Some of the best advice I ever received includes the words “stay curious.” No matter the age or circumstances, feeding the brain is important and fun. For years, I have done this as a professor at the ...

San Francisco’s annual foggy summer musical celebration Outside Lands was a jam-packed sellout with crowds of over 75.000 enthusiastic fans mobbing the multi-stage festival in Golden Gate Park.

Somewhere off the coast of Africa, a hunk of brown algae the size of a small country decided this was its year. The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is currently drifting toward Florida, Mexico, and the ...

Last month, I took some time away from Rainbow to attend the annual American Cheese Society (ACS) Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. When folks come into the store and ask me where I have been, and I ...

Remember back in the day when Napa wine tastings were free? The idea was that you’d traipse up to Napa, try some tasty wines, ...

August 2026 marks the fifth Transgender History Month observed in San Francisco. Former Mayor London Breed declared the first such month in August 2021, making San Francisco the first city in the U.S.

For many of us who grew up in Southern California, going to the beach was a way of life. We played beach sports, frolicked in the ocean, and showed off our golden, sun-kissed tans. Southern ...

Hello San Francisco Bay Times Readers, My name is George Jeffery Smith III, and I am honored to serve as President of the Board of Directors of Oakland Pride, Inc. On behalf of our Board, sponsors, ...

Bob Hermann, the President of The Rotary Club of San Francisco, was celebrated at an event on June 14, 2025. It was to honor his successful term as President, which is drawing to a close. A host was ...

Photos by Rink and Bill Wilson Known as an annual “not for the faint of heart experience,” Up Your Alley attracts thousands. This street fair for 2024 was held on Sunday, July 29. The participants ...

Peter Gamez, the openly gay President & CEO of Visit Oakland, already has a full calendar of events in the works for 2026. He shared just a few: Super Bowl Watch Parties – Super Bowl LX (the 60th ...

Data on the number of people who have died in recent years as a result of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions widely varies, depending on the source, questions over how the ...