SF News Cyclist Badly Injured In Tenderloin Hit-Run We're getting word this morning that a cyclist is in serious condition after a hit and run in the Tenderloin. "A vehicle, described as a white four-door sedan, struck the bicyclist in the
SF News SFMTA Backpedals On Bike Lanes In Polk Street Revamp Reversal In the SFMTA's continued efforts to please no one with their Polk Street Corridor Improvement Project, a new plan (PDF) was unveiled yesterday that would backpedal on separated bike lanes but still remove
SF News New Map Reveals Which Neighborhoods Yelpers Find Sketchy As the Internet's reviews site of record, Yelp has amassed mountains of data on which restaurants have terrible parking and which users had terrible dates. Today, the company released a new map visualization
SF News Open-Air Urinals Aim To Solve Tenderloin Street Pee Problem Humans have been pissing on the street since there was a street to piss on, and San Francisco residents have long been accustomed to sidestepping yellow puddles and practicing strategic breathing exercises to
SF News Needle Crime: Thief Steals Soda Armed With Syringe Sunday morning in the Tenderloin a man walked into convenience store, told the 72-year-old store employee, "I'm taking this soda," and promptly walked out. When the employee tried to stop the guy, he
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go To Big Before It Ends Big, one of our favorite bars in the city, will soon call it quits — June 15th, to be exact. You have almost exactly one month to check out the smallest little bar of
SF News Do You Posses The WInning Lottery Ticket? A winning lotto tickets sold at Ali’s—located at 325 Mason Street—and it could nab you $75,475. The ticket is one of two winning tickets sold in Saturday’s "Fantasy
SF News Gang Beats, Robs Man To Defend Stripper's Honor A group of about fifteen men allegedly beat up a guy outside the New Century strip club (816 Larkin Street) early on Wednesday morning after he allegedly knocked a stripper's cell phone out
SF News Reminder: Flashing Your Cash In The Tenderloin Is A Bad Idea A 45-year-old man was robbed Tuesday night while walking out of a check cashing business in the Tenderloin. The victim was reportedly counting his cash advance while strolling down the street near the
SF News Arrest Made In Attack On Elderly Montgomery Station Newspaper Vendor The SFPD have made an arrest in the January attack on 77-year-old Dallas Ayers, a longtime newspaper vendor at the Montgomery BART/Muni station, which later led to his death. Tenderloin officers recognized
SF News The Guardian Angels Are Actually Stopping Crimes Now (Sort Of) We don't hear about San Francisco's chapter of the Guardian Angels too often, probably because the unarmed, beret-wearing citizen group doesn't do much other than get keys thrown at them for hassling ladies
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sports Bar On Geary To Get Fancy-ish Makeover Most of you know RJ's Sports Bar as that yellow-sinage watering hole you see while smoking on the patio at Rye. "What is that place," you ask yourself between drags. "It scares me
SF News Nevius Returns To The 'Loin To Find Feel-Good Miracle Ever a fan of gentrification and feel-good stories about the drug-addicted homeless, Chuck Nevius files a column today about a former "hellhole" at 850 Geary that was recently bought by a new owner
SF News Life Of A Social Worker In The Tenderloin Is As Depressing As You Think Over at Vice.com, the original #1 advertiser of American Apparel products is running a stark interview with young Tenderloin social worker Lorian about her experiences working with mentally ill and drug-addled SRO
SF News Man Shot In The Foot A gentleman received a gunshot wound to the foot on Wednesday afternoon. The shooting occurred near the sketchy intersection of Eddy and Leavenworth streets just shortly after noon. According to SF Appeal, "The
SF News Man Shot In Back In Tenderloin Early this morning on the 600 block of Polk Street, a man was shot in the back. The shooting occurred at around 2 am. The victim was whisked away to San Francisco General
Arts & Entertainment Petition To Rename Turk Street Block After Late Transgender Performer Vicki Marlane The Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club is petitioning the Board of Supervisors to rename the 100 block of Turk Street after pioneering transgender drag performer Vicki Marlane. And since "lane" is already in
SF News 34-Year-Old Man Stabbed In The Tenderloin We're hearing a report that a 34-year-old man was "critically stabbed" on the 700 block of Larkin early Friday morning. According to SF Appeal: "The 34-year-old victim was stabbed once in the chest
SF News Here's A Picture Of The Deplorable (Alleged) Dog-Throwing Tenderloin Mugger Pardon us if we hound this guy (pun certainly intended) until the local cops track him down, but the man you see pictured here is one Laurice Barrett — the very same man captured
