceous Earth, I was but a budding trans woman. I was still largely trying to find where I fit in this thing called "transgender," and fighting through a mountain full of shame and guilt over who I was.

Parents, friends remember Jaxon Sales

Parents, friends remember Jaxon Sales

  • NEWS
  • by BAR staff
  • Mar 8, 2023

Friends and family of Jaxon Sales held a rally outside San Francisco City Hall to urge authorities to conduct a formal inquest into the young gay man's 2020 death.

As SF moves to end travel ban, gay legislator stands by state policy

As SF moves to end travel ban, gay legislator stands by state policy

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 8, 2023

With San Francisco officials moving to repeal their restriction on taxpayer-funded travel to conservative states, the author of California's travel ban policy has no plans to follow suit.

Some STIs down in SF last year

Some STIs down in SF last year

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 8, 2023

Rates of some sexually transmitted infections in San Francisco declined slightly in 2022, according to year-end numbers released by the city's Department of Public Health.

News Briefs: 'Saints' to raise money for SF Sisters

News Briefs: 'Saints' to raise money for SF Sisters

  • NEWS
  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 8, 2023

People who have been "sainted" by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for their good works and community service over the years will band together to help the San Francisco chapter of drag nuns with a fundraiser Sunday, March 19.

Guest Opinion: It's time for Chapter 12X to go

Guest Opinion: It's time for Chapter 12X to go

  • NEWS
  • by Rafael Mandelman
  • Mar 8, 2023

By the time the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that the fundamental right to marriage is guaranteed to same-sex couples, many of us in San Francisco's queer community were ready to move on to the next frontier in the fight for LGBTQ equality.

Police say no evidence of hate crime in Oakland stabbing death

Police say no evidence of hate crime in Oakland stabbing death

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 7, 2023

Oakland police are investigating the stabbing death of a man but said there is no evidence yet that it was a hate crime.

Political Notebook: SF supervisors reject mayoral historic panel nominee

Political Notebook: SF supervisors reject mayoral historic panel nominee

  • NEWS
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 7, 2023

A mayoral appointee to the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission was rejected Tuesday by a majority of the city's supervisors, who cited her lack of qualifications to serve in the historian seat on the oversight body as the reason.

New Castro boutique and social club denies nuisance complaint

New Castro boutique and social club denies nuisance complaint

  • NEWS
  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 7, 2023

A new boutique and social club that opened in the LGBTQ Castro neighborhood last December is now the subject of a nuisance complaint to the San Francisco Planning Department.

NCLR's Minter begins cleaning up after tornado hits Texas home

NCLR's Minter begins cleaning up after tornado hits Texas home

  • NEWS
  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 7, 2023

National Center for Lesbian Rights legal director Shannon Minter and his family have begun the arduous process of cleaning up after a tornado ripped through their rural Texas home last week.