San Francisco Pride: Preparing for the city's biggest event of the year
As dozens of rainbow flags blew in the wind up and down the street, enthusiasm for Pride Month was evident all along Castro Street and throughout the neighborhood. Businesses, visitors, and residents are all getting ready for one of the biggest events of the year in the city.
Supervisor introduces legislation to protect LGBTQ+ health center in the Castro
An LGBTQ+ mental healthcare facility may get a second chance after being threatened with eviction from its base in SF's Castro neighborhood, according to an announcement from the office of San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin.
Clinic celebrates Pride with colorful rainbow beads for patients in Castro district
At Sutter Health Castro Primary Care in San Francisco, a patient services representative has been spreading joy since 1988. This year for Pride, she's celebrating with rainbow-colored beads for her patients saying it symbolizes safety and inclusion.
San Francisco's Castro banks on booming sales this LGBTQ+ Pride month
San Francisco’s Castro district is gearing up for the kickoff of Pride Month. Business owners are preparing for an economic boom as tourists head to the city to celebrate.
Harvey Milk birthday celebrations kickoff in the Castro
After the U.S. State Department issued a global travel warning for LGBTQ travelers last week, some members of the LGBTQ community are on edge, but that didn't stop them from coming out to celebrate Harvey Milk and his legacy this weekend.
Restoration work at SF Castro Theatre starts after contentious debate and opposition
After years of contentious debate, the iconic Castro Theatre has finally started restoration work.
This year's 'Castroween' a calm parade of creative costumes
There's something magical about Halloween in San Francisco's Castro District, and it isn't just about the ghouls, and ghosts, and pumpkin decorations.
'Castroween' is officially back and thriving
Seventeen years after a mass shooting injured nine people, Halloween in the Castro is officially back.
Starbucks store in San Francisco's Sunset District is latest to unionize
Calling it a landslide win, union representatives say a Starbucks in San Francisco's Sunset District unionized on Friday.
SF Pride events kick off with orchestra, comedy night, and safety pop-up resources
San Francisco Pride events were in full swing Thursday, as visitors from across the nation began coming in for the celebrations that culminate in San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday.
Man arrested, suspected of hate crime in SF's Castro District
San Francisco police have made an arrest in a suspected hate crime in the city's Castro District.
Another Planet Entertainment hails supervisors' Castro Theatre vote, protesters dismayed
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday decided not to approve a move, which would have prevented changes to the interior of the historic Castro Theatre.
Drag icon, Heklina, honored in public memorial at Castro Theatre
San Francisco drag icon, Heklina, was honored Tuesday during a public memorial at San Francisco's Castro Theatre. A portion of Castro Street is closed for 12 hours due to the event.
Controversial Castro Theatre plan heads for another committee vote Monday
San Francisco's Castro Theatre has been a neighborhood fixture since 1922, as iconic as the large rainbow flag on Market Street.
Alameda County offered Black family $700K before jury awarded them $8.25M
Alameda County offered a Black family who was handcuffed in the back of a sheriff's patrol car for more than an hour at a Castro Valley Starbucks $700,000 to settle a suit alleging their constitutional rights had been violated. In the end, they won more than $8 million.
SF Castro club owners beef up security ahead of New Year's Eve
Bar and club owners are preparing for the upcoming New Year's Eve celebrations by focusing on security.
San Francisco LGBTQ+ community stands up to hate after deadly Colorado nightclub shooting
San Francisco's LGBTQ community is saddened, upset and speaking out against hate and violence after a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs.
Man stabbed to death on Market Street in San Francisco's Castro, police investigating
A man was stabbed to death along Market Street in San Francisco's Castro District Tuesday evening, police say. No arrests have been made.
Castro Valley man sentenced in extremist killing of Oakland federal officer
Robert Blancas and three other people acknowledged destroying evidence after a federal security officer was killed and another wounded while guarding the Oakland federal building during a racial justice protest in May 2020.
Starbucks in the Castro first San Francisco store to unionize
Employees at a Starbucks in the Castro District have become the first San Francisco location to vote to unionize.