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SF City Attorney Files Lawsuit to Shut Down Tenderloin Corner Stores Raided for Being Gambling Dens

Those two Tenderloin convenience stores SFPD raided last month for being underground gambling dens were allegedly also dabbling in guns, ammo, and illegal weed, and City Attorney David Chiu just filed suit to shut them both down.

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Suspect Arrested In Monday Fatal Stabbing In the Tenderloin

The SFPD today announced the arrest of a suspect in a stabbing Monday that turned fatal in the Tenderloin District.

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[Updated] Man Shot and Killed In SF's Tenderloin

A man was shot Wednesday night outside of a corner store in the Tenderloin, and the aftermath was captured on video by a local social media chronicler of the neighborhood.

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Feds Extradite Honduran Man Back to US to Face Tenderloin Fentanyl-Dealing Charges

A 25-year-old Honduran national who moved to Oakland and allegedly dealt some pretty large volumes of fentanyl fled back to Honduras when a federal grand jury indicted him last year, but he was arrested and extradited back this week to face trial.

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Popular SF Artist and Oasis Muralist Diego Gomez Brutally Attacked, Placed in Intensive Care

SF muralist Diego Gomez, who painted much of The Oasis and is also known as drag personality Trangela Lansbury, is in intensive care after a Monday attack in the Tenderloin left him with multiple facial fractures.

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Two Tenderloin Drug Dealers, Convicted In 2021, Fled to Honduras and Have Now Been Caught and Sentenced

A drug kingpin who pleaded guilty to supplying street-level dealers in SF's Tenderloin with about two tons (1775 kilograms) of meth and cocaine between June 2018 and his arrest in 2019, fled the country while out on bond three years ago. But he was found, extradited, and has now been sentenced.

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SF Man Identified as Dead Three Years Ago Turns Up Alive, Family Is Flabbergasted

The SF Medical Examiner's Office declared a 50-year-old Tenderloin resident dead of an overdose in May 2021, sending his daughter the man’s ashes. But it turns out those were someone else’s ashes, the man was still alive, and the family is going through quite an ordeal.

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One Person, Two Cats Rescued In Tenderloin Apartment Fire

One person and two cats had to be rescued from a fire escape Sunday evening after an accidental kitchen fire spread inside a top floor apartment in SF's Little Saigon neighborhood.

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SFPD Raids Underground Casino Operating Inside Tenderloin Market

San Francisco police raided what appeared to be an illegal casino operation inside of one or more Tenderloin storefronts Tuesday evening, seizing 16 gambling machines.

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Mysterious Fatal Tenderloin Shooting by Hotel Security Guard Draws Lawsuit from Victim’s Family

A 37-year-old insurance executive was shot and killed by a security guard last August. But a year later, no charges have been filed, the guard has skipped town, and the family is now suing the security company for damages.

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Man Fatally Stabbed in Tenderloin Apartment on Labor Day, Suspect in Custody

An unnamed man was stabbed and killed in a Leavenworth Street apartment on Monday afternoon, and a 37-year-old suspect was arrested for the killing shortly afterward.

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SFPD Officers Shoot and Kill Armed Robbery Suspect Near the Tenderloin

In an incident that occurred just before midnight last night, San Francisco police officers shot and killed a man who was a suspect in an armed robbery on McAllister Street.

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Fatal Shooting, Stabbing In SF's SoMa Neighborhood

An adult man was fatally shot and a woman was stabbed in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood Friday.

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SF Supervisors Approve Mayor Breed’s Plan to Shut Down Tenderloin Corner Stores at Midnight

Convenience stores in a 20-block area of the Tenderloin will not be allowed to stay open between midnight and 5 am for the next two years, as City Hall says those corner stores “attract significant nighttime drug activity."

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Juvenile Arrested In Civic Center Convenience Store Shooting; Store Part of Proposed Corner Store Curfew Legislation

San Francisco police say they arrested a juvenile in connection with a Tuesday night shooting near Civic Center that occurred inside a corner store that is at the center of a potential Tenderloin crackdown.

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Friday Morning Constitutional: Feds Expand Crackdown In SF's Tenderloin

Federal law enforcement is expanding its 'All Hands on Deck' initiative in SF's Tenderloin; there was a vigil Thursday for a hit-and-run victim in Bernal Heights; and two female Apple employees are suing over gender-based wage gaps.

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Code Tenderloin ‘Night Navigation’ Teams Out There Doling Out 300 Addiction Medications Per Month

While Mayor Breed’s ballyhooed Tenderloin drug crackdown is pretty much failing to get anyone into treatment, a Code Tenderloin night program is getting drug addiction treatment to hundreds every month.

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Suspect In Two Hit-and-Run Collisions, Including One Involving a Child, Arrested After Chase In San Francisco

Police in San Francisco were led on a chase Tuesday morning through the Tenderloin and to the Embarcadero after a hit-and-run involving a pedestrian.

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Family Fears the Worst After Man Goes Missing While Staying In SF's Tenderloin

A 30-year-old North Carolina man who had come to San Francisco to audition for a band has been missing for six days, and his family is afraid that foul play may have befallen their loved one.

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Latest City Hall Remedy for Tenderloin Street Circus Is Shutting Down Corner Stores at Midnight

Corner stores that cater to the crowds who hang out around UN Plaza and elsewhere into the wee hours of the morning are part of the problem, the mayor's office says.

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Tenderloin Residents and Businesses Pushing Back Against Proposed Turk Street Homeless Shelter

A proposal to turn three vacant storefronts at Turk and Hyde streets into a homeless services center has some Tenderloin residents and businesses fuming, and saying that the Tenderloin is bearing the burden of too many of these facilities.

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SFPD Boasts 42 Arrests Made in Wednesday’s One-Day Tenderloin Sweep

A one-day operation targeting Tenderloin drug dealers resulted in 42 arrests on Wednesday, and 30 of those suspects had outstanding warrants.

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Man Allegedly Assaults Woman In SF Who Refuses to Give Him Cigarette

A woman was attacked and left with life-threatening injuries early Wednesday in the Tenderloin, all over a refused cigarette.

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Two Tenderloin Hotels and Four Residents File Lawsuit Against City Over Street Conditions

Two hotels in the Tenderloin, the Phoenix and Best Western, as well as a group of residents, have filed a lawsuit against the city that's similar to one filed four years ago by UC Hastings.

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Homicide In the Tenderloin Is SF's Fourth Killing of the Year

There was a fatal stabbing Tuesday night in the Tenderloin that is being investigated as a homicide.