San Francisco to improve pedestrian space, increase physical distancing in Tenderloin

San Francisco city officials on Friday announced a temporary, four-block stretch of Jones Street in the city's Tenderloin will increase physical distancing as the district struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic. 

City launches new COVID-19 testing site for Tenderloin residents

The city of San Francisco will launch a pop-up COVID-19 testing site on Tuesday in the Tenderloin neighborhood, providing free testing for some of the city's most needy residents.

Activists rally through Tenderloin, denounce city's settlement with UC Hastings over homeless people

Activists marched through the Tenderloin to denounce a plan by the city to remove hundreds of homeless people from the area in accordance with a legal settlement brought on by UC Hastings, among others.

5 injured in San Francisco Tenderloin drive-by shooting
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5 men suffered non-life threatening injury Monday afternoon when witnesses say a gray van pulled up to a group of people standing outside and someone in a black mask opened fire.

Graffiti cleanup crews damage 4 murals in Tenderloin's 'Veterans Alley'

Murals painted by military veterans in an alley in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood have been painted over by crews from a local business improvement district, damaging a nearly decade-old project that has brought pride to the neighborhood.

San Francisco sued over Tenderloin's squalid conditions

UC Hastings College of Law, Tenderloin Merchants Association and a coalition of others, filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court against the City of San Francisco over the Tenderloin neighborhood's street conditions.  

San Francisco sued over Tenderloin conditions
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UC Hastings and others have filed a lawsuit in federal court against the city of San Francisco for what they say are squalid street conditions of the Tenderloin neighborhood and that things are only being exacerbated by the pandemic.

SF police release video of Tenderloin officer-involved shooting
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Police released video footage along with new details on an officer-involved shooting in which a suspect barricaded himself in two Tenderloin buildings before being arrested.

Tenderloin officers arrest auto burglary suspect

Officers arrived and arrested 40-year-old Steven Mills, who was found with property from the victim's car and burglary tools, police said.

SFPD arrests auto burglary suspect
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40-year-old Steven Mills was located with burglary tools on him.

Progress in crackdown on crime in San Francisco's Tenderloin

Police say keeping the Tenderloin area safe all starts with getting to know the community, talking with residents and businesses. 

Three charged with supplying fentanyl that led to deaths of Santa Rosa father and baby

The fentanyl that killed the pair, identified by the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office as Patrick Savoy Oneill, 29, and his son Liam Savoy-Oneill, 13-months, was obtained in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.

Newly-formed Tenderloin merchant's association sets sights on safety goals

Over the decades, San Francisco's Tenderloin has earned a reputation as one of the the city's most challenged neighborhoods. A large homeless population lives in alleys and street sidewalks, while open-air drug sales and use are common.