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A person walks past a white building with a "HOTEL" sign, a garage entrance, and multiple business signs on an urban street.

Fatal Tenderloin shooting appears to have been targeted ambush

by Eleni Balakrishnan December 2, 2025, 10:23 amMarch 18, 2026, 1:07 pm

A vertical neon sign reading "Tenderloin" is attached to the side of a building near fire escapes; another building and the word "Cadillac" are partially visible.

Tenderloin Buzz: Theatrical matcha, a bookselling cat, and more

by Eleni Balakrishnan December 1, 2025, 12:33 pmApril 24, 2026, 3:38 pm

A group of people, some wearing colorful face paint and costumes, pose together on an industrial street in front of warehouse buildings.

The S.F. holiday dinner bringing 1,000 folks out to the Tenderloin

by JL Odom November 24, 2025, 11:00 amNovember 25, 2025, 11:51 am

Man wearing a Black Panther shirt stands on a sidewalk, hands in pockets, looking to the left. Trees and a fence are in the background.

He died in a San Francisco jail. His family wrote a play about it.

by Eleni Balakrishnan November 13, 2025, 4:00 amMarch 3, 2026, 4:16 pm

Police vehicles with flashing lights are parked on a dimly lit street at night.

Covering the Police

S.F. police shoot man, dog near Union Square after alleged bite attack

by Joe Rivano Barros November 9, 2025, 9:37 pmNovember 11, 2025, 10:40 am

A man gives a haircut to another man seated on a sidewalk, while several people gather nearby, some sitting and one in a wheelchair.

People We Meet: Desmond Cannady, the Tenderloin’s street barber

by Eleni Balakrishnan November 8, 2025, 4:00 amMarch 27, 2026, 1:17 pm

A green awning with the number 111 hangs over a wet city sidewalk where people and parked cars line the street on a cloudy day.

‘Alibi for everything’: S.F. halfway house operator GEO Group gives few answers at hearing

by Eleni Balakrishnan November 6, 2025, 3:57 pmMarch 3, 2026, 4:17 pm

Paulina Avila-Martinez of San Leandro applies make-up at the Dia de Los Muertos celebration at Garfield Square in San Francisco’s Mission District Thursday Nov 2nd. Avila-Martinez is half-Mexican and half-Chilean, and grew up with the Day of the Dead. It’s a “reminder that life and death are both very important,” she says. “Nothing in this world lasts forever. We can’t celebrate life without understanding death.”

Live music and luchadores: How the Tenderloin does Day of the Dead

by Eleni Balakrishnan October 30, 2025, 12:30 pmMarch 3, 2026, 4:17 pm

A single-story building on a city corner features colorful murals on its walls, with cars and tall buildings visible in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

Plans for affordable housing at shuttered S.F. food hall site stuck in limbo

by Eleni Balakrishnan October 22, 2025, 4:00 amMarch 3, 2026, 4:17 pm

A black semi-automatic rifle with a magazine is placed on an open newspaper on a wooden surface, next to a small can and a white object.

One of S.F.’s most violent neighborhoods has no anti-violence programs

by Eleni Balakrishnan October 21, 2025, 4:00 amMarch 3, 2026, 4:17 pm

Person wearing glasses and a bright pink shirt stands in front of a building with ornate doors and stone steps.

This Tenderloin bus driver wants to manage California’s finances

by Eleni Balakrishnan October 8, 2025, 4:00 amOctober 9, 2025, 12:32 pm

A vacant lot with sparse weeds is bordered by colorful murals featuring abstract patterns, handprints, faces, and a soccer ball motif, with older buildings visible in the background on a cloudy day.

It took years, but this empty Tenderloin lot is finally a soccer field

by Jessica Blough October 4, 2025, 4:00 amMarch 16, 2026, 7:21 pm

Photos: The ‘concrete testimonies’ scrawled on San Francisco sidewalks

by Vincent Pflieger September 28, 2025, 4:00 amSeptember 26, 2025, 9:38 am

A group of people smile and laugh together on a city sidewalk, some wearing athletic clothing, with buildings and billboards in the background.

When the run club comes to the Tenderloin

by Eleni Balakrishnan September 5, 2025, 11:14 amSeptember 5, 2025, 3:09 pm

Red circular benches with planters, some covered in graffiti, line a city sidewalk; a few cars are parked on the street and a person sits on one of the benches.

‘We can’t have nice things:’ S.F. keeps adding public spaces in the Tenderloin, then axing them

by Eleni Balakrishnan September 4, 2025, 4:00 amMarch 16, 2026, 7:21 pm

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