The Castro's nearly 25-year-old The Hope For The World Cure mural at 16th and Market streets was recently restored with vibrant colors and three new additions.

In this edition: a hot chicken and ramen restaurant changes concepts to a sushi restaurant and a custom sofa store and medical spa open in the Castro.

Mexico-based chain La Borra del Café has proposed to move into the long-vacant ground floor retail space 2175 Market Street (at Sanchez and 15th streets).

Another Planet Entertainment has just announced it will be hosting a town hall meeting about the upcoming changes to the historic 100-year-old Castro Theatre on Thursday, August 11 at the Castro.

A new Chinese restaurant is slated to open on Castro Street in the coming weeks, occupying a long-vacant storefront.

Castro residents now have a new source for hanging plants, house plants, and moss baskets.

The Epicurean Trader was just announced as the ground floor retail tenant at the new residential condo building 2238 Market — a.k.a. the development on the former Sullivan's Funeral Home property.

The longtime owner of the plant shop and nursery, David Gray, says the shop hasn't been profitable for a while. "I'm gonna have to find a job," he says.

Plans for the return of a Pink Saturday event in the Castro have been canceled just four days before Pride Weekend.

After 13 years in the Castro, Trudy's Tattoo Parlor (2275 Market St.) quietly shuttered this month due to pandemic-related financial stresses.

San Francisco-based Live Fit Gym is set to take over the former Castro 24 Hour Fitness location at 2145 Market Street (at Church).

The Academy Award-winning 2008 Harvey Milk biopic 'Milk,' the production of which included on-location shooting in the Castro and the restoration of the Castro Theatre's neon sign, will be screened again at the theater in June as part of a benefit.

For the third year in a row, the Pink Triangle atop Twin Peaks will once again be lit up like a giant gay beacon throughout Pride Month. But this time, it will be more vibrant in the daytime as well.