San Francisco Club Bottom Of The Hill Is Closing

Monthly San Francisco Chinatown Night Market adds free Mahjong play

Every second Friday of the month through October, the BeChinatown Night Market will take place with the added addition of ...

America’s most exclusive (and secretive) golf club is revealing itself

For decades, The Institute has been shrouded in mystique. Now that its gates have creaked open, how does the reality compare ...

OpenAI engineer is using his stock awards to launch new community makerspace in this East Bay city

An OpenAI software engineer is using his stock-based compensation from the tech giant’s upcoming initial public offering to create a non-profit collaborative workspace where the community can come ...

Apple turns 50 with a legacy of reinventing the personal computer

Through the looking glass: Apple turned 50 this week as a multi-trillion-dollar platform company built around the iPhone, the most successful product ever made, along with laptops, tablets, ...

Woman recounts fight to open prestigious San Francisco athletic clubs to women

All Lee Bender really wanted was a hot shower. Somewhere in the pursuit of that shower, she and five other women touched off a mini-revolution that resulted in two of San Francisco’s most revered ...

This elegant night of music carries a serious mission: saving opera by investing in its youngest voices

The City Club of San Francisco hosted the Merola Opera Program’s “La Bella Voce: A Night of Merola” benefit on March 7, bringing together supporters of opera and young artists from across the Bay Area ...

Inaugural San Francisco Circus Week to Take Place at Club Fugazi

This spring, North Beach’s Club Fugazi will transform into a vibrant hub of high-flying artistry and community connection with the inaugural San Francisco Circus Festival—a multi-day celebration ...

San Francisco Club Bottom Of The Hill Is Closing

San Francisco's beloved independent music venue Club Bottom Of The Hill has been around for 35 years, but it'll be closing at the end of 2026. The longtime owners Ramona Downey, Kathleen Owen, and ...

Oasis, famed San Francisco drag club, saved at the 11th hour

An 11th hour gift has saved a famed San Francisco drag club from closure. Oasis, the SoMa bar and nightclub home to the Reparations and Baloney revues, planned for its New Year’s Eve party to be its ...

Move To This California Town And Snag A Home For Under $140,000

Here’s something that’ll make you do a double-take: there’s a California town where you can buy a house for less than what ...

Sebastopol City Council approves additional $175K for library mold remediation

The Sebastopol City Council voted Tuesday to approve $175,000 for the Sebastopol Regional Library’s continued mold ...

From new Peninsula playgrounds and amenities to Shakespeare in the Park, here’s what summer has in store outdoors

The Six Fifty rounds up outdoor recreation news and happenings for the summer, including the opening of new playgrounds and ...

New Hanover County opens new Northchase library, expanding access to public services

New Hanover County has officially opened its newest public library branch, bringing expanded access to books, technology, and ...

Bay Area man sentenced for stealing rare Chinese manuscripts from UCLA library, returning fakes

A man who admitted to stealing rare historical manuscripts from the UCLA library system and replacing them with fake ...

'City on the Edge' is an absorbing history of modern San Francisco - even when it lacks a thesis

Jonathan Weber's "City on the Edge" is a breezy yet deeply well-informed primer, perfect for getting techie carpetbaggers up ...

San Francisco Showdown: 100 Authors Take Anthropic to Court Over 'Pirated' Books

Anthropic, alleging Claude was trained on pirated books and seeking statutory damages. New suit filed in Northern California ...

Smiling sicko caught on camera exposing himself to kids outside California library

A San Francisco man was busted after allegedly exposing himself while watching children outside a Northern California library ...

SF: New Partnership Expands Program For Young Writers

A group that advocates for San Francisco libraries announced this week a new partnership with the local publishing company ...

Victor Willis, Lead Singer of the Village People, Dies at 74

Often performing dressed as a helmeted police officer, he also co-wrote the group’s biggest hits, including “Y.M.C.A.” and ...

San Bernardino’s original Wigwam hosted 1884 GOP speech, but it’s not the site you’re thinking of

In a presidential campaign long, long ago, San Bernardino was briefly the center of the political universe in California. One ...

All Issues of the San Francisco Bay Times From the 1970s to the Present Are Now Available Online

Every issue of the San Francisco Bay Times, from its founding in the 1970s until the present, may now be viewed in their ...