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
SF News Castro Refused To Lower Rainbow Flag After Liz Taylor's Death After Elizabeth Taylor died last month, many folks in the LGBT community mourned the loss of the screen goddess not only for her body of work and her many dalliances with leading men,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ike's Place Returning, Possibly As Early As Saturday Ike's Place -- the Castro sandwich shop shut down by the city for obnoxious crowds and improper paperwork, among other things -- may open in its new location at 16th and Sanchez streets
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Castro's Bagdad Cafe Closes One of the city's best drunk diners (i.e., late-night greasy spoons in which you can get cheap food while tipsy) closed shop last week. According to Paolo Lucchesi at Inside Scoop, "Bagdad
SF News Castro Trader Joe's Deal Officially Dead Sad news, folks. (Or, if you hate change and/or traffic, good news.) Supervisor Scott Wiener has word that the much ballyhooed plan to get Trader Joe's to the Castro is dead. Via
Arts & Entertainment Britney Spears Castro Concert Details The Examiner has more details about Britney Spears' Castro concert for Good Morning America. "The 400 and 500 blocks of Castro Street between Market and 19th streets will be closed starting just before
misc Castro Arson Fires Prompt Awesome Fundraiser for Displaced Victims Please, please, please join us at The Lookout on Tuesday, February 15, for a fundraiser to benefit the displaced residents of the Castro arson fires. As many of you know, four fires in
SF News Early Morning Two-Alarm Blaze was Suspiciously Castro-Adjacent Another two-alarm fire broke out early this morning, just up the hill from the Castro at 1370 Clayton Street. According to Bay City News, the latest fire was reported around 3 a.m.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Castro Sandwich Shop Returns Next Year Ike's Place, the Castro sandwich shop that editors couldn't stop talking about in 2010, will re-open next year. According to SFGate, "San Francisco's Planning Commission gave owner Ike Shehadeh unanimous approval Thursday to
SF News The Castro Gets a Drag Store; Also, 'True' Gay Rights Activists Up In Arms About HRC Taking Harvey Milk's Former Store There was a little under-the-radar retail opening on Castro Street in recent weeks: Cocomo's: A Taste of Drag (538 Castro). It's now your go-to source (besides the Haight) for plus-sized high heels and
SF News What's Going On Here, 2323 Market? Going in at 2323 Market, where Earthtones once called home, this looks like it's going to be the most fun jewelery store ever.
SF News Preservationists and Castro Gays Battle Over Rainbow Banners Those rainbow flag banners that hang vertically off the tops of lampposts along Market Street in the Castro? They're apparently illegal according to historic preservationists, who say that nothing but temporary banners are
SF News Reminder: Halloween In the Castro Still Cancelled Here's a cheery reminder that, if you plan on heading to the city's colorful Castro to eat fun-size snickers and drop acid, Halloween in the city's gay district isn't happening. Once again, Halloween
SF News Castro Gas Main Break Prompts Shelter-In-Place View Larger Map Evacuations and a shelter-in-place are underway in the Castro today due to a "big gas main break" at 18th and Hartford. SFPD confirmed this to SFist, saying that the fire
misc Sarah Palin Event Banner at Castro Gas Station Oh gee, this is rich. It seems that the independent gas station at the Castro/Market intersection (opposite the Chevron station) put up this Sarah Palin sign today, one that advertises the Alaskan
SF News Wanted: Sunglass Hut Thief SF Examiner reports that a "squinty-eyed crook" held up the Sunglass Hut (2327 Market) on Saturday night. The rapscallion, it seems, brandished his gun at store employees and demand them to fill a
