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Video still from San Francisco Bay Times Castro Street Cam footage showing hit-and-run suspect running down Castro Street and in front of Walgreens security guards.

The San Francisco Bay Times Castro Street Cam on May 31, 2026, captured footage just before ...

Jane Warner Plaza—located at the intersection of Castro, 17th, and Market streets in the Castro District of San Francisco—has a new look.

As a reminder, here’s what the plaza looked like a few years ago:

Jane Warner Plaza before the Progress Pride Flag painting and removal of The Seed illuminated artwork (seen, in part, at the right of this image). ...

By Ann Rostow—

Okay Boomer

Former Senator Barney Frank, who died of congestive heart failure on May 19, 2026, gave an interview to The New York Times shortly before his passing in which he decried the Democratic Party for insisting on a suicidal political correctness. Unlike the fight for trans rights, Frank said the gay right...

These are the 16 honorees of the 2026 Celebrating Bay Area AAPI LGBTQ+ Women Leaders & Allies, which will be presented by the San Francisco Bay Times at the SF LGBT Center on May 28, 2026.

Miki Adachi

“I am the granddaughter of Japanese immigrants, who started and ran a very successful florist and nursery in El Cerrito. Du...

By Joanie Juster—

I was raised with the firm conviction that voting is every American’s duty and privilege. No matter what, if there’s an election, you vote, because every vote matters. And I still believe that wholeheartedly, even though I have lived through entirely too many elections when the choice of candidates seems to be between meh and meh-er. Even thoug...