"You're in your world, and you're safe." And McKechnie adds, "And just because we have equal rights now, doesn't mean we have to be homogeneous."įor much more, click that little arrow and listen to my full interview. "It's important to have a place that you feel at home and comfortable in," says Stephens. There's Precinct at Fourth and South Broadway and Redline at South Los Angeles and Sixth, and one more is on the way: Bar Mattachine at Broadway and Seventh, named for the first gay rights group, the Mattachine Society.ĭrew Mackie tells the story in the latest edition of Frontiers, and he joined me at Precinct on Tuesday evening with co-owner Thor Stephens and the co-owner of Bar Mattachine, Garret McKechnie. And so many gay bars have closed across the region, including the historic the Friendship in Pacific Palisades, the Other Side in Silver Lake and the Black Cat Tavern at Sunset Junction.īut, lo! In downtown Los Angeles, which only a little while ago was down to one gay bar - the New Jalisco at Main and Third - two new venues have opened. It's a reality gays and lesbians have had to embrace as the price of progress: the more society as a whole accepts them, the less reason there is for institutions like gay bars - relatively safe havens for LGBT people. This is what it means to have a bar full of men.’ And that will hopefully get them to go out more and experience something they maybe haven’t before.” - Thor Stephens, Frontiers, Aug. It’s important to bring these guys into the world of ‘This is a gay bar. The is a map of closed SF gay bars, mostly ones that were operating from the 60s through the 80s. The younger ones don’t mind going to a straight bar to hang out. Now there’s a disconnect between the older guys and the younger guys, who have a completely different life experience. Alagot.“Throughout the ’80s and the ’90s, there were no smartphones. I, for one, am thirsting after these photos by Calvin B. That’s because, during the week, the Cactus Ranch is a wholesale nursery business, closed to the public, but on weekends it’s open to anyone from 11 a.m. Reporter Jeanette Marantos said the nursery "feels secret and special because as nurseries go, it’s relatively unknown, and thus uncrowded. The Los Angeles Times got an inside look at the San Fernando Valley hot spot, just northwest of downtown Los Angeles. No ifs, ands or buts about it: California Nursery Specialties Cactus Ranch is a super cool place. Ventura County Star reporter Megan Diskin details how investigators used genetic genealogy to identify Soosay.
During the perpetrator's 2018 trial in Ventura County, jurors and attorneys referred to her based on where her body was found on July 15, 1980: Kern County Jane Doe. Thanks to genetic genealogists' use of historical records, social media and DNA, the public can now call Kern County Jane Doe by her true name: Shirley Ann Soosay.įor 40 years, Soosay was an unidentified woman known to the public only as a victim of a brutal rape and murder. After trying a couple of other bars and being a little disappointed this was much. The state has seen more people leave than move in from other states for much of the last three decades." For 40 years, this victim of rape and murder had no name genetic genealogy gave it back Soumya Karlamangla and Thomas Curwen report that "a major force in California’s declining population has been the exodus to other states. Nearly 200,000 people left the Golden State last year, "marking the first population decline ever recorded in the state and underscoring larger trends that recently led to the loss of a Congressional seat," according to the Los Angeles Times. Cityscape Lounge (333 OFarrell St.) Located on the 46th floor of the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, Cityscape Lounge boasts The Fairmont. Here's some more news you may want to know ahead of the weekend: California's population falls for first time ever Have a friend who wants California news delivered to their inbox? Let them know they can sign up via this link.
New Century Theater is San Franciscos top strip club, located just off the 101 on. “It's been ground zero for them for forever.” Adjacent shopping and dining areas, most notably Downtown Disney and. Local gay men treat this as their living room,” said David Farnsworth, the co-owner and general manager of nearby Streetbar. Some started GoFundMe pages for Arenas bars. Customers sat in outdoor patios in 120-degree heat when they could have stayed home. Giesecke partially credits his business’ survival to the tight-knit community that came together and “formed ranks” around the historic street.