Affordable LGBTQ+ senior housing in San Francisco's Castro denied funding
The planned 187-unit complex would have overlooked the Castro.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
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10 shot in San Francisco's Castro at Halloween party
Gunfire broke out between two groups at a massive Halloween street party in San Francisco's Castro district, wounding at least 10 people, including bystanders.
NOVEMBER 1, 2006
S.F. Cancels the Castro's Halloween Revelry
The hundreds of thousands of people who usually flock to an annual Halloween street party in San Francisco are being warned to stay home or go elsewhere after several episodes of violence in recent years. City officials have advised would-be revelers through fliers, public service announcements, and juvenile probation officers that they won't find many treats in the Castro District, home in past years to the largest Halloween happening in the San Francisco Bay area. What they will find are hundreds of extra police officers, shuttered restaurants, stepped-up sobriety checks, and no bus or train service after 8:30 p.m.
NOVEMBER 1, 2007
The Milk Effect: It Does a Neighborhood Good
With interest in the movie at a fever pitch in the Castro, businesses are taking advantage -- just as the man himself would've wanted.
OCTOBER 22, 2008
Thousands Gather in San Francisco to Celebrate Equality
The LGBT community rallied in the City by the Bay's historic Castro district to celebrate the landmark Supreme Court rulings.
JUNE 27, 2013
San Francisco mayor considers canceling Halloween party
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that he is considering canceling the Castro district's annual Halloween festivities in the future after a shooting at this year's event wounded nine people and left another person injured in the ensuing panic.
NOVEMBER 2, 2006
School District's Pride Murals Under Attack by Far Right
The California school district decided to paint the progress Pride flag on all 15 schools within the system to show that everybody is welcome at school.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Study: Gayborhoods for Many Budgets
San Francisco's Castro still claims a huge concentration of gay residents, but there are LGBT-friendly areas with lower housing prices, according to a real estate analysis.
JUNE 16, 2012
Westboro Baptist Church Targets Kids' Book Event
The hate group says it will picket a live reading of the LGBT kids' book Square Zair Pair in San Francisco's Castro district.
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
Right-Wing Extremists to Protest School Board Meeting Over Pride Flags
Because the Castro Valley Unified School District decided to paint inclusive murals featuring the Progress Pride flag, right-wing radicals plan to protest.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Milking the Castro's Queer History
San Francisco's Castro district is bracing for a flood of tourists after its star turn in Gus Van Sant's biopic Milk. Shot on location, the movie stars Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay men elected to public office.
NOVEMBER 12, 2008
15 of the Queerest Places to Spend New Year’s
Whether it’s with millions of people or with a few, check out these places to go to have a queer New Year’s Eve.
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Study: Gays Are Leaving the 'Gayborhood'
In the past decade, neighborhoods like the Castro and Chelsea have experienced a sizable drop in gay and lesbian residents.
JULY 28, 2014
