On Monday, Starbelly will host a fundraiser to help former employee Nick Stettenbenz, who was badly injured in a Castro hit-and-run.

Six San Francisco yoga classes that will shake up your mind-body experience.

Chef Richard, a formerly homeless San Francisco native, discusses the fear that comes with sleeping on the streets and how he worked his way into a new career.

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.

The VP is in town to speak at a conference—but he and his motorcade decided to make a grilled cheese run first.

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

Diaz, who was arrested for assault in November, pled guilty to felony false imprisonment, and will receive probation.

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

A story of what we can learn from the death of Steve Pollard, a homeless man in San Francisco.

A floating community of 20 houseboats on Mission Creek is a bucolic oasis with birds, sea life and serene water views right outside the door.

Jim Meko received a Lifetime Achievement Award from San Francisco for his work in the SoMa neighborhood. He passed away on August 3rd.

The founder of SoMa's youth violence prevention program has managed to stay put in a gentrifying neighborhood.

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

There's a surprising number of bird species in the Tenderloin, but the person counting them is one of a kind.

The FIlipino community's reaction to the 5M Project has revealed some interesting differences and created some surprising results.

The current margin between supervisors Kim and Wiener for state senate is about 18 times less than the estimated number of homeless individuals in San Francisco who can vote.

The proposal aims to make the area a major destination for LGBTQ nightlife and historical resources.

A SoMa native, she broke records and racial barriers by earning 2 gold medals in the 1948 London Olympics.

Here are some memorable sights from yesterday's celebration.

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

The development will create 250 units for formerly houseless residents, with 100 set aside for seniors.

The new 50,000-square-foot facility offers a wide range of services for low-income and homeless residents.

Other Facebook events created to promote the BDSM festival show much more skin.

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

The center is said to be the oldest Korean martial arts school on the West Coast.

The vivid new work encourages passersby to ponder the interconnectedness of all things.

The permanent housing is the result of a public-private collaboration.

Organizers will melt down weapons turned in at next weekend's gun buyback.

"He told us that he would find a way to help us, and he did," said Life Learning Academy's principal.

The resolution aims to preserve "remaining businesses and spaces," said Supervisor Jane Kim.

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

Organizers said more than 50,000 people took part in Sunday's parade down Market Street.

A mural intended to beautify the neighborhood quickly turned into an eyesore.

Modesto Figuerido, who was killed last week by a drunk driver, was a fixture on the 11th Street corridor for more than two decades.

A cannabis entrepreneur nicknamed "Permit Patty" called 911 because the girl was selling water without a permit.

SoMa West, formally approved this week, will be the 17th and largest community benefit district in the city.

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.

The organization, which serves 2,000 free meals a day in the Tenderloin, recently acquired a van for mobile HIV and Hepatitis C testing and treatment.

Actors will dramatize notable LGBT people in the neighborhood's history, with stops at a variety of historic sites across SoMa.

Construction delays on the leather-themed Eagle Plaza mean it won't be ready in time for Folsom.

The year's first UNDSCVRD night market will debut on Saturday, July 20.

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

The remaining 76 will be installed over the next few months in Lower Nob Hill, SoMa, and the Excelsior.

The Lower Polk and East Cut community benefit districts are the latest to lease the controversial cans, which have divided city officials.

Local businesses and event organizers are donating proceeds to wildfire rescue funds. Here's how you can help.

The new measures were announced early this week. Some supervisors and advocates for homeless people want the measures to go further.

Self-organized through Facebook groups and Slack teams, an ad-hoc volunteer corps is rushing to produce needed medical supplies.

SoMa, which has been entirely left out of the citywide push for car-free streets, will finally get its first street closure.

A new community garden in a former vacant lot, which has been designed to encourage social distancing, will open next month in the SoMa Pilipinas cultural district.

SF Mayor London Breed on Tuesday announced a proposal to lease an empty office building at 1076 Howard Street for use as a 30-bed drug sobering center, making good on a promise first made before the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The facility will focus on those living on the streets who are experiencing methamphetamine-induced psychosis.

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.

SoMa’s Common City Gardens will become 200 units to house families experiencing homelessness, after the SF Board of Supervisors approved its purchase for $145 million late Tuesday night.

Elon Musk's devout army of "free speech absolutists" responded with mixed - often unfavorable - reactions to the planned installation of Linda Yaccarino as Twitter's new CEO. "RIP Twitter" was the #1 trending topic, but has since disappeared.

The San Francisco Chronicle takes a look at the effects of the 'doom loop' narrative the paper itself helped to amplify, and its implications for local businesses.