SF News Hank, the Dognapped French Bulldog, Has Been Found Safe, Returned to Owners Hank, the Frenchie who was stolen from outside a Castro neighborhood bar last week, has been located, he's safe, and he's been returned to his very distressed dads.
SF News Castro Dog Dad Seeks Public's Help In Finding Dognapped Frenchie, Hank A man's French bulldog was stolen outside of a Castro bar last week and remains missing, and the dog's owner is seeking help from the public in locating the dognapping suspect.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: The Cockettes’ Tahara, Christmas Bar, and SCRAP Jewelry Pop-Up This week: 1960s gems at SCRAP, Muni’s holiday wrap artist, and Deck the Halls out the wazoo. Plus, queer performer and activist Tahara, astronomy talks, queer land stewardship, the wildlife of Yosemite, and ushering in the salmon.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Castro Bar Rikki's to Host Lesbian Pie-Eating Contest It won't be the first lesbian pie-eating contest in all the land, but it will be the first that we know of in San Francisco, when Rikki's hosts the event this weekend.
Arts & Entertainment Video: Check Out the Renovation Work Happening Inside the Castro Theatre We now have the most in-depth peek to date inside the still under-construction Castro Theatre, as crews complete what's been a nearly two-year-long, $41 million renovation project.
Arts & Entertainment Now Sam Smith Is Getting Blowback for Depicting Queer People Smoking In New SF-Shot Music Video Leave it to Bay Area denizens on Facebook, but some serious finger-wagging and multi-exclamation-point indignation is happening in at least one corner of social media about the amount of smoking seen Sam Smith's new music video, shot in SF's Castro.
Arts & Entertainment Sam Smith, Who Was Just Shooting a Music Video Around the Castro, to Do Castro Theatre Residency Grammy-winning singer Sam Smith is the opening act for the reopening of the newly renovated Castro Theatre, which the singer teased in a Monday TikTok post.
SF News Oiled-Up Castro Creeper Who Exposed Himself to Girls Convicted, Faces Possible Five-Year Sentence A man who was called out by teenage school girls and their parents after he repeatedly showed up outside a boba shop and exposed himself to them has been convicted on multiple felony counts.
Arts & Entertainment Could Halloween In the Castro Come Back... as a Night Market? Things remain in the planning stages, but there is an effort afoot to move the monthly Castro Night Market to Halloween this October, which would allow the already sanctioned market to expand a bit and become the neighborhood's first official outdoor Halloween celebration in nearly 20 years.
Arts & Entertainment Castro Theater Begins Taking Bookings — Starting Next March The long-awaited, still controversial, $41 million renovation of the historic Castro Theatre may or may not be complete by year-end, but Another Planet Entertainment is now starting to line up bookings starting for March 2026 and beyond.
SF News Sunday Links: Thousands Take to SF Streets Saturday for Dyke March and Queer Visibility Democrats in the Senate are imposing a full reading of the 940-page “big, beautiful bill” this weekend in order to stall a late-night vote; a man is in critical condition after falling from a Russian Hill high rise; and thousands took part in SF’s Dyke March on Saturday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Harvey Milk Plaza Redesign to Break Ground in 2026 The funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband took place today — while their accused killer appeared in court; someone died after falling off a cliff near Devil’s Slide; and the Harvey Milk Plaza revamp is scheduled to start in 2026.
Arts & Entertainment Last Week, This Week: Litquake, Drag Bingo, Roller Disco, and Circus Bella Last week: SF is searching for a new Drag Laureate, SoMa's getting the “Four Seasons of bathhouses,” and Rikki's, the Castro's first women's sports bar, is open. This week: Roller disco, drag bingo, Circus Bella, and more.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Castro's First Women's Sports Bar, Rikki's, Opens Wednesday A bar dedicated primarily to celebrating women's professional and collegiate sports, which also doubles as the first lesbian bar to open in the Castro in decades, makes its debut on Wednesday.
Arts & Entertainment SF Night Market Mania in Full Swing, Both Cole Valley and Castro Have Night Markets This Weekend The night market frenzy that’s sweeping San Francisco has one of those double-shot weekends on the horizon, with Cole Valley Nights on Thursday, and the Castro Night Market on Friday.
Arts & Entertainment Another Planet Evicting Longtime Castro Coffeeshop and Nail Salon, Likely for Box Office Space for Castro Theatre It's been confirmed that two longtime businesses on the 400 block of Castro Street, Castro Coffee Co. and Castro Nail Salon, are being evicted in June by new building managers Another Planet Entertainment (APE).
SF News Police Arrest Employee at Castro Walgreens Who Allegedly Stabbed Shoplifter In the Eye It was a violent morning on Castro Street Wednesday when an employee at the Walgreens store there allegedly stabbed a shoplifter in the eye during a street altercation.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Police Seek Suspect In Sunday Beating on Castro Street Police are seeking a male suspect in a brutal beating outside the Castro Theatre; DOGE cuts are shutting down the Bureau of Land Management office in Ukiah; and the China Beach bathhouse renovation is finally getting underway.
SF News Alleged Castro Creep Who Was Exposing Himself Around Teens Has Been Arrested A man who had been called out publicly last week for exposing himself and allegedly acting lewdly around children in the Castro has now been arrested, and he indeed has a record as a sex offender.
SF Politics Supervisors Push to Lift Formula Retail Ban on Van Ness — What About Other Neighborhoods With Vacant Storefronts? Two SF supervisors are floating a rule-change that would lift limits on formula retail on the struggling Van Ness corridor. But the proposal prompts the question of why the Board of Supervisors isn't looking at more widespread changes to these rules.
SF News Parents Want Man Arrested Who Has Allegedly Been Exposing Himself to Schoolchildren In the Castro Some parents of children who attend school in the Castro neighborhood say that a man who may be a registered sex offender has been oiling himself up and repeatedly exposing himself to teen girls in the neighborhood.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Castro's QBar Reopening Next Week After Five-Year Closure Over in San Francisco's Castro District, a storefront that has sat dark and boarded over for five years, which was once one of the buzzy nightlife magnets of the neighborhood, is making a comeback after a very lengthy remodel.
Arts & Entertainment It Was Very, Very Hot For the 50th Anniversary of the Castro Street Fair Sunday People came out in droves but most were trying to huddle in the shadier parts of the Castro neighborhood for the 50th anniversary of the Castro Street Fair on Sunday.
Arts & Entertainment Castro Neighborhood Wants In on Night Market Game, Will Host One On 18th Street Next Month A first-ever Castro Night Market will be happening on Friday, October 18, following the success of recent neighborhood night markets in Chinatown and the Sunset.
SF News Weekend Stabbing In SF Turns Into Crime Spree That Ends In Castro District A stabbing Sunday in the NoPa neighborhood led to an alleged rampage by a suspect in a vehicle, including hit-and-run collisions, and an ultimate confrontation with police.
