Dispatches filed from Tenderloin, in reverse chronological order.
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On Turk Street on a recent Wednesday afternoon, a man sat cross-legged on the sidewalk outside a shuttered nail salon with two dogs — one large, one unmistakably young — both on fraying leashes looped around…
By Casey Wong, Neighborhoods · May 31, 2026
This weekend, the Rueff at American Conservatory Theater — 30 Grant Ave, one block from Powell BART — hosts PlayGround's annual Best of PlayGround…
The Culinary Training Academy at The Salvation Army's Tenderloin location graduated 13 participants on Thursday, adding another cohort to a workforce…
The Guild Theatre at 949 Market Street is marking its centennial with what the venue is billing as a stacked anniversary season — multiple nights of…
On a city lot between two apartment buildings on Leavenworth, someone has left a coffee cup on the edge of a planter box.
The Graphic Arts Workshop in San Francisco is holding an Artist Proof Sale — a chance to buy original prints, proofs, and multiples directly from the…
Every Thursday, Bottom's Up Bar hosts free karaoke night.
Wednesdays, ongoing: Two separate spots are giving you a reason to leave the house mid-week.
The city is proposing to extend the contract for 822 Geary Street, a crisis stabilization center in the Tenderloin, through June 30, 2028, following…
Bar Esper opened Wednesday at 401 Taylor Street in the Tenderloin, taking over the former Jasper's Corner Tap space inside the Hotel Spero.
If you've searched for a rental in San Francisco recently, you've probably encountered Brick + Timber — and you've probably also encountered sticker…
The Regency Ballroom is gearing up to host Smokedope2016's The Comedown Tour, adding another notch to the Tenderloin-adjacent venue's belt of…
There's a public health crisis that doesn't get nearly enough attention, and it has nothing to do with fentanyl, housing costs, or transit failures —…
Look, we spend a lot of time around here talking about what's going wrong in San Francisco — the budget disasters, the bureaucratic bloat, the…
A fire tore through an affordable housing building in the Tenderloin this week, displacing 46 residents and raising urgent questions about the…
If you've driven through San Francisco recently — particularly anywhere near the Tenderloin — you already know: pedestrian safety isn't just about…
Indian indie darling Anuv Jain is bringing his "Dastakhat" tour to San Francisco's iconic Regency Ballroom, and if you're not familiar with the name…
Residents near the Tenderloin were rattled recently by what sounded like a solid minute of consecutive explosions and fireworks, with flashing lights…
If you've walked through the Tenderloin — or frankly, anywhere in San Francisco — you've probably been approached by someone with a clipboard asking…
San Francisco is suing a Tenderloin corner store for allegedly selling meth and weed out of its storefront.
Water was gushing at the intersection of Van Ness and Eddy on Thursday, initially reported as a water main break — because in San Francisco, that's…
The building that houses the Power Exchange, the Tenderloin's legendary 30-year-old sex club, is up for sale.
Residents and business owners in the Tenderloin just tried to sue San Francisco over the open-air drug market that has swallowed their neighborhood…
Anne Morrison spent her final years in the Tenderloin, one of San Francisco's most unforgiving neighborhoods.
The Tenderloin continues to be San Francisco's most stubbornly complicated neighborhood — a place where every week delivers a fresh mix of civic…
Here's a story that perfectly encapsulates why immigration reform has been a bipartisan failure for decades: one of Mayor Lurie's own staffers — an…
If you've driven through the Tenderloin recently — or, bravely, walked through it — you've probably noticed them: clusters of people in bright green…
Love it or hate it, the Tenderloin is one of the most fascinating, complicated, and honestly exhausting neighborhoods in San Francisco.
There's a moment at certain shows where the room shifts — where an artist stops being someone you've heard about and becomes someone you believe in.
There's something quietly powerful about a stranger posting an old photograph online and asking the internet for help.
If you've been following the saga of San Francisco's quest for the perfect public trashcan — and yes, it is a saga — you'll be thrilled to know the…
There's something deeply human about cooking for people who need it — especially when it's done in memory of someone you've lost.
Polish blackened death metal legends Behemoth are bringing their unholy spectacle to the Regency Ballroom, and honestly?
In a city where a mediocre burrito will run you $18 and a glass of tap water probably has a surcharge somewhere, one bar is doing something…
If you told us that one half of The Chemical Brothers and the ethereal Scandinavian singer Aurora were teaming up for a live project, we'd have…
San Francisco spends over $1 billion a year on homelessness.
In a city that can't stop reinventing itself — where a perfectly good laundromat becomes a $4 million micro-unit, and your favorite taqueria gets…
The Tenderloin doesn't get a lot of feel-good headlines.
In a city where a single avocado toast can set you back $18 and a modest studio apartment costs more than a mortgage in most of America, sometimes…
The Black Cat is doing something refreshingly simple: putting on great jazz and letting people enjoy themselves.
Let's walk through the Bay Area's latest homelessness strategy: San Francisco is set to lose over 450 shelter beds in the Tenderloin as the city…
Here's a question that perfectly encapsulates San Francisco's unique talent for turning straightforward things into bureaucratic odysseys: if you've…
The Tenderloin continues to be San Francisco's most contradictory neighborhood — a place where genuine entrepreneurial spirit collides head-on with…
The Tenderloin doesn't get a lot of love in the press.
In a city where a mediocre sandwich will set you back $18 and a craft cocktail costs more than a parking ticket, one bar is doing something…
San Francisco has spent billions trying to address its overlapping crises of homelessness, addiction, and public safety.
If your emo-adjacent playlist has been getting a workout lately, here's some news that'll make your week: The Maine are heading to San Francisco's…
Here we go again. The Trump administration is back on its San Francisco kicks, threatening federal intervention in the city while Bill O'Reilly —…
A decade. That's how long San Francisco has been grappling with fentanyl — and after ten years of task forces, emergency declarations, Narcan…
Here's something you don't hear often enough: a San Francisco city program that actually works, and a city government responding by doing more of it.