San Francisco

A historic pillar-lined bank building at the corner of Sutter and Sansome streets, near BART’s Montgomery Station in the Financial District, is about to start a new chapter in its long 112-year history.

Grammy winners Flume, Chemical Brothers, M.I.A, and Fatboy Slim are coming to SF’s newest music festival, though the Portola Music Festival will be located more in Dogpatch.

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.

A tiny bar with a hefty amount of classy Italian flare is about to open inside the hit Inner Sunset restaurant Fiorella on 9th Avenue.

The Ghirardelli Chocolate store has long been a must-stop destination for SF tourists, and now the place is about to get even more immersive, and it's been redubbed the Ghirardelli Chocolate Experience Store.

Less than a year after debuting its Mission District location, HAUM — the queer-owned, community-driven yoga studio currently at 2973 16th Street — is set to open its second studio inside the closed Yoga Tree Stanyan space (780 Stanyan Street).

In June, a new art and events pop-up, Queer Arts Featured (a.k.a Queer A.F.), will be opening in the former HRC Store (also Harvey Milk's one-time camera store) at 575 Castro Street.

Kajiken, a Japanese chain restaurant, serves fresh-made ramen noodles with fixings, all presented without broth.

Plans for the anniversary include a week of screenings featuring iconic films from each decade of the Castro Theatre's history, from June 3 -12, as well as a day of films shot in SF on June 22, the actual anniversary date.

Dance bar and happy hour spot Tope is reopening this weekend with a new parklet, new cocktail menu, a complete interior redesign, and some sweet new neon.

Café Flore was an LGBTQ+ haven in the Castro neighborhood for over 45 years. Now, the space will finally come alive again later this year under a new owner, who was a former customer.

This vacant lot has been a sanctioned tent encampment, and at one point was slated to be a meth sobering center, but now will get a dignified happy outcome as 70 units of affordable housing for low-income and homeless families.

Midnite Bagel has gone from a nighttime stunt to a pop-up to the pages of the New York Times, and now has an Inner Sunset brick-and-mortar shop opening May 23.

A San Francisco entrepreneur with extensive restaurant, bar, and nightlife experience appears to have two new business ventures in the works.

Fans will be sad to know that longtime Inner Sunset staple Pomelo has closed after nearly 25 years in business.

Citing a list of financial concerns, the City College of San Francisco's Board of Trustees finalized 38 faculty layoffs during a virtual meeting this past Friday.

There are now major concerns about the future of the longstanding Berkeley flea market held each weekend at the parking lot for BART’s Ashby Station.

After nine years at its current location on 17th Street, Castro gift shop Local Take (3979B 17th. St.) is preparing to move to a new, larger space at 18th and Castro streets.