Tenderloin Archives

Police

Report shows 911 calls are down, crime is down—and police overtime is way up

Tim Redmond - March 20, 2023

Budget analyst raises questions about police budget as Preston calls for a full audit.

Crime

Police overtime money is going to protect high-end retail outlets in Union Square

Tim Redmond - March 15, 2023

Data shows 'safe shopper' program is at the top of the mayor's list; Preston offers an alternative approach to public safety.

Lit

On Polk Street and in the Tenderloin, a family of hustlers and priests

Marke B. - March 15, 2023

Joseph Plaster's new book 'Kids on the Street' looks at the history of queer sex work and kinship in San Francisco

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Leap into our spring food planner (yes, there’s cheesecake)

Tamara Palmer - March 8, 2023

Pop-ups, night markets, and restaurant debuts: a taste of what’s cooking in the coming season.

The Agenda

Breed’s attack on the sanctuary ordinance, Jenkins’ attack on police accountability …

Tim Redmond - March 5, 2023

... plus remote public comments, the Housing Element, and a deal that limits the DA's role in police-shooting investigations. That's The Agenda for March 5-12

Music

30 years of wild Noise Pop nights and ‘talent beyond genre’

Joshua Rotter - February 21, 2023

Festival co-owner Jordan Kurland on filling the city with independent music and his favorite live moments

Housing

Breed blocks affordable housing project in District 5 for ‘petty politics’

Tim Redmond - January 18, 2023

Shuttered car wash could have been more than 100 affordable units, until the mayor went back on a deal with the supes.

News + Politics

Why is Breed resisting a life-saving program that faces no real legal or financial obstacles?

Tim Redmond - January 11, 2023

Safe consumption sites work in New York, stunning testimony at a hearing shows. Yet SF is putting on the brakes.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Ashkenaz hits 50, celebrate MLK, Soundbox returns, more

Marke B. - January 11, 2023

Lollygaggers last show, Black Techno Matters, Sholeh Asgary, Polyglamorous, so much more to do this weekend

Movies

Screen Grabs: Celebrating eternally anti-conformist filmmaker Dale Hoyt

Dennis Harvey - January 9, 2023

Three tributes to the late iconoclast. Plus: 'Elegy to Seijun Suzuki' and Eastern European absurdist classics at BAMPFA

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