SF News Dead Bodies Keep Turning Up In Tenderloin SRO No One Should Have To Live In The Crosby Hotel at 516 O'Farrell Street may be a case study in poorly managed, essentially neglected Tenderloin SROs. Not only was a 48-year-old man found dead in his room last week of
SF News With Thursday Death, SF Is On Track For Its Highest Homicide Rate In Years A man found dead in a Tenderloin residence appears to be a victim of San Francisco's 30th recorded homicide for 2015, putting the city on track to hit its highest number of annual
SF News Wednesday Morning High-Speed Chase Sends SFPD Across SF A man and two women are in custody Wednesday following a high-speed chase that sent San Francisco Police Department officers through Hayes Valley, Russian Hill, the Tenderloin and the Mission. It all started
SF News Hooray! Those Pee-Deflecting Walls Are Working! The walls in San Francisco mean business. Or, more accurately, they mean "don't do your business here." That's after a new, fast-moving pilot program to paint walls with liquid-repellant paint which is already
SF News In San Francisco, The Walls Pee On You Testing out a new pee repellent that "pees back" to prevent public urination. pic.twitter.com/6eDJ4w9MWH— SF Public Works (@sfpublicworks) July 23, 2015 It was a lightning-fast move, given that we're talking
Arts & Entertainment Tenderloin Museum Opens In Former Sizzler Steakhouse Space Did you know that multiple cities in the U.S., including New York, once had sketchy neighborhoods nicknamed "Tenderloin" all because policemen could always expect bribes and/or hazard pay for working there,
SF News SFPD Seeks Public's Help To Nab Hit-And-Run Driver Who Struck Two Pedestrians Sunday The San Francisco Police Department is working hard to build a case against a hit-and-run driver who slammed into two pedestrians Sunday in the Tenderloin, but the driver will never be convicted without
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Head Baker Leaves Mr. Holmes Bakehouse Uh oh... Ry Stephen, the pastry chef/baker who created the cruffin and put uber-trendy Mr. Holmes Bakehouse on the map over the last year has parted ways with the Tenderloin bakery. As
SF News Photos: D.I.Y. Signs Asking Tenderloin Thieves To Not Break Car Windows While it's best to not leave valuables in the car in case of a break-in, anyone looking to rob a parked car is going to smash a window to double check anyway. As
SF News Tenderloin SRO To Become Free Housing For Ex-Cons In a pioneering program that came out of a partnership between the SF Superior Court, the Adult Probation Department, and the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, ex-convicts will be getting free, temporary supportive housing in
SF News SF Politico Accused Of Child Porn Possession Out On Bail, Allegedly Also Had Stolen Parking Meter Five days after the influential political consultant best-known for his work "convincing" Mayor Ed Lee to run for office was arrested on child pornography charges, a few more details on his case have
SF News SF's 20th Homicide Of 2015: Oakland Man Killed In Tenderloin Drive-By A weekend drive-by shooting in the Tenderloin has left a 30-year-old Oakland man dead, and the San Francisco Police Department seeking witnesses or video surveillance that might help them identify a suspect. 30-year-old
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Southern Food Spot, Rusty's Southern, Arrives In The Tenderloin A brand new Southern-style restaurant that has the added bonus of now serving Biergarten's much-drooled-over Wednesday night burger, is now open in the former 750 Cafe space at 750 Ellis, and it's called
SF News Arrest Made In Unprovoked Attack Of Homeless Man In The Tenderloin Police have made an arrested a man in the brutal Wednesday night attack of a beloved homeless man in the Tenderloin. Arthur Lee Jones of Fairfield was arrested by an SFPD officer on
SF News Video: Beloved Tenderloin Fixture Randomly Beaten By Pipe-Wielding Man The San Francisco Police Department is seeking a suspect in a bizarre, seemingly unprovoked attack that left a popular Tenderloin man seriously injured. You can see the attack in the video below, but
Arts & Entertainment Apartment Sadness: Residential Hotel Edition There was a time when SROs and "residential hotels" were only for the truly poor, addicted, and downtrodden. Not anymore! Now, some have spiffed up and are advertising on Craigslist along with everyone
Arts & Entertainment [Updated] Local Film Crew Member Disputes Reports That Man Urinated, Defecated On Tenderloin 'Ant-Man' Set Update: Cara Miller, who identifies herself as "A local film crew member," contacted SFist to say that the TMZ we wrote about below "is bad info." Scroll down for her full email to
SF News No City For Old(er) Men: Robbers Beat Multiple Mature Gents "Respect your elders" is evidently not a value that's held by several San Francisco muggers (that, and "don't steal things or hit people"), as two men occupying a more senior demographic were brutally
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Nooo! Longtime Polk Gulch Trans Club Divas In Danger Of Closing The long, slow death of the LGBT elements of Polk Street has been discussed and mourned frequently for the last two decades. But now an iconic business that has survived all the change
SF News Dismembered Body In Suitcase May Have Belonged To Suspect's Friend And Roommate A man who was reported missing prior to the dismembered body being found in that piece of luggage on 11th Street last week may in fact be the victim, as the Chronicle is
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Millennium Restaurant To Close After 21 Years Fans of the organic, vegan fine dining experience at Millennium in the Tenderloin are going to weep over this one: The restaurant announced this morning that they're being forced to close after 21
SF News PLEASE Let's Stop Talking Sh*t About SF's 'Poop Problem' San Francisco's "poop problem" has become the conversation topic we can't stop stepping in. Yes, it's real, both anecdotally and by the numbers. Everyone has covered it, and now it's become the social-media-clickbaitiest
SF News [Update] Two People Possibly Shot At Turk And Leavenworth SFist is getting a report from former editor Brock Keeling, in fact that a shooting has just occurred this afternoon at Turk and Leavenworth in the Tenderloin. SFPD officers are on the scene
SF News DA's Office Takes A Year To Figure Out Charges For Former Uber Driver Who Allegedly Killed 6-Year-Old [Updated] Nearly a full year after a man driving for Uber allegedly struck and killed a 6-year-old girl, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office has decided to charge him with a single misdemeanor count.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Basement Opens In 222 Hyde 'Rave Cave' Space 222 Hyde, which the SFBG lovingly called a rave cave, closed last year due to a change in ownership of the building plus some trouble with their liquor license. Before the team left,
