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Thanks to matching offer from anonymous donor, Bay Area Reporter extends fundraising appeal

Thanks to matching offer from anonymous donor, Bay Area Reporter extends fundraising appeal

  • by Michael Yamashita
  • May 1, 2020

Thank you very much, it has been both humbling and encouraging receiving your generous support when so many are also in need of help. So far, we have raised just over $25,000 and are just 15% away from reaching our goal of $30,000.

You can help support the Bay Area Reporter fundraising campaign

You can help support the Bay Area Reporter fundraising campaign

  • by Michael Yamashita
  • Apr 15, 2020

San Francisco is one of 11 US cities that is fortunate to have a legacy LGBT publication by us, for us, and about us. Help preserve the BAR as an historic and important community institution for the future.

Business Briefs: Gay linguist teaches SF first responders Spanish

Business Briefs: Gay linguist teaches SF first responders Spanish

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 8, 2020

From an early age Dino Medardo Rosso had an ability to master foreign languages, first learning Spanish in kindergarten. It prepared him to converse with his adopted brother from El Salvador.

BESTIES 2020: The LGBTQ Best of the Bay publishes April 2

BESTIES 2020: The LGBTQ Best of the Bay publishes April 2

  • by Advertising Department
  • Mar 11, 2020

Attention business owners and marketers! America's longest continuously-published and highest weekly circulation LGBTQ newspaper proudly presents BESTIES 2020: The LGBTQ Best of the Bay

Business Briefs: 1st LGBT business to open in SFO's Milk terminal

Business Briefs: 1st LGBT business to open in SFO's Milk terminal

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 11, 2020

A lesbian-owned chain of local cafes will be the first LGBT business to open inside the Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport.

Business Briefs: French tea service, chaga mushrooms star at gay-run cafes

Business Briefs: French tea service, chaga mushrooms star at gay-run cafes

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 12, 2020

A new gay-owned French tea salon is bringing a touch of Parisian flair to San Francisco's Polk Gulch neighborhood just blocks from the museums and theaters situated in the city's Civic Center district.

Online Extra: Eco-friendly cleaners bringing coin laundry to retail space at SF LGBT senior housing project

Online Extra: Eco-friendly cleaners bringing coin laundry to retail space at SF LGBT senior housing project

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 7, 2020

The last remaining vacant space at San Francisco's LGBT senior housing development has been leased to a nearby eco-friendly cleaner that will be adding coin laundry machines for its customers and residents in the area when it relocates next month.

10th annual readers' poll starts

10th annual readers' poll starts

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jan 29, 2020

This year marks the 10th annual Bay Area Reporter readers' poll, the Besties, and voting begins Thursday, January 30.

Sterling Bank wins approval to relocate its branch in SF Castro neighborhood

Sterling Bank wins approval to relocate its branch in SF Castro neighborhood

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jan 9, 2020

Sterling Bank & Trust won approval Thursday to relocate its Castro branch into a prominent corner retail space on upper Market Street.

Business Briefs: LGBT social club expansion brings public programs

Business Briefs: LGBT social club expansion brings public programs

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jan 8, 2020

As it approaches its third anniversary, an LGBT social club in San Francisco's Castro district is expanding, opening the doors to an increase in membership and more offerings for non-club members.

Sterling Bank wants to move into prominent Castro space, but planners object

Sterling Bank wants to move into prominent Castro space, but planners object

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jan 3, 2020

Sterling Bank & Trust wants to relocate its Castro branch into a prominent corner retail space on upper Market Street, but city planners have raised objections to the financial company's plans.

Business Briefs: Holidays a busy time for watch, candle businesses

Business Briefs: Holidays a busy time for watch, candle businesses

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 11, 2019

The yearly holiday shopping season between Thanksgiving and Christmas is peak sales time for a gay watch designer and a queer-owned candle business that also sells a line of "unmentionables."

Business Briefs: Clothier fundraising for SF drag parodies actor awaiting heart transplant

Business Briefs: Clothier fundraising for SF drag parodies actor awaiting heart transplant

  • Nov 13, 2019

Until recently Sergio Lobito was working as a landscaper in San Francisco and starring in the wildly popular drag parodies of television shows.

Business Briefs: Hyperbarics spa moves into new Oakland location

Business Briefs: Hyperbarics spa moves into new Oakland location

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Oct 9, 2019

Bay Area native Alex Williams two summers ago opened her Holistic Hyperbarics spa in a small Albany storefront. At the time, it was all the business owner could afford.