Arts & Entertainment Castro Nudists Plan Saturday Nude-In A group of local exhibitionists and public nudists is planning to flood the (ahem) buff stop on Castro Commons Plaza with their surely exemplary specimens of the male form this Saturday at Noon.
SF News Castro Rainbow Flag Activists Granted Their 9/11 Memorial Castro activists Michael Petrelis and Bill Wilson have won at least one battle with the neighborhood merchants group over the iconic rainbow flag flying over Harvey Milk Plaza. As you will recall, controversy
SF News S.F. Introduces New Public Nudity Legislation During today's Board of Supervisors meeting, District 8 Supervisor Scot Wiener will unsheathe new legislation about public nudity in San Francisco. Wiener represents the Castro, which has seen an uptick in nakedness as
SF News Activists Call on Castro Merchant Group to Honor Gay 9/11 Hero With Rainbow Flag Memorial More controversy brewing over the Castro's iconic rainbow flag at Harvey Milk Plaza this week as local activists push for a September 11th memorial for Mark Bingham. Bingham, you may recall, is remembered
SF News Woman Struck, Killed by Muni Bus in Castro Identified Authorities released the name of the 23-year-old woman struck and killed by a Muni bus on Friday afternoon. San Franciscan Emily Dunn was at the end of the crosswalk at the intersection of
SF News Muni Bus Kills Pedestrian at 18th and Hartford A woman was struck and killed by a Muni shuttle in Castro District this afternoon. According to reports "Police say the woman was at the corner of 18th and Hartford when she was
SF News Castro's 'Stop the Violence' Campaign: Dennis Herrera Rally? [UPDATED] Slammed by noted activist and blogger Michael Petrelis as "a pathetic Sisters event more interested in being full of Kumbaya feelings and promoting two lame politicians," Saturday's Stop the Violence campaign, sparked by
SF News Stop the Violence Campaign Marches Against Hate Crime Tomorrow The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, along with Castro Community on Patrol and the Triangle Martial Arts Association, have scheduled a march for tomorrow, Saturday August 13th, to speak out against recent hate crimes
SF News Cops Seeking Teen Gang That Committed Duboce Triangle Hate Crime Attack On Saturday night, three white males described as being in their "mid-teens" attacked a 52-year-old Santa Barbara man with a baseball bat near Market and Sanchez in Duboce Triangle. The teens, who yelled
SF News Sister of Perpetual Indulgence Attacked in the Castro On Sunday, July 31, a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence was assaulted and called a "faggot" during an early morning attack in the Castro district. The incident happened at around 2
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bacon Bacon In <s>the Castro</s> Hayes Valley Today [UPDATE] Yes, we've all reached a saturation point with all things bacon -- don't even get us started on this season's Big Brother -- except for its taste. It still tastes remarkable. It just
Arts & Entertainment Castro Theater to Go Dark Eight Nights in August What with so many cinema houses closing down, we always worry about our dear Castro Theatre, the Bay Area's best (if we may) theater. But, just like in April, it will go dark
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour Hipsters vs Hippies water balloon showdown in Dolores Park on Saturday. Photo by Bhautik Joshi.
Arts & Entertainment 1980 Gay Party Poster for Castro Muni Station Uncovered Muni Diaries brings our attention to this groovy 1980 poster advertising a party for the opening of the Castro Muni station. D. Robert Foster, who sent MD the poster, notes: This is a
SF News No Leads in Philip DiMartino Murder Case After Almost One Year San Francisco Police Department is offering $25,000 in information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the brutal stabbing death of Philip DiMartino. On August 2, 2010
SF News 'Young, Hip-Hop Looking Kids" Beat Castro Resident During Pink Saturday Castro resident Sean Ray, 42, was on his way home after taking part in the Pink Saturday festivities, June 25, when he found a gaggle of youths on his apartment steps. After a
Arts & Entertainment Sunday Afternoon in Dolores Park vs. 'Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte' Mission Mission reader "Beebe" sent the fine folks over at the city's favorite neighborhood blog this nifty side-by-side comparison of a Sunday afternoon in Dolores Park and "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island
SF News 4 Teens Arrested in Monday Castro Muggings, Stabbing Four horrible teenagers, ranging from 15 to 17, were arrested following a series of brutal muggings in the Castro and near the Mission on Monday. The first robbery, reported at around 10:40
SF News Pink Saturday Bans Booze In an effort to curb violence at the Pink Saturday festival in the Castro, the city has banned booze at the annual precursor to the Pride Parade. Last year, if you recall, a
SF News Porta-Potties Set Ablaze in Castro District Harkening back to the days of the toilet torcher, two portable poopers were set on fire Sunday night in the city's Castro district. "One of the toilets was at 18th and Sanchez streets,
SF News Scenes from a Tree Blown Over in Duboce Park Local photog Brendan Luna snapped these shots of a tree blown over by fierce winds in Duboce Park on Saturday. "Windy conditions on Saturday at about 2 p.m. caused a large tree
Arts & Entertainment Peaches Christ Talks 'Mommie Dearest,' Faye Dunaway, and Child Abuse High-glamour child abuse, anyone? You are in luck. On Saturday night, Peaches Christ (Midnight Mass creator, All About Evil writer/director) will once again screen Mommie Dearest, this time in honor of its
SF News Mayoral Race Update: Herrera Funding Questioned, Dufty's Top Promise Answered For your wonky pleasure, we have some highs and lows today regarding two mayoral candidates. First, according to Chris Roberts at SF Appeal, City Attorney Dennis Herrera could be in tepid water for
SF News Everyone's On The Castro Rainbow Flag Story Now It's great to see the Castro district get media overage outside of a moving sandwich shop. Furthermore, it's even better to see an activist (one who doesn't need to make fake threats about
SF News Little Outcry For Doomed S.F. LGBT & HIV Institutions While the battle cry for jesuit school's radio station gets louder and louder, the outcry over the closure over San Francisco's queer and HIV institutions grows quieter and quieter. (Except for a noted
