In the News

• Castro Community Benefit District’s Executive Director Andrea Aiello pays a touching tribute to the late Senator Dianne Feinstein
• LGBTQ synagogue brings Hanukkah to the Castro – by David-Elijah Nahmod
• Proposal to install cameras in San Francisco’s Castro District sparks controversy – Taylor Bisacky
• Castro mulls controversial plan to install surveillance camera network – by Michael Barba
• New ‘community ambassadors’ to begin patrolling Castro, Upper Market – by Madeleine Beck, SF Examiner
• There are fewer tent encampments in SF – By Trisha Thadani and Dominic Fracassa
• Smart waste receptacles installed at 5 Castro locations – by Hoodline
• Castro homeless program sees results – By Matthew S. Bajko
• Walking the Christmas Beat with Castro Cares – By Davia-Elijah Nahmod, Hoodline, December 26, 2015
• Elementary Students write name for chalk AIDS memorial – By KTVU, December 1, 2015
• Andrea Aiello works to build Castro/Upper Market Neighborhood Identity– By Alisa Scerrato, November 27, 2015
• San Francisco is changing the face of AIDS treatment around the world – By Donal McNeil Jr., October 5, 2015
• Pink Saturday Update
• Castro Cares in the News
• S.F. area’s LGBT population tops survey; San Jose near bottom – By Hamed Aleaziz and Steve Rubenstein, Saturday, March 21, 2015
• Castro Cares Program is Up & Running
• Castro Street Improvement Project Ribbon-Cutting
• S.F.’s newly made-over Castro is ready for its close-up – by Michael Cabanatuan, Oct. 30, 2014
• Castro Street Improvement Project Halloween is new deadline for Castro Street project – By Matthew S. Bajko, Bay Area Reporter | October, 2, 2014
• Announcing Castro Cares – Addressing Quality of Life in the Castro & Upper Market – Under the leadership of the Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District, a coalition of neighborhood groups will bring additional, dedicated resources to the Castro/Upper Market from the San Francisco Department of Public Health, the San Francisco Police Department, and the Patrol Special Police. Read Press Release (PDF)
• Can a coat of paint hide a chain store? Can McDonald’s become Castro Hamburgers? – By Tim Redmond, SFGate | August 22, 2014
• Business Briefs: Castro groups survey gay district’s retailneeds – By Matthew S. Bajko, SFGate | August 14, 2014 Read article
• New housing pushes Market Street partway toward proud potential – By John King, SFGate | July 20, 2014 Read an article about new development in the Castro neighborhood.

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