SF News Man Wearing Body Armor Shot 16 Times The Tenderloin acted like The Tenderloin early Sunday morning after playing host to a jarring bout of gunfire on Sunday morning. According to SF Weekly, "a 33-year-old Oakland man who was wearing body
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Tenderloin Gets Trendier After much anticipation, artisan coffee shop, Hooker’s Sweet Treats Cafe, which serves Sightglass Coffee and gourmet confections and baked goods, officially opened yesterday at Hyde and O'Farrell. Tenderblog was at the grand
SF News SFist Blotter: Stab Edition Tenderloin / Stabbing: Over on the 200 block of Golden Gate Avenue last night, a thirtysomething white man stabbed a fortysomething black man. The incident, according to SFPD, was sparked by a verbal argument.
misc What Parts Make Up the Tenderloin? Tenderblog has a poll going about what exactly makes up the Tenderloin and questions whether the TenderNob actually exists. Also, is Civic Center part of the Tenderloin or not? We think Maps #3
SF News Three Alarm Fire Blazing at Turk and Taylor A six- or seven-story blue building, presumably an SRO, at the northwest corner of Turk and Taylor is currently on fire. Much smoke is filling the streets around mid-Market, and the traffic situation,
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via D.P. in the Tenderloin: "I saw this written on a wall on my way home tonight, 'I will do whatever to whoever for however long for one hit of crack'."
SF News Fire at Ellis Street Hotel CBS 5's red box of alarm tells us that "people have been evacuated from a fire at a hotel on Ellis St. in San Francisco's Tenderloin district." Matt Baume, who is live at
SF News The Tenderloin Takes Center Stage in the <em>NYT</em> OK, this is awesome. We clicked on the New York Times yesterday and front and center on the front page was this story about how some people are trying to turn The Tenderloin
misc Perverts or Children, San Francisco! It's Your Choice! You Decide! “Word up” to local advice columnist, Chuck Nevius, for turning us on to the latest unsavory scandal to erupt like wildfire through the normally buttoned-down Tenderloin District. It would appear that Mike Powers,
SF News Suspect Calls 911 to Report Tenderloin Stabbing Death Tuan Nguyen, a 36-year-old San Franciscan, was found dead inside an apartment in the 600 block of Ellis Street. He was stabbed in the chest. The incident occurred a little before 1:30
SF News Mother Arrested After Leaving Infant Alone in Parked Car in the TL After leaving an infant alone inside a parked car in the Historic Tenderloin District, a woman (claiming to be the baby's mother) was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment last night. At the
SF News Man Stabbed, Killed at Cadillac Market An unidentified man was stabbed to death inside Cadillac Market in the Tenderloin this morning, reports SF Chron. Police say that the man was attacked at around 1:50 a.m. at the
misc How to Keep Your Car Windows Safe In the Tenderloin Jerry James Stone snapped this image while frolicking in San Francisco's Historic Tenderloin District last night. This sign, it seems, is supposed to keep rapscallions from smashing the vehicle's windows. How very depressing.
SF News Carjacking Ends In Crash KRON 4, in between a slew of easy-entry-walk-in-bath commercials, reports that an early morning carjacking at Sutter and Polk ended in a crash. No word yet as to the condition of the vehicle's
SF News Strip Club Pink Diamonds Shuts Down Prompted by City Attorney Dennis Herrera, notorious Tenderloin strip club Pink Diamonds was forced to shut its doors yesterday. According to SFGate, a judge ordered the, eh, burlesque club to officially close for
SF News Take a Mid-Market Tour With Gavin Newsom Today At 5 pm today, SF Mayor Gavin Newsom will take a tour of the charm-free middling area of Marker Street. You know, the area between Sixth and Eights Streets where you were mugged.
Arts & Entertainment Wonderland, a Month-Long Tenderloin Art Exhibition, Launches Tomorrow This heads-up comes to SFist directly via Johnny Funcheap himself. Seventy-four artists have collaborated to create sixteen site-specific art installations throughout the Tenderloin District (from Geary to Market, Larkin to Mason) in the
SF News Herrera Continues Effort To Close Pink Diamonds How could a place so sweet sounding be so violent? When that place operates in the Tenderloin, it's damn easy. And, as he's done before to other heavenly establishments, City Attorney Dennis Herrera
SF News SFist Blotter SATURDAY/MISSION: At around 9:40 p.m. at 14th and Mission streets, someone was stabbed. The victim was transported to San Francisco General Hospital to be treated for non-life threatening stab wounds.
SF News Eddy Street Closed Due to Water Main Break AlertSF informs us that Eddy Street in the TL will be janky for most of the evening due to a busted water main. There is a large water main break at 301 Eddy
SF News SF Homicide #34 John Montgomery, 37, has been identified as the 34th San Francisco homicide victim of 2009. Montgomery was stabbed at the Vincent Hotel at 459 Turk sometime around noon on Thursday. According to CBS
SF News George Gascon Declares Futile War on Drugs and Hookers in the 'Loin Has anyone heard of this thing called the War on Drugs started by President Nixon, in which drug dealers and users get thrown in jail in order to clean up our streets and
SF News Cleansing Sixth Street? Not likely. But a new effort to sanitize Sixth Street is underway, starting this month, care of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency. And what, exactly, will clean up San Francisco's scariest and urineiest
SF News UPDATED: TL Standoff According to ActionNewsSF, "Tendernob standoff now has Hyde closed Sutter-Geary & Post closed Polk-Leavenworth." Please adjust your route home as you see fit. KGO Radio reports that a man barricaded himself inside a