San Francisco - Community & Society
San Francisco Chinatown North Beach
Noodle Fest will return after a 10-year hiatus, pitting Chinatown against North Beach in a culinary battle royale
The noodle wars are coming back, as the street food festival Noodle Fest will pit 29 North Beach and Chinatown restaurants against one another in a noodle contest with celebrity judges Martin Yan, Soleil Ho, and Broke-Ass Stuart.
San Francisco Tenderloin
A 17-block ‘Yellow Brick Road’ is coming to the Tenderloin
The Tenderloin has the highest concentration of children of any San Francisco neighborhood, and the SF Board of Supervisors just approved a Yellow Brick Road to direct kids away from blight, and toward schools, parks, and community centers.
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle
Hotel Castro changes background-check policy after receiving privacy concerns; rooms still monitored by noise meters
Privacy concerns raised by hotel guests and Castro residents have resulted in policy changes at the newly open 12-room boutique lodge The Hotel Castro (4230 18th St.).
San Francisco Polk Tenderloin
Local TV news piece on ‘luxury condos’ overlooking Tenderloin encampment draws jeers from all sides
Social media is piling on a new local TV station report about how “luxury condos overlook city’s worst squalor,” with some mocking how the issue is framed, and others eager to lodge the insult “Pelosiland.”
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle
Castro Business Briefs: Castro Art Walk returns, Castro Theatre update, campaign offices opening, more
A neighborhood art event has returned, two candidates for State Assembly open Castro campaign offices, a neighborhood organization awarded grant funding, special events continue at the Castro Theatre, and holiday events are being scheduled.
San Francisco Golden Gate Park Upper Haight
City Hall abandons plan to make former Haight McDonald’s site a homeless drop-in center
Plans to build affordable housing at the troubled ex-McDonald’s are still on, though much delayed, but the city just scrapped plans to put a homeless drop-in center there during the interim.
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle
Car-free weekends along Castro's 18th Street in limbo after Castro Merchants cut ties with event producer [Updated]
The future of car-free Saturdays and Sundays along a two-block section of Castro's 18th Street is uncertain and on indefinite pause after the Castro Merchants cut ties with its event producer.
San Francisco Tenderloin
St. Anthony's leads effort to create the Golden Gate Greenway
The St. Anthony’s Foundation is leading the effort to create the Golden Gate Greenway, a block-long full closure of the avenue between Leavenworth and Jones streets, to provide new community space in the Tenderloin.
San Francisco SoMa
SOMArts to host its first in-person event since the pandemic June 23 — celebrating queer resilience and togetherness
Here 4 U, a happening described as an ode to chosen families and the inherent strength of the LGBTQIA+ community, will feature performances by local drag queen favorites Nicki Jizz, Dulce de Leche, and Yves Saint Croissant that will pedestal queer creativity.