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Business Briefs: LGBT employee groups expand scope

Business Briefs: LGBT employee groups expand scope

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Sep 11, 2019

LGBT employee resource groups have come a long way since their early days — it is believed that the first such ERG was formed in 1978 by workers at Hewlett Packard.

Business Briefs: Castro monthly art events hit 2-year mark

Business Briefs: Castro monthly art events hit 2-year mark

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 7, 2019

A bustling crowd showed up for the August 1 opening of local artist Ariel Gold's solo exhibition featuring her works inspired by the street life of San Francisco.

See's Candies to close SF Castro location Saturday

See's Candies to close SF Castro location Saturday

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jul 17, 2019

Five years after See's Candies moved into the Safeway shopping center in San Francisco's gay Castro neighborhood, the company is shuttering the location this weekend.

Business Briefs: Filmmakers turn lens on historic SF gay bar

Business Briefs: Filmmakers turn lens on historic SF gay bar

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jul 10, 2019

Living mere blocks from the Twin Peaks Tavern, Pond Street residents Bret Parker and Petey Barma consider the historic gay bar their neighborhood watering hole.

Business Briefs: Lesbians Who Tech retools 2020 Castro summit

Business Briefs: Lesbians Who Tech retools 2020 Castro summit

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jun 12, 2019

Lesbians Who Tech + Allies is retooling its 2020 San Francisco summit as it remains determined to stay in the city's LGBT Castro district amid growing popularity.

Planning body moves to allow nonprofit uses in Castro storefronts, restrict formulaic health care

Planning body moves to allow nonprofit uses in Castro storefronts, restrict formulaic health care

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 9, 2019

The city's planning commission voted Thursday to make it easier for nonprofits and harder for formulaic health care centers to lease sidewalk-fronting storefronts along upper Market Street in the city's gay Castro district.

Business Briefs: LGBT biz group increases focus on South

Business Briefs: LGBT biz group increases focus on South

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 8, 2019

A year after Erin Uritus took over as CEO of Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, she is turning the nonprofit's attention toward the 13 states that comprise the southern United States and lack robust protections for LGBTQ workers, if they have any at all.

Business Briefs: LGBT biz group increases focus on South

Business Briefs: LGBT biz group increases focus on South

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 8, 2019

A year after Erin Uritus took over as CEO of Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, she is turning the nonprofit's attention toward the 13 states that comprise the southern United States and lack robust protections for LGBTQ workers, if they have any at all.

Castro beer garden to open; arcade expansion approved

Castro beer garden to open; arcade expansion approved

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 2, 2019

A beer hall is set to open next week on upper Market Street in San Francisco's gay Castro district, while across the street an arcade bar has won approval to expand its business.

Business Briefs: CA biz leader connects gay, Latino communities

Business Briefs: CA biz leader connects gay, Latino communities

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 10, 2019

Opening doors for Latino business owners as well as LGBT Hispanics in California drives Juan P. Novello's work, whether with his local chamber of commerce or at his current job as the chief operating officer of the California Latino Economic Institute.

SF planning body approves permits for Castro social club, real estate firm

SF planning body approves permits for Castro social club, real estate firm

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 5, 2019

A real estate firm and an LGBT social club in the Castro both secured the permits they needed from the city's Planning Commission this week.

SF Castro arcade bar Brewcade moves forward with expansion

SF Castro arcade bar Brewcade moves forward with expansion

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 18, 2019

Brewcade, the popular arcade and craft beer bar on upper Market Street in San Francisco's gay Castro district, is moving forward with its expansion plans into an adjacent restaurant space and opening up its entertainment offerings to all ages.

Business Briefs: Castro business group to welcome new leader

Business Briefs: Castro business group to welcome new leader

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 13, 2019

The Castro Merchants is set to elect real estate agent Masood Samereie as its next president when it meets April 4. He has been selling property in the city's LGBT neighborhood since 2003.

Business Briefs: Gay crime novelist launches own press with podcast

Business Briefs: Gay crime novelist launches own press with podcast

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 13, 2019

A year ago this month celebrated gay crime novelist Michael Nava secured the rights for all of his published works, including the seven titles in his acclaimed series featuring the gay criminal defense lawyer Henry Rios.