That LGBT documentary mini-series that we told you about a few months back, When We Rise, has been shooting in recent weeks in Vancouver — most notably, they just shot parts of the White Night riot, Cleve Jones noted on Facebook last week. The show, written by Milk writer Dustin Lance Black, is set to air on ABC later this year in eight parts, and several will focus on San Francisco's role in the fight for LGBT civil rights.

Now, as Jones announced yesterday, they're seeking extras for location shoots here in the city — which for some who were here back in 2008 will call to mind the Milk shoots, in which many locals came out in their '70's best for nighttime shoots, and the Castro was transformed complete with vintage signage and '70's cars.

It's unclear what events will be shot here in SF, but they're likely to feature both City Hall and the Castro neighborhood just like the Milk shoot did. Shooting begins next week, and all locations are said to be BART/Muni accessible.

And we know that the dramatizations in the docu-series will star Guy Pearce as Jones (he was portrayed in his younger years by Emile Hirsch in Milk), Mary-Louise Parker as former SF public health commissioner Roma Guy, and Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under) as her wife, Diane Jones, who co-founded the Women's Building together.

Below, the details about the casting call, shared by Jones:

- All experience levels welcome!
- Seeking ALL races, genders and body types, but people with hair styles consistent with the 1970s are especially needed!
- SAG-AFTRA members will be paid union rates.
-We also need some folks for just 2 hours at $12.25/hour

When: We will be shooting over multiple days in the last week of April and first week of May. We will schedule you for specific day(s) based on availability.

Where: Shoot locations will be in or near SF and reachable by Muni/Bart (parking cannot be guaranteed).

Time: Call times will vary by day. NOTE: Filming is an “all day” commitment, plan on spending up to 8 hours on the set — unless you sign up for a 2 hour only shift.

To be a part of WHEN WE RISE, contact us with the 5 pieces of info below.

Send an email to WWR.CASTING@GMAIL.COM

1) Name (in the subject line) & indicate if you are over 18.
2) Email & best phone number
3) Are you a SAG member and, if so, your SAG #
4) Attach a current photo — cell phone selfies are fine!
5) Were you referred by cast or crew?

Previously: Dustin Lance Black And Gus Van Sant Return To Familiar Turf With SF LGBT History Doc Series

Put on your pearls and clutch hard: Starbucks has come under fire after being accused of under filling their lattes in an effort to save money on milk, as KQED reports. The class action suit, filed by one San Diego resident and one San Francisco resident, claims the coffee giant "cheats purchasers by providing less fluid ounces in their lattes than represented." In fact, the suit accuses the coffee chain of under filling by approximately twenty-five percent, be it Tall, Grande, or Venti.

The suit goes on to say that Starbucks gets away with this by topping off the lattes with a "quarter-inch of foam," which is technically still milk, but whatever.

Starbucks claims the suit is without merit, adding, "If a customer is unhappy with their beverage preparation, then we are happy to remake it to their satisfaction." But for some, litigiousness comes easier than having to say "no foam, fill to the top."

The lawsuit seeks more than $5 million dollars in damages.

Far more egregious, however, is the accusation that Starbucks also cheats customers out of espresso pulls. Robert King of Auburn, California says he's been short-changed on his espresso drinks numerous times, and now he wants the company to do something about it. "I order a double-shot of Espresso and only get one-and-a-half ounces,” says King. "This is not an isolated case. It has happened at all the Starbucks I’ve gone to from Grass Valley all the way down to Elk Grove, and it’s always short."

Not cool, Starbucks. Not cool.

This isn't the first time the food and beverage industry has tried to deprive us of tastiness. If you recall, Subway got caught in a foot-long Grindr-esuqe lie, which advertised a full 12-inches but only delivered a meager 11.

Report below:

A popular Petaluma-based dairy has issued a voluntary recall of their 2% milk.

Clover Stornetta Farms announced on Friday that their 2% milk may contain small pieces of plastic, and is asking customers to return the possibly-affected milk to the stores for a full refund. All the gallons, quarts, and half-gallon containers in the recall would have the expiration date of July 29.

"Clover Stornetta Farms' top priority is the safety of our customers," the company said in a statement. "For this reason we are issuing this voluntary recall out of an abundance of caution."

"I promise you an open and honest dialogue with this voluntary recall," said Clover Stornetta CEO Marcus Benedetti.

Clover says the milk was distributed throughout Northern California.

There was no use crying on a Marin County stretch of Highway 1 Sunday, not even after a tanker truck carrying a load of milk flipped and dumped its payload all over.

According to Bay City News, California Highway Patrol officers responded to reports of an overturned tanker truck about a mile north of Nick's Cove on Highway 1 at around 11:45 Sunday morning.

When they arrived, they realized that the truck had dumped about 6000 gallons of milk in the solo crash, and 100 gallons of diesel fuel.

According to Marin County Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Giannini, it's believed that the driver was traveling too fast as he entered a turn, causing the truck to overturn. He suffered minor injuries in the crash, and was transported to the hospital.

Firefighters used absorbent materials to sop up the spilled liquids, and kept an eye on the spill to make sure it didn't threaten Bay waters.

