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Lesbian Castro attorney threatens to leave SF after home ransacked

  • CRIME
  • by Sari Staver
  • Jul 2, 2019

Lesbian Castro attorney found used needles and heroin in her home after it was burglarized over the weekend and says she's ready to leave San Francisco.

Bay Area Cannasseur: New jobs expected in cannabis field

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Jul 2, 2019

With almost 200 applications for licenses to open retail cannabis businesses now in the pipeline in San Francisco, a flood of new jobs is expected to make it easier to break into the burgeoning bud industry.

Speakers urge LGBTs to start planning for end-of-life care

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Jun 26, 2019

Queers approaching retirement: make plans now.

Planning panel OKs two cannabis retail stores

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Jun 19, 2019

Two new cannabis retail stores have been approved by the San Francisco Planning Commission, including one in the Castro that will be owned in part by two gay men.

Queer artists' group publishes anthology

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Jun 19, 2019

Still Here San Francisco, a nonprofit organization of queer artists who grew up in the city, will unveil its just-published "Still Here San Francisco" anthology at a release party Saturday, June 22.

Trans people create digital stories

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Jun 19, 2019

A series of digital stories about the lives of seven San Francisco transgender people are being published online this month.

Bay Area Cannasseur: SF cannabis office works on permit backlog

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Jun 5, 2019

More than 100 people crowded into the Castro's Flore on Market recently, anxious to shake hands with Marisa Rodriguez, the newly appointed director of the city's Office of Cannabis.

LGBT Asylum Project opens Castro office

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Jun 5, 2019

An organization that offers legal assistance to LGBTs seeking asylum has opened an office in the Castro.

Burrito Project keeps the food coming

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • May 22, 2019

With more than 15,000 burritos delivered to people living on the street, San Francisco's Burrito Project recently celebrated its third anniversary.

Bay Area Cannasseur: Tips for a cannabis garden

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • May 1, 2019

Attention: Cannabis shoppers.

Bay Area Cannasseur: 4/20 offers special events and sales

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Apr 17, 2019

This is a special edition of the Bay Area Reporter's cannabis column and celebrates all things 4/20.

LYRIC to highlight programs at open house

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Apr 10, 2019

More than 100 people are expected to attend the 31st annual open house for the Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center set for Thursday, April 25. This year's theme is "Bloom: Revolutionary Power from the Margins" and is free and open to all.

Lightfoot easily wins Chicago mayor's race

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Apr 3, 2019

Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot cruised to victory in the Chicago mayoral election Tuesday, making history as the first African-American woman and out LGBT person to become chief executive of America's third largest city.

Bay Area Cannasseur: Start-up offers heavily discounted legal pot

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Apr 3, 2019

A new San Francisco-based cannabis delivery service is offering legal pot at 30 to 50% less than prices at brick and mortar retail stores.

SF supervisors OK pot sale, use ordinance for temporary events

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Mar 13, 2019

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a pilot program that will allow organizations to apply for a permit to sell or consume cannabis at temporary events.

Bay Area Cannasseur: Vapor Room retains funky vibe at new location

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Mar 6, 2019

It took eight years of working its way through the government bureaucracy but the Vapor Room, one of San Francisco's quintessential cannabis dispensaries, is open again.

Gascón to wipe out thousands of pot convictions

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Feb 27, 2019

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced Monday that his office will wipe out more than 9,000 marijuana convictions dating to the mid-1970s as part of a program to retroactively apply Proposition 64, which legalized adult use of the drug.

SF approves first cannabis equity applicant

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Feb 20, 2019

San Francisco's first cannabis dispensary equity applicant got the green light from the city's planning commission this month, enabling the founders of Cole Ashbury Group to begin renovations on a storefront at 1685 Haight Street.

Newsom names SF pot czar to state post

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Feb 20, 2019

Governor Gavin Newsom has named San Francisco cannabis czar Nicole Elliott as a senior adviser for cannabis in the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, an appointment that drew praise from LGBT leaders in the cannabis industry.

Love Shack dispensary reopens

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Feb 20, 2019

The Mission district's longtime cannabis dispensary, Love Shack, which closed nearly a year ago, has re-opened by the gay-owned and -operated retail chain, SPARC.