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UN Plaza Skatepark Getting Expanded Next Month, Converse-Sponsored Event Planned

The popular skatepark at UN Plaza is getting upgraded and expanded in early February, with several new beginner-friendly, skate-able features being added, and Converse is hosting a skateboarding event in the park on February 15.

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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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A Federal Building By UN Plaza Might Be Named After Dianne Feinstein

The naming-things-after-Dianne-Feinstein movement is not letting up just yet, and California's two senators just introduced a bill to name a federal building in San Francisco after her.

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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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SFPD Touts 23 Arrests Last Week in U.N. Plaza Drug Crackdown ‘Night Operations’

The SF Police Department says they arrested 23 people in two nights during “night operations” last week in Civic Center’s long-beleaguered UN Plaza, as they continue their uphill battle to clean up that area.

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The LED Forest ‘Entwined’ Has Now Sprouted Up at Civic Center, Too

‘Entwined’ is still shining nightly at Golden Gate Park, but some of its pieces have just branched out to UN Plaza, and these shrub sculptures will be lit up there every night for up to two years.

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And Just Like That, UN Plaza Becomes a Skate Park

In a matter of weeks, crews from the SF Rec & Parks Department transformed UN Plaza from the nexus of black-market chaos that it has been for at least a decade into a clean and lively skateboarding and table-tennis destination.

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Day Around the Bay: Ground Broken on UN Plaza Makeover

The UN Plaza makeover has broken ground on schedule despite farmers' market protests; a vegetation fire broke in Lake County; and one of the Chronicle's critics did not have kind words for Matt Horn's new burger spot in Oakland.

SF Politics

Some Supervisors Vow to Jump In on This U.N. Plaza Farmers’ Market Controversy, Possibly Undoing the Move

As the Heart of the City Farmers’ Market is set to be displaced to the next block over this weekend, two supervisors are proposing legislation to relitigate that decision, and maybe move the proposed skate park instead.

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Protest March and Rally Planned Wednesday Over Relocation of Civic Center Farmers' Market For Skate Park

Vendors, organizers, and fans of the Heart of the City Farmers' Market will be staging a protest on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to change the city's mind about its plans to turn UN Plaza and its promenade near City Hall into an outdoor recreation area.

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Civic Center Farmers' Market Vendors, Organizer Upset About City's Skate Park Plan

A major makeover of U.N. Plaza that was announced last month, which involves a skate park, teqball and ping-pong tables, and more, may significantly impact business for the longtime vendors at the Heart of the City Farmers' Market, and they're pushing back.

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SF Rec & Parks Planning Makeover of UN Plaza This Fall With Skate Park, Ping-Pong, and Teqball Tables

Plans were filed this week for a new activation project in SF's generally drug-addled UN Plaza, in what appears to be an effort by City Hall to make some positive change and bring non-drug dealers and non-users to the plaza.

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SFPD Releases Image of Suspect In Assault on Elderly Man in UN Plaza

The San Francisco Police Department is seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect who was seen on surveillance video violently pushing an 83-year-old man to the ground on Tuesday.

SF Politics

New Multi-Agency 'Command Center' to Open Near UN Plaza to Disrupt Drug-Selling

The SF Department of Emergency Management and the Mayor's Office announced Friday that they would be opening a new join "command center" on Market Street near Civic Center, in order to coordinate with the SFPD and public health department to try to shut down open-air drug markets.

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Breed and Supervisors Heckled and Shouted Down at Press Conference On U.N. Plaza Drug-Dealing

This made-for-TV event is not going to look good on TV, as Mayor Breed and the Board of Supervisors were heckled off their own stage and reportedly had a brick thrown at them at a Tuesday joint press conference on drug dealing at U.N. Plaza.

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Supervisor Aaron Peskin Says He Wants to Confront Mayor Breed In U.N. Plaza About the City's 'Humanitarian Crisis'

Tensions are heating up again at City Hall, as Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin says that he wants to drag Mayor London Breed out to U.N. Plaza for some political theater.

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The Tenderloin 'Formerly Known As Linkage’ Center To Shut Down at the End of the Year

The Tenderloin Center that started as the centerpiece of Mayor Breed’s Tenderloin emergency declaration will be wound down by year’s end, as Breed’s new budget yanks the funding for it.

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Trump Supporters Turn Out for Small 'Free Speech Rally' at UN Plaza, Outnumbered by Counter-Protesters

Originally scheduled to happen at Dolores Park, Saturday afternoon's "Free Speech Rally" — which was allegedly attended by some members of the Proud Boys and a few QAnon figures — was sparsely attended... and didn't last all that long, either.

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[Updates] Hundreds Rally at UN Plaza To Stand Against Police Brutality; Protesters Continue Crisscrossing San Francisco

Hundreds convened at the United Nations Plaza this afternoon to protest the killing of George Floyd and call for an end to police brutality. The nonviolent crowd practiced social distancing — the vast majority wearing face masks — with many protesters still marching through SF.

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Driver Crashes Car Into Civic Center UN Plaza Building

Vehicle Crashes Into Art Institute's UN Plaza Campus https://t.co/59rqBGodTN by @britthopkins pic.twitter.com/HVXWFhzSNA— Hoodline (@Hoodline) November 9, 2016 Part of the Civic Center's UN Plaza was shut down

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Early Morning Shootings Rock UN Plaza, Mission

While you were likely still sleeping, two men were injured in shootings across San Francisco: One in UN Plaza, and one in the heart of the Mission District. The first shooting occurred at

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Cops Bust Huge Civic Center Drug Ring, Arrest 48

The open-air drug market that is UN Plaza just got a bit less druggy after a joint task force consisting of the SFPD, Alameda County Narcotics Task Force, and the DEA made 48

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SFPD Officer Shoots Dog Outside Asian Art Museum

Less than a week after a US Mint cop shot a reportedly aggressive dog on Hermann Street, police have fired upon another canine, this one just outside the Asian Art Museum. At 6:

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Video: One Injured In Shooting At Civic Center Pride Celebration [Updated]

An innocent bystander was shot after an argument between two groups of men turned violent at tonight's Civic Center Pride celebration. According to San Francisco Police Department spokesperson officer Albie Esparza, officers were

Arts & Entertainment

There's A Dance Party Happening At U.N. Plaza This Afternoon/Evening

Friday Night Market at UN Plaza from Julian Pham on Vimeo. The music will not be like this today. At the weekly Night Market event tonight at U.N. Plaza, the organizers are