Municipal advocates are petitioning for the Tenderloin neighborhood, an area many regard as a refuge for the down-and-out, to be placed on the national register of historic places.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on July 3, 2008.

Jardiniere

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 2, 2008.

Police arrested 12 people in two undercover robbery abatement operations in the past week targeting crime in the city's Tenderloin district and Market Street corridor, police announced Wednesday.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on July 2, 2008.

San Francisco police arrested 12 people in two undercover robbery abatement operations in the past week targeting crime in the city's Tenderloin district and Market Street corridor, police announced Wednesday.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on July 2, 2008.

San Francisco police arrested 12 people in two undercover robbery abatement operations in the past week targeting crime in the city's Tenderloin district and Market Street corridor, police announced Wednesday.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on July 2, 2008.

On Sunday afternoon, police arrested another six people, including one woman, in the areas of Jones and Leavenworth streets and Golden Gate Avenue in the Tenderloin district.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on July 2, 2008.

On Sunday afternoon, police arrested another six people, including one woman, in the areas of Jones and Leavenworth streets and Golden Gate Avenue in the Tenderloin district.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on July 2, 2008.

San Francisco police say they have been arresting young illegal immigrants from Honduras for several years after catching them selling crack cocaine and other drugs in the Mission and Tenderloin. Until May, the city was quietly sending the offenders back home to Honduras rather than turning them over to federal authorities for possible deportation.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 1, 2008.

Jardiniere

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 1, 2008.

1805 Pine St #25

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 30, 2008.

1730 Broderick St #12

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 30, 2008.

1031 Fell St

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 30, 2008.

However, the divergent impressions merge once the first plate arrives. This is big-city food being crafted by chefs Paul Liao and Jason Low, who have cooked their way through some top spots. For Liao, that's meant the now-closed Pearl in Oakland, Aqua in San Francisco and Salamander in Boston; Low has worked at Bay Wolf in Oakland, Cesar in Berkeley and Jardiniere in San Francisco.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 28, 2008.

We snapped the above photo at everyone's favorite traffic mess - the Arco station on Fell and Divisadero. The sign on the fence reminded me of photos we'd seen of gas shortages back before we were sentient, but happily for drivers, this isn't the harbinger of shortages or rationing. The station will soon finish with their repair work, and people will once again be able to fill their H2s for $.02/gallon less than at the station across the street! Sadly, that means the traffic mess will return - today was the first time in a very long time that we'd gone up the Fell Street bike lane without having to dodge out into traffic to avoid a car blocking the lane or the sidewalk.

Published by SFist on June 27, 2008.

The vote, scheduled for 4 p.m. at 555 Franklin St., will be the second time in two weeks that the board has voted on the same issue. On June 17, the board failed to decide the question on a 3-3 vote. The resolution's co-sponsor, board member Jane Kim, was absent.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 26, 2008.

It is too bad that today’s 4 p.m. meeting excludes many parents who must be at work at that time of day on a Thursday and who cannot go to Irving G. Breyer Board Meeting Room, 555 Franklin Street, First Floor to voice their support or dissent of removing Physical Education credit from the JROTC program. That’s democracy for ya … only the few who have the free time to show up get heard while us working folks have to earn a living.

Published by Rincon Hill neighborhood blog on June 26, 2008.

The green restaurant program, in which inspectors look at things from the wattage of light bulbs to how waste is disposed, has resulted in the certification of only one restaurant: Jardiniere, according to Lawrence Pong, principal environmental health inspector for the Department of Public Health.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 26, 2008.

That's not the case at Domo, a tiny new spot in Hayes Valley, which leans toward Eastern influences. It has a neighborhood feel, just a handful of high-backed wooden stools, and a menu that, while innovative and varied, focuses almost exclusively on seafood.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 25, 2008.

That's not the case at Domo, a tiny new spot in Hayes Valley, which leans toward Eastern influences. It has a neighborhood feel, just a handful of high-backed wooden stools, and a menu that, while innovative and varied, focuses almost exclusively on seafood.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 25, 2008.

To dine at Opaque, you'll need a large pile of napkins, strong taste buds and a healthy sense of adventure. Because for the evening, you'll be blind. Seriously. "Dining in the Dark" at Opaque gained popularity in Southern California, and opened its first Northern California location last week in San Francisco.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 25, 2008.

9 p.m. // Rickshaw Stop (155 Fell) // $10

Published by SFist on June 25, 2008.

That's not the case at Domo, a tiny new spot in Hayes Valley, which leans toward Eastern influences. It has a neighborhood feel, just a handful of high-backed wooden stools, and a menu that, while innovative and varied, focuses almost exclusively on seafood.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 24, 2008.

Matrix

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 24, 2008.

Car break-ins are down slightly from last year, but they are still epidemic in several places in the city, police said. Those include the Embarcadero from Fisherman's Wharf to Howard Street, the Western Addition and along the beach near the Great Highway.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 24, 2008.

To dine at Opaque, you'll need a large pile of napkins, strong taste buds and a healthy sense of adventure. Because for the evening, you'll be blind. Seriously. "Dining in the Dark" at Opaque gained popularity in Southern California, and opened its first Northern California location last week in San Francisco.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 24, 2008.

