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San Francisco’s Pink Triangle Memorial 14 years before the first Rainbow Honor Walk plaque went into the sidewalks of San Francisco’s Castro District, a dedicated group of community members, including RHW founding member Gustavo Serrina, established The Pink Triangle Memorial: the first historical landmark in the USA remembering LGBT victims persecuted in Fascist Europe between 1933-1945. Today I took a stroll through. Thank you to…

Happy Birthday Barbara Jordan Today on the anniversary of her birth, we celebrate the life and legacy of Rainbow Honor Walk honoree Barbara Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996). A groundbreaking congresswoman, constitutional scholar, and powerful voice for civil rights, Jordan became the first Black woman from the South elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Known for her historic role during the Watergate hearin…

media contact: David Perry / (415) 676-7007  news@davidperry.com Capricorn Framing Celebrates 20 Years of Craftsmanship, Community and Conservation Framing in San Francisco Co-owners Lloyd Haddad and Keith Wicker mark two decades of preservation-focused design, philanthropy, and expansion 19 February 2026 — SAN FRANCISCO: According to Edgar Degas, “The frame is part of the painting.”  Lloyd Haddad and Keith Wicker would agree…

Six Planets Over California A February Evening When the Solar System Lines Up On the evening of February 28, 2026, Californians from the desert to the Pacific coast will have a chance to watch a quiet celestial choreography unfold. Astronomers call it a “planetary alignment” — six planets appearing along the same arc of sky after sunset — but the experience will feel less like an event and more like a moment of stillness shared across the…

James “Gypsy” Haake: A Lifetime in Drag, A Legacy in Motion Happy 94th Birthday James “Gypsy” Haake, a Palm Springs legend and the World’s Oldest Working Drag Queen! In an industry where reinvention is often the key to survival, few performers embody endurance quite like James “Gypsy” Haake. Born on February 14, 1932, Haake’s remarkable journey across the stages of Broadway, cabaret, film, and drag performance spans more than sev…

Subject Signals in Clay: The Broadcast Age Lives On at 420 Taylor Tucked just off Market Street, on a stretch of San Francisco that has quietly witnessed the rise and reinvention of media for nearly a century, a towering ceramic mural still speaks in the language of early television. Mounted high on the façade of the former KBHK-TV studios at 420 Taylor Street, it is easy to miss at street level — and yet impossible to ignore once you tru…

BofA Presentation on 2026 Economic Trends Wealth Transfer • Baby Boomers now own $85 trillion or more than half of U.S. household net worth. Some $105 trillion is expected to be inherited by members of Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z through 2048 in the U.S.* • Supported by appreciating Equities and home prices, boomer spending was a key driver of U.S. consumer resilience in 2025, a theme that we see continuing in 2026…

SF Chamber City Beat Media Advisory  Media Contact: David Perry Board of Directors / Executive Committee:  San Francisco Chamber of Commerce news@acasusodavidperry-com (415) 676-7007 MEDIA ADVISORY San Francisco Chamber of Commerce to Release New Poll Data on San Francisco’s Economic Outlook, Voter Sentiment, and Overall Recovery at the annual CityBeat Breakfast SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The San Francisco Chamber of Commerc…

The Two Faces of the Castro Stage: Castro’s Guardians of Emotion Since 1922 If you’ve ever looked closely at the stage of San Francisco’s landmark Castro Theatre, you may have noticed two striking painted roundels flanking the proscenium—quiet, luminous figures who seem to watch over every performance. Installed when the Castro opened in 1922, these images are far more than decorative flourishes. They are allegories—visual poetry exp…