Longtime stage manager and actor Milt Commons made his final exit on November 6 in his longtime home of San Francisco, after an exceptionally long, useful, and colorful life, friends said.

Longtime lesbian activist Amber Hollibaugh, who resided for a time in San Francisco back in the 1970s, died suddenly October 20 at her home in Brooklyn, New York.

The obituary for Alan Jaffray, who used his math skills to become a professional poker player.

The obituary for Jamie Summers, a chiropractor and body worker who had a gift for seeing beauty.

The obituary for Roy D. Jones, who arrived in the Bay Area in 1965 and had a fulfilling career as a general contractor.

The obituary for William Lonon Smith, who loved the San Francisco arts scene.

The world lost a bright star, and I lost a lifelong friend, with the recent passing of my former TV news co-anchor Ginger Casey.

It's time for Bay Area Reporter readers to cast their ballots for the LGBTQ newspaper's annual Best of the Bay contest.

The obituary for Chris Nigoghossian, who served the homeless and worked as a community health worker. He enjoyed music and nature.

The obituary for Ronald Charles Agnew, who served in Vietnam and went on to work for the federal court system. He was also involved in drag royalty.

The obituary for Aldo Arias, who worked as a hair stylist/beautician for most of his professional career and lived in San Francisco for many years.

The obituary for Jon Bush, who was an electronic music composer and longtime member of the dance music collective Moontribe.

The obituary for Stephen Merrell Jull-Patterson, who wrote and performed one-man shows and later moved to Alameda where he and his husband raised their four children.

It's been more than a month since gay San Francisco cyclist David Sexton was killed in a hit-and-run crash in the East Bay city of Richmond, and his partner told the Bay Area Reporter that he's frustrated with the slowness of the investigation.