The pioneering rescue organization for senior dogs is now eligible to win $100K from CNN—and you can help by voting.

"I'm friends with moderates and progressives, so my view is that being an independent is a good thing."

Wiener will be sworn in today to represent District 11 in the State Senate.

MobileGameStop, run by a husband-and-wife team, lets locals play old-school video games out of the back of an SUV—for free.

The bearded dragon's owner, who lives in the Mission, is hopeful that he's hiding out in the area and can still be found.

Ronen was sworn in this month as the new supervisor for District 9, which includes the Mission, Bernal Heights, and Portola.

Hoodline hit the streets to get everyday San Franciscans' thoughts on their Supervisor candidates, the staggering number of ballot propositions, and more.

Vet SOS and the SPCA provide San Francisco's homeless residents with free veterinary care to help keep their pets healthy and families transitioning into housing together.

Here's the latest roundup of tips we've received from readers, via email, Twitter, and text messages.

Sheehy will be the first HIV-positive supervisor in San Francisco’s history.

Queen escaped an abusive relationship in Oakland and describes her experience living and working in San Francisco while homeless.

Here’s a peek inside Beer Week celebrations around town—plus a few ways to join in before it’s too late.

Establishing six restaurants in San Francisco, the pioneering chef and businessman introduced Hunan cuisine to the United States.

Central City Extra catches up with Sam Dodge, the mayor's new homeless czar, during his first month on the job.

From Guerneville to the Sierras, here's how one San Francisco family used to spend its summers.

Although a rally for the so-called "alt-right" was canceled, thousands are still taking to the streets.

The tree bears hundreds of wishes from neighbors expressing their hopes and dreams.

With a new machine, ice cream maker Luis Abundis hopes to more than double daily production and hire more workers.

The anti-sunburn superhero can be found on sunny weekends during the most UV-intense hours.

A nonprofit has proposed a pilot program to help houseless residents get off harder drugs.

17 cats and 54 dogs were airlifted to the Bay Area to make room in Texas shelters.

Once painted as polar opposites, the Mission and the Marina are now both pricey hotspots.

Over the course of the year, 27 additional businesses will be awarded the mini-grants.

The writing and tutoring center was founded by author David Eggers and educator Nínive Calegari.

The synagogue's new spiritual leader hopes to expand its tradition of serving a diverse congregation.

The city's program has inspired Miami, Sacramento, and Denver to launch similar efforts.

As a Legacy Business, El Rio is now eligible for grant funding and additional city assistance.

Southern Pacific Brewing Co. said it permitted the 'Proud Boys' to stay so it could avoid a violent confrontation.

The nonprofit already operates regional farmers markets at venues like Jack London Square and the Ferry Building.

The works are inspired by a song in the holiday show titled, "If You Knew My Story."

"Even In Darkness" premieres at the Tenderloin Museum this week.

Caron previously created a mural for the nonprofit's bike shop, Pedal Revolution.

The neighborhood hub/farmers market is adding more vendors and educational programming.

Some neighbors are concerned about quality of life issues, but others think it might reduce crime.

The mayor's proposed budget includes $19.8 million for planning, design and construction.

There's plenty on the agenda in San Francisco this week when it comes to making the world a better place.

"Our public sidewalks are not to be used as commercial billboards," said a DPW spokesperson.

The organization hopes to win $150,000 to help cover the costs of replacing the 54, 108-year-old windows in its historic building.

The building won a grant in a contest hosted by the National Trust For Historic Preservation and American Express.

Looking to get out into the community this weekend?

In recent decades, San Francisco has gone from 150-plus video stores to just 3. But this Mission mainstay has held on.

We spoke to three Mission bartenders about the new fall drinks that will get you in a cozy mood for the season.

The nonprofit put San Francisco on the map as the first U.S. city with no-kill shelters.

The international theater community is raising funds to help an accomplished opera singer who’s been living on the streets and singing in BART stations while struggling with poor health and addiction.

Purchased for $9.6 million, the new center will require a major fundraising effort to see completion.

From lectures on visual storytelling to emergency response training, here are some top community and cultural events coming to SF this week.

Over its 19 previous years, the annual celebration has distributed more than 20,000 multilingual books to children.

Volunteers are still needed for a cleanup event in the Castro on September 22.

Candles, costumes and painted faces made their way through the Mission on Saturday for Day of the Dead.

You can help donate to Kincade Fire victims locally. Here's how.

SF's famed bakery is renowned for its $17 sandwiches and $75 cakes — but the workers who make them say they can't make ends meet.

The city hasn't announced or opened a single new safe sleeping site since presenting a list of 42 options in early June.

Stocked with food donated by the community, the fridge has seen enormous demand from people in need.

Many of the trees along 24th Street are coming down, but a Day of the Dead ‘ceremonia’ paid a spiritual homage to those 50-year-old ficuses set for removal.

An unruly customer messed with the wrong grandmother at Panchita's Pupuseria, where the matriarch owner took matters — and a large wooden table — into her own hands.

It’s estimated that Indigenous people — those of American Indian descent — make up just about .03% of San Francisco’s total population. But a new American Indian heritage hub expected to be built near 56 Julian Avenue hopes to bring both awareness and support to the historically underrepresented population. 

On Thursday, the Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District (Castro CBD) launched its new unarmed Public Safety Ambassadors program, part of its new public safety initiative.

Next week, the Tenderloin community-based support organization Hospitality House will host its 36th annual art auction to support its Community Arts Program (CAP) in a new format that offers online bidding, a virtual live-auction event, and display of the works for sale at five local galleries.

On Monday, the Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District (Castro CBD) voted to scuttle its proposal to install a private network of 125 security cameras.

The San Francisco SPCA currently has a good amount of adult dogs and cats up for adoption. In order to help them find their forever homes, the animal rescue is participating in the Clear the Shelters nationwide campaign, which aims to help older pets get adopted.

The corner of 24th and Mission Streets is less chaotic, cleaner, and free of stolen goods for the first time in about nine months, as a new vendor permitting system is off to a promising start.

Six Sundays of car-free community spaces and fabulous family fun are lined up again for 2023, so mark your calendar with the brand new 2023 Sunday Streets schedule for the event series’ 15th anniversary.

Violence erupted at a contested community garden in San Francisco's Mission District, amid a dispute between guerrilla gardeners and developers.

Hoodline analyzed Crunchbase's latest data. It unveils San Francisco as the epicenter of global AI funding, overshadowing other cities and attracting significant investments, despite the alleged exodus.

The illegal fireworks display in San Francisco's Mission District descended into chaos on July 4th, resulting in a late-night police skirmish with riot gear.

After dozens of arrests at an unsanctioned skateboarding event in Dolores Park, protesters gathered outside the SFPD station demanding an investigation into the aggressive police response on Sunday.

Jerry Goldstein, the LGBTQ+ activist and co-creator of the Tom & Jerry House Christmas display — with its elaborate holiday decorations and enormous tree at 21st and Church Street — has passed away.

From Dolores Park to Civic Center, San Francisco echoed with chants rejecting authoritarianism. The nearly entirely peaceful march brought together diverse voices united against recent immigration raids and government policies.