
SF Medical Examiner Reviews First Year, Previews New Site
San Francisco's chief medical examiner is approaching his first anniversary on the job, during which his agency cut a huge backlog, as the office prepares to open a new, larger facility at 1 Newhall Street in 2017.
Hit the Rails or the Bay for LGBT Wine Events
This year LGBT oenophiles can wine and dine on the rails and on San Francisco Bay with two different inaugural events - the Napa Valley Wine Train's first-ever Pride Ride and Out in the Vineyard's first-ever Big Gay Wine Cruise.
Apothecarium Confirms Relocation Plans
The Apothecarium, the medical cannabis dispensary in the Castro that is the title sponsor of the CBD's party, will announce Thursday it plans to relocate to the shuttered Shanghai Restaurant space.
Castro Community Benefit District Marks 10 Years
Ten years ago this July a majority of property owners in the Castro and Upper Market corridors voted to assess themselves a parcel-based fee to provide extra cleaning services and other support to the city's gay district.
PG&E Issues Delay Castro Ice Cream Shop
The owner of a planned ice cream shop in the Castro is eying an opening date in time for Pride weekend in June barring any more delays in PG&E completing work to upgrade service at the former retail space.
All the Birds in the Sky
The speculative fiction genre of books received a welcome reinvigoration with last month's publication of San Francisco-based genderqueer and trans woman writer Charlie Jane Anders' debut science fiction novel
Joel Grey's Life in the Limelight
In his memoir, Joel Grey not only reviews the strange trajectory of his career from child performer to Tony- and Oscar-winning actor, but his concurrent personal life with its emotional rollercoasters.
Finding the Humanity in His Subjects
Bruce Davidson may be the most influential photographer of the last 50 years you've never heard of. A small, intense exhibition now on view in a single gallery at the de Young Museum offers a taste of why he's widely admired.
Out There :: Solitary Solidarity
Loneliness is not the same thing as merely being alone. But it's a state of being well worth examination, and now nonfiction author Olivia Laing takes a look.
Bold Brit Gina Yashere Brings Her Comic Stylings to Punch Line
I recently spoke on the phone with Gina about her upcoming shows at Punch Line Comedy Club in San Francisco as part of a month-long series featuring women in comedy.
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