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Palm Springs gay resort up for sale

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Dec 22, 2020

One of Palm Springs' best-known gay resorts is up for sale. INNdulge's owners Jon Jackson and his partner, Sandy Miller, are selling the hotel in the Warm Sands neighborhood for $10.8 million.

Experts discuss mental health during town hall

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Oct 21, 2020

California state Senator Scott Wiener hosted an hourlong virtual town hall meeting October 20, focused on problems related to mental health and substance use, which have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Egg's former home has tenants, owner says

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Aug 24, 2020

The owner of the San Francisco building where homicide victim Brian Egg had lived for over 40 yeas told the Bay Area Reporter that he hopes he's solved the problem with squatters breaking into the home by renting to two tenants.

Squatters take over Egg's former home

  • CRIME
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Aug 12, 2020

On the two-year anniversary of the gruesome killing of Brian Egg, the case remains unsolved and neighbors are expressing a growing concern over squatters they say have taken over the South of Market house where the 65-year-old gay man had lived.

Online Extra: Some evidence that HIV drug could aid in COVID-19 fight

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Apr 21, 2020

Samantha Mottet knew she was dying of COVID-19. She feared her death was near but she didn't want to die on April 2. It was her brother's birthday. She didn't want her family to have to think of her passing on that day.

Online Extra: SF doc sees promise in HIV drug as treatment for COVID-19

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Apr 1, 2020

Longtime SF AIDS physician sees promising results in experimental HIV drug to treat COVID-19.

Palm Springs welcomes winter travelers

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Dec 23, 2019

If you want to avoid crowds and save big on airfare, one of the slowest times of the year in Palm Springs is coming up.

Exclusive: Almena is optimistic about Ghost Ship retrial

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Oct 8, 2019

Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena told the Bay Area Reporter this week that he is optimistic that many more witnesses favorable to his defense will come forward in a new trial that is scheduled to begin next spring.

Online Extra: Harris acquittal, hung jury on Almena in Ghost Ship trial

  • CRIME
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Sep 5, 2019

An Alameda County Superior Court jury on Thursday acquitted one of the defendants in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire and hung on the other defendant.

Puerto Vallarta offers deals, beaches, gay nightlife

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Sep 4, 2019

If you are on a tight travel budget, the best time to visit Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, is right now. Anytime you can get an airfare under $400 from the Bay Area you are doing well, and right now, round-trip fares for fall flights to Puerto Vallarta are as l

Scant details 1 year after Egg's death

  • CRIME
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Aug 14, 2019

On the one-year anniversary of the grisly discovery of Brian Egg's headless torso in a fish tank in his South of Market home, no one has been prosecuted for the homicide.

Online Extra: Almena lashes out at prosecutors in second jailhouse interview

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Aug 5, 2019

Ghost Ship defendant Derick Almena lashed out at prosecutors in a second jailhouse interview with the Bay Area Reporter.

Ghost Ship defendant blames fire on arsonist targeting 'queer' event

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Jul 29, 2019

In an extraordinary jailhouse interview on the eve of closing arguments in the Ghost Ship trial, defendant Derick Almena told the Bay Area Reporter he believes the fire was set by arsonists and may have been a hate crime targeting a "totally queer event."

Boston is rich in LGBT history

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Jun 26, 2019

While San Francisco celebrates Pride this weekend, Boston's celebration was Saturday, June 8, with a parade starting in Copley Square, through the gay-popular South End, before ending up at Boston City Hall.

Egg case officially ruled a homicide

  • CRIME
  • by Ed Walsh
  • May 15, 2019

A newly released autopsy report on the death of a gay man, Brian Egg, whose decomposed torso was found in a fish tank in his South of Market home over the summer, reveals his cause of death was "unspecified homicidal violence with blunt force trauma."

Friends shocked at Egg suspect's release from jail

  • CRIME
  • by Ed Walsh
  • May 1, 2019

Neighbors, family, and a San Francisco supervisor are expressing anger, shock, and concern over the release of a man who had been arrested in connection with the death of Brian Egg.

Suspect in Egg case released from jail

  • CRIME
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Apr 25, 2019

The onetime suspect in the death of Brian Egg, a gay man whose decomposed torso was found in a fish tank in his South of Market home last summer, was released from jail Wednesday, April 24, the Bay Area Reporter has learned.

Soak up the sun and have fun in LA

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Apr 3, 2019

Hollywood's best-known landmark wouldn't have happened if it weren't for a closeted gay man from San Francisco.

History and activities await LGBTs in Philly

  • NEWS
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Mar 27, 2019

As I walked by the lesbian-focused Toasted Walnut Bar and Kitchen in Philadelphia earlier this month, the first panhandler who approached me in the three days I had spent walking around the city solicited me.

Prosecutors in dog-maul case applaud Knoller parole denial

  • CRIME
  • by Ed Walsh
  • Feb 13, 2019

Those who prosecuted Marjorie Knoller in the 2001 dog-mauling death of lesbian Diane Whipple say a state board's decision last week to deny parole to her is justice.