Carrie Sisto
San Francisco Lower Nob Hill Polk
Polk Gulch neighbors invited to weigh in on potential cable car turnaround re-vamp
Two Polk Street community benefit districts are seeking community input to inform a proposal that could transform the California Street cable car turn-around at Van Ness Avenue into a new parklet. Read More
San Francisco Alamo Square Castro Civic Center Hayes Valley Mission NoPa Outer Richmond Outer Sunset SoMa Tenderloin Western Addition
Shop local for the holidays: Hoodline's gift-giving guide in support of small SF businesses
Although 2020 seems to be unending, the holiday season is upon us, and it’s worth remembering the wealth of small businesses scattered across San Francisco that offer the perfect gifts for friends, loved ones, and even yourself. Read More
San Francisco Chinatown Mission Mission Bay SoMa
San Francisco seeks developers interested in nine affordable housing sites
The City of San Francisco is seeking interest from qualified developers to build affordable rental housing at nine sites across eastern San Francisco, including an unassigned parcel at Pier 70 and several SoMa locations. Read More
San Francisco Mid-Market SoMa
Planning Commission to consider long-delayed plans for 1145 Mission development
The San Francisco Planning Commission tomorrow will consider a proposal to construct a new five-story housing development to fill a lot on Mission Street that has been vacant for nearly two decades. Read More
San Francisco Tenderloin
City closes sanctioned encampment at 750 Eddy following evidence of mismanagement
One of the Tenderloin’s Safe Sleeping Sites is now permanently closed after neighbors raised ongoing concerns about overcrowding and persistent illegal activity. Read More
San Francisco Lower Nob Hill Polk
Lower Polk welcomes new Saturday farmers' market starting tomorrow
Lower Polk will host a new farmers’ market starting this Saturday in a plaza already set aside for socially-distanced dining and camaraderie. Read More
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San Francisco Presidio Tenderloin
The Walt Disney Museum to highlight veterans' voices in new exhibit launching tomorrow
An exhibit designed to amplify the voices of local veterans will be on display at the Walt Disney Museum starting tomorrow. Read More
San Francisco
Self-published book by SFMTA staff offers an in-depth perspective of Muni vehicles and the agency's history
Muni history fans looking for an escape from recent political upheaval and public health crises should find some relief in SFMTA Transit Planner Paul Bignardi’s A Fleet History of the San Francisco Municipal Railway. Read More
San Francisco Civic Center Mid-Market Tenderloin
PianoFight opens new virtual venue to raise funds for its future
The team behind PianoFight is launching a virtual venue this week with a fundraising event that aims to let attendees mingle and interact safely from their own homes. Read More
Oakland
East Bay's new shoreline park opens more than 50 years after conception
East Bay Regional Parks’ newest park opened this week, spanning 45 acres of Oakland’s historic shoreline and reusing some of the old Bay Bridge’s foundation for public space. Read More
San Francisco Tenderloin
Playgrounds reopen across the city, including two newly revamped Tenderloin parks
The city's 180+ playgrounds reopened yesterday, including two recently-remodeled parks in the Tenderloin. Read More
San Francisco Civic Center Tenderloin
SFPD deploys mobile unit to disrupt drug dealing in the Tenderloin
A mobile command van will be stationed in the Tenderloin intermittently in a new effort to disrupt street-level drug dealing. Read More
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