From Homeless to $100K in SF: The Rise of Preston Phan
| By Ted Andersen | It was Christmas Day 2016 when 29-year-old Preston Phan stood on the streets of San Francisco’s Mission District FaceTime-chatting his family, careful not to allow […]
Five-Building MidMarket Development Plans Would Affect Historic SF Buildings
| ALYSSA MCCOMB | This story originally appeared in neighborhoods.com The Mid-Market area in San Francisco may be getting a high-rise — or five, rather — in place of a few 100-year-old buildings. Per Curbed SF, […]
Lost bet on Cavs forces ‘Mayor of the Tenderloin’ into Warriors apparel
| By Ted Andersen | A community leader and outspoken Lebron James fan in San Francisco’s Tenderloin is flashing some blue and gold this week thanks to a humbling bet […]
Tenderloin CBD Opens First Storefront Location
| By Ted Andersen | After more than a decade of hopping offices hidden from the public, the Tenderloin Community Benefit District finally has a storefront of its own […]
Twitter Helps Combat Local Bike Theft
| By Heidi Smith | Bikes vanish in San Francisco at an alarming rate — one bike is stolen every three hours. The city estimates more than $4.6 million worth […]
Photos: Women’s March on Market Street
| By Jessica Webb | Tens of thousands of people took to Market Street on Jan. 21 to demonstrate for women’s rights just one day after President Donald Trump was […]
Fears of Trump Harming SF’s Sanctuary City Status Draw Locals to City Hall
| Photos by Jessica Webb | The San Francisco community gathered on the steps of City Hall for a Sanctuary City press conference to protect communities against anti-immigrant persecutions […]
Photos: Thanksgiving at St. Anthony’s
| Photos by Jessica Webb | Mayor Ed Lee is among the many volunteers who came out on Wednesday, Nov. 23, to help St. Anthony’s chefs put the finishing touches […]
2 Blocks of Art
| Photos by Jessica Webb | The 6th annual 2 Blocks of Art exhibition hit the streets on September 16, painting Mid-Market’s inner corridor with local culture. The event featured […]
Mid-Market Businesses Promote Jobs for Locals
| By Ted Andersen | Getting a new job isn’t easy, and even amid a thriving technology industry in San Francisco’s Mid-Market neighborhood, a stark disconnect persists between an underserved […]
Who Are the Hottest Bay Area Musicians?
Local Acts Flood Outside Lands | By Ted Andersen | Is your music playlist in need of a jumpstart? If you quietly nodded your head yes then this year’s Outside Lands music festival […]
Tenderloin Sees Uptick in Vandalism
| By Juan Reyes | It only takes a second for someone to shatter a storefront window or spray paint a wall, and for local business owners in the San […]
Drugs, Homelessness and Recovery
Stories from the Glide community | Video by Jennifer Glenfield | | By Tony Taylor | It’s really hard to live on the street. It’s a level of difficulty one […]
Homelessness in Mid-Market
Ministering to the Forgotten | By Kyle Ludowitz | Sauntering down the streets of the Tenderloin at 2 a.m. wearing a clerical collar, Rev. Lyle Beckman doesn’t want to give […]
A Dying City for Artists?
Mass Eviction in Mid-Market Stokes SF’s Identity Crisis | By Ted Andersen | Tony Breaux isn’t scared of death. A Harlem native born on the 4th of July, the 78-year-old […]
A Code for Employment
Program offers job training, placement in Mid-Market | By Tony Taylor | In an effort to clean up what he calls the “creative economy” of the Tenderloin streets, former-addict-turned-entrepreneur Del […]