That's not the case at Domo, a tiny new spot in Hayes Valley, which leans toward Eastern influences. It has a neighborhood feel, just a handful of high-backed wooden stools, and a menu that, while innovative and varied, focuses almost exclusively on seafood.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 24, 2008.

1388 Gough St #401

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

955 Grove St #3

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

- Four men were arrested in the Tenderloin on Sunday for a 12:45 a.m. shooting at Turk and Laguna streets, in the Wester Addition. No one was injured, but some cars were damaged.

Published by San Francisco Crime blog on June 23, 2008.

Location: Sundance Kabuki, 1881 Post Street at Fillmore

Published by Rincon Hill neighborhood blog on June 23, 2008.

1 Daniel Burnham Ct #1608

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

9 p.m. // The Fillmore (1805 Geary) // $25

Published by SFist on June 23, 2008.

1261 Grove St #3

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

The only San Francisco neighborhood that she could afford was the Tenderloin - a nonstarter with her two young daughters. Instead, she found a two-bedroom apartment in Richmond, near the El Cerrito border, for about $500 less per month. It means a drive across the Bay Bridge each weekday for her job.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 22, 2008.

The shooting in the 800 block of Turk Street occurred at 8 p.m. on March 20, the same day that Louvier - free on $30,000 bail - was ordered to stand trial in San Francisco on four felonious weapons-related charges dating back to 2005; he was arrested that April for carrying a concealed weapon in his car and other charges.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 20, 2008.

Within hours after Louvier left court, Washington was gunned down in the city's Western Addition.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 20, 2008.

Banana Republic, Levi Strauss Foundation, McKesson Corp., Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and the Trust for Public Land are helping raise money to transform Hayes Valley Playground, Balboa Park and Boeddeker Park in the Tenderloin by 2011.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on June 19, 2008.

8 p.m. // The Fillmore (1805 Geary) // $38.50

Published by SFist on June 19, 2008.

The victim, 17-year-old Marquise Washington, was shot to death in the 800 block of Turk Street, near Gough Street, according to police. A possible motive for the killing has not been released.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on June 19, 2008.

The victim, 17-year-old Marquise Washington, was shot to death in the 800 block of Turk Street, near Gough Street, according to police. A possible motive for the killing has not been released.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on June 19, 2008.

Shotaro "Sho" Kamio is one of the hardest-working chefs in town. He has been the executive chef of Yoshi's Jack London Square for the past 2 1/2 years, and now also oversees the kitchen of Yoshi's San Francisco. On top of that, he donates his time to local charities, his daughter's school, and travels to Japan each year to see what new culinary trends he can incorporate into the restaurants' menus.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 18, 2008.

he next dinner is happening this Thursday, June 19, at the Crimson Lounge (687 McAllister at Gough) -- with Opaque dinners scheduled for Friday and Saturday as well. The three-course menu runs $99 a piece (check it out here), and remember: dress like you'll be sitting in the dark eating for two hours!

Published by SF Weekly on June 17, 2008.

The ancient letter board just inside the entrance of the Ella Hill Hutch Community Center tells much of the story of this neighborhood institution. Since 1981 it's been a crucial hub for the Western Addition, a mostly level stretch of terrain west of downtown that rivals the Mission District and Bayview–Hunters Point as the source of the most despair from senseless gun violence.

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on June 17, 2008.

Shotaro "Sho" Kamio is one of the hardest-working chefs in town. He has been the executive chef of Yoshi's Jack London Square for the past 2 1/2 years, and now also oversees the kitchen of Yoshi's San Francisco. On top of that, he donates his time to local charities, his daughter's school, and travels to Japan each year to see what new culinary trends he can incorporate into the restaurants' menus.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 17, 2008.

Shotaro "Sho" Kamio is one of the hardest-working chefs in town. He has been the executive chef of Yoshi's Jack London Square for the past 2 1/2 years, and now also oversees the kitchen of Yoshi's San Francisco. On top of that, he donates his time to local charities, his daughter's school, and travels to Japan each year to see what new culinary trends he can incorporate into the restaurants' menus.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 17, 2008.

975 Baker St

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 16, 2008.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors opted not to hold an up-or-down vote Tuesday on whether to fund a new court in the Tenderloin, instead referring the matter back to the same budget committee that has already voted against approving the money.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 11, 2008.

However, I think the main issue is that hip restaurants have a lot of hard surfaces, popularity ratchets up the noise, noise becomes associated with the hip restaurant, restaurateurs seek out noisy designs and we are in a deafening cycle. Elite Cafe has a great setup: You like noise? Sit at the tables. You want conversation: Try and grab a booth.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 11, 2008.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors opted not to hold an up-or-down vote Tuesday on whether to fund a new court in the Tenderloin, instead referring the matter back to the same budget committee that has already voted against approving the money.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 11, 2008.

Trayon Dixson spent his early childhood in public housing developments in San Francisco, but three years ago his mother had enough and decided to leave the violence-plagued projects behind.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 11, 2008.