Another truck arrived to transport an additional 4000 gallons of milk that managed to stay in the tanker, Giannini told BCN. Think about that the next time you pour yourself a bowl of Froot Loops — your milk might have been on a wild ride!

Later this evening, President Obama, who has been soft on gay issues thus far during his administration, awarded Harvey Milk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. Sapphic tennis player Billie Jean King, Sen. Edward Kennedy, thespian Sidney Poitier, Judge Sandra Day O'Connor, and smart guy Stephen Hawking are also among tonight's honorees.

Before the awards, Obama spoke fondly about Milk's legacy. "His name was Harvey Milk, and he was here to recruit us, all of us to join a movement and change a nation," he begins.

Congratulations, Harvey. (Sorry it's 30+ years late.)

Oh, and towering above lesser recipients is, of course, Chita Rivera who will also score a well-deserved Presidential Medal of Freedom.

FuncheapSF alerted us to a free screening of Milk on Monday night at 8 p.m. at the Independent. We just might go and swoon over James Franco and Emile Hirsch some more, while stifling our desire to strangle Diego Luna (this character ruined him for us). FuncheapSF smartly suggests "booing and hissing" at Anita Bryant, but maybe "boozing and hissing" is more accurate, since there is a two-drink minimum with the free admission. FuncheapSF adds in parentheses that they've never seen the rule enforced though.

State Senator Mark Leno and Sean Penn plan to reintroduce a bill Tuesday to mark Harvey Milk's birthday as a "day of significance" across California. Originally vetoed by Arnold Schwarzenegger -- the lug said only people in San Francisco would care about it -- the success of Gus Van Sant's biopic about the former slain San Francisco supervisor at this year's Oscars has prompted the method acting, Marin resident to push for a holiday honoring the murdered gay rights activist.

As refined "commie, homo-loving sons-of-guns" approached last night's Oscars, here's what they were greeted with before arriving to the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles. The folks from God Hates Fags ilk. Yep, they showed up in full regalia last night, coagulating at the corner of Sunset Blvd. and Highland Ave. They even managed to garner a cocked eyebrow from Sean Penn during his acceptance speech.

According to reports, these mentally- and spiritually-challenged folks showed up to picket homosexuals, but also managed to get in digs at President Barack Obama and the economy. And seeing as how SFist has been so anti-prop 8 as of late, it's only fair to give the anti-gay marriage folk a turn.

But, like any good Hollywood-spun tale, a hero emerged in the form of two noble Marines who counterprotested the crazy-hate. Enjoy.

The shirt, suit, and tie donned by Sean Penn in Gus Van Sant's Milk will be auctioned off online to benefit Variety - the Children's Charity of Southern California and the Hetrick-Martin Institute, home of the Harvey Milk High School. Danny Glicker's created the outfit especially for Van Sant's Harvey Milk biopic. The scene in which it is worn recreates the ensemble "November 7th, 1978, the Election Night on which he celebrated the statewide defeat of Proposition 6."

The shirt is blue and approximately 16 33/4. The suit is gray and about a 40R. It comes with a lovely royal blue tie with a light blue/gray diamond pattern, and decorative pin of sorts. The bidding is currently underway, starting at $1,000. But, no one has bid on it yet.

We bet it would get more bids if they plan on not washing it.

Bid on the suit at Clothes Off Our Back.

A group that bills itself as the Marin Breastfeeding Coalition has started an unusual campaign in Marin County to get women to breastfeed their babies. In the next coming weeks, life-sized cardboard cutouts of woman breastfeeding will be put up across the North Bay, with cutouts of the making their debut this week at The Village shopping center in Corte Madera. (To check out images of the ads, go here and here.)

Lactation consultant and coalition member Susan Martinelli had this to say:

"Breastfeeding is recognized as the standard for infant feeding by all major health organizations ... milk provides the best nutritional, immunological and emotional nurturance for the normal growth and development of babies. No manufactured formula offers anything close."

What's more, breastfeeding keeps you thin. Or so we hear.

While this sounds like a nifty campaign -- although we must remember that not all babies can suck from their mother's tit, so no shame to the mommies out there who do not breastfeed -- it does have a disturbing disclaimer. Each cut-out figure has a sign that reads, "When breastfeeding is accepted, it won’t be noticed."

This just isn't going to happen. If you breastfeed in public YOU need to be okay with the occasional turn of the eyes. Really, you have your boob out and a baby attached to it, and although there's nothing wrong or unnatural about that, you will get looks. You will. That's just how men (and a few randy ladies) are.

What a smashing idea. Courage Campaign, an organizing network that connects 300,000+ grassroots and "netroots" activists to push for progressive change in California to get Prop 8 overturned, is getting people to host a Milk screening in their community on the 20th, and then bring everyone straight from the screening to the candlelight vigils happening that night. It's called "Milk + Love."

So, if you or you know somebody outside the big, bad city of SF, send them this info if they want to setup a Milk screening on 12/20 in their town. Also, as an added bonus, Focus Features is handing out a bushel of "MILK" T-shirts to the Courage Campaign. If you sign up now, they will send you one as a 'thank you' for stepping up to host the event.