Carrie Sisto
San Francisco Union Square
City sued for SFPD use of private cameras to track May and June protests in Union Square
Three protestors are suing San Francisco after police accessed a privately-run network of security cameras to surveil organized protests against police violence this summer. Read More
San Francisco Union Square
[Update] Man killed in Union Square shooting linked to violent May robbery in Fremont
SFPD are investigating a shooting that left one man dead onside the luxury stores on the 100 block of Geary Street. Read More
San Francisco Civic Center Lower Pac Heights Marina Pacific Heights Tenderloin
City offers grants to Van Ness businesses impacted by construction, but some say it's not enough
With construction now two years behind schedule, area businesses say the grants won't make a dent in their six-figure revenue losses. Read More
San Francisco Civic Center Tenderloin
Tenderloin's car-free outdoor dining program to launch next week
Three blocks of the Tenderloin will be closed to cars for outdoor dining and shopping. Read More
San Francisco Civic Center Mid-Market Tenderloin
Tenderloin to finally get street closure for kids' play space, after months of delay [Updated]
The city's densest and most child-heavy neighborhood is set to close a block to cars each Saturday afternoon. But it still faces headwinds to creating more outdoor space. Read More
San Francisco Civic Center Tenderloin
Tenderloin's 'pothole artist' embarks on most ambitious project yet
After years of covertly filling Tenderloin sidewalk crevices with resin and found objects, Rik Lee Leipold has received funding to install more long-lasting work in the neighborhood's streets. Read More
Oakland Tenderloin
PianoFight expands to Oakland, taking over The Flight Deck theater
PianoFight is expanding to Oakland despite continued uncertainty over when live audiences will be back in either of its locations. Read More
San Francisco Lower Nob Hill Polk Tenderloin
The party's over: Tenderloin's long-running SF Party to close after Halloween
"I'm done," says the party store's owner, a third-generation San Francisco native who plans to leave the city after the closure. Read More
San Francisco Tenderloin
After months of delay, Tenderloin community organizations escalate calls for Slow Streets
Community organizers say the city is failing to consider the Tenderloin a "residential neighborhood," despite containing some of the city's most population-dense blocks. Read More
San Francisco Tenderloin
After early missteps in Tenderloin COVID-19 testing, GLIDE & DPH partner to improve access
The new GLIDE-supported COVID-19 test site still has to overcome significant hurdles to make testing and results available to unhoused people and other Tenderloin residents. Read More
San Francisco SoMa
Gene Friend Rec Center plans to double in size, but faces financial, logistical headwinds
The new center would provide more space for basketball and community meetings, but funding and temporary relocations are concerns. Read More
San Francisco Polk
Anonymous donor to pick up tab for Polk Street businesses' outdoor barricades
A local donor has given "quite a substantial sum" to block off sidewalk or parking-space seating for Polk's cash-strapped small businesses. Read More
San Francisco Civic Center Mid-Market Tenderloin
USPS alarms neighbors with Civic Center post office closure letter
The U.S. Post Office at Fox Plaza in Civic Center is not closing — despite a confusing letter recently sent to customers with P.O. boxes at that location. Read More
San Francisco Civic Center Mid-Market Tenderloin
Tamper-proof trash cans on the way to every Tenderloin intersection
After years of issues with insufficient cans and trash-pickers, the Tenderloin is hoping for a permanent solution to its street trash issue. Read More
San Francisco Tenderloin
At Tenderloin's only safe sleeping site, disparities with other neighborhoods persist
While other city-run safe sleeping sites have security, food and water, the Tenderloin's is filthy, overcrowded and unguarded. Read More
San Francisco Tenderloin
City settles UC Hastings' Tenderloin lawsuit with plan to move hundreds of unhoused people
The city plans to move about 70% of tent dwellers to a hotel room or "safe sleeping site" — and those who refuse will be at the mercy of police. Read More
San Francisco Civic Center Mid-Market Tenderloin
How San Francisco has failed the Tenderloin
On May 6, the city released an eight-point plan to turn around the Tenderloin. We investigated its progress — and found almost none. Read More
San Francisco Civic Center Mid-Market Tenderloin Union Square
Tenderloin crime: Man arrested after stabbing teen; assaults with hammers, power tools; more
Robbery suspects attacked victims with hammers, power tools, and in one case, a padlock. Read More
San Francisco Civic Center Tenderloin
UC Hastings students, alumni warn lawsuit could increase police force against unhoused
Over 150 students and alumni are pushing back on UC Hastings' Tenderloin lawsuit, arguing it prioritizes clearing streets over sheltering homeless people. Read More
San Francisco Tenderloin
Without help, Tenderloin's Aunt Charlies Lounge says it will close in August
The Tenderloin's last gay bar will close on August 1, unless a fundraiser brings in enough to keep it going. Read More
San Francisco Civic Center Tenderloin
Despite city's promises, Tenderloin still has no car-free streets
As "Slow Streets" have proliferated around the rest of the city, SF's densest neighborhood has seen no traction on promised street closures. Read More
San Francisco Tenderloin
City opens empty Tenderloin parking lot for camping, with no services provided
The previously empty parking lot, which the city is paying a private security company $6,000 a week to monitor, will now accommodate up to ten tents without sanitation services. Read More
San Francisco Civic Center Tenderloin
Turtle Tower robbed in broad daylight; owner waits 2 hours for police response
“This is the worst we’ve ever seen it," says Thao Pham, who has operated the popular Tenderloin Vietnamese restaurant for 20 years. Read More
San Francisco
As tents line Tenderloin sidewalks, city pays $6,000/week to guard empty lot
Even before the pandemic, a proposal called for the lot to temporarily house homeless people — but the city is paying to keep it empty. Read More
San Francisco Tenderloin Union Square
Union Square business district destroyed 4 Veterans Alley murals without permission, founder says
“It’s harmful emotionally to the artists," said Veterans Alley founder Amos Gregory. "This helped them heal, and now it’s causing new pain.” Read More