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.

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

Enjoy Big Bang Beat from 1- 4 pm and Tainted Love from 6 - 9:30 pm. Following the onstage entertainment, visitors will be treated to the City of San Francisco's spectacular fireworks display at approximately 9:30 p.m. Shot from a barge off PIER 39 and from the Municipal Pier, this show over San Francisco Bay should not be missed!

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) 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 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.

The measure was developed by the Save SF Culture Coalition, whose members include the Entertainment Commission, Black Rock City LLC (which stages Burning Man as well as events here in town), the Late Night Coalition, and the Outdoor Events Coalition (a group formed last year to counter city policies and neighbor complaints that threatened to scuttle the North Beach Jazz Festival, How Weird Street Faire, concerts in Golden Gate Park, and other events).

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian 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 KTVU News (Channel 2) 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.

While pigeons swoop and poop inside the empty Pagoda Theater, there are hints of a neighborhood uprising in North Beach. Could it be that the populace is finally going to stand up and demand an end to policies that have created boarded-up storefronts in one of San Francisco's most vibrant neighborhoods?

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 1, 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.

1028 Lombard St

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 30, 2008.

1125 Francisco St #2

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 30, 2008.

2201 Sacramento St

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 30, 2008.

1118 Broadway

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 30, 2008.

7:00 p.m. & 9:35 // Lumiere (1572 California) // $9.75

Published by SFist on June 30, 2008.

1805 Pine St #25

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 30, 2008.

The destruction in the Marina district after the 1989 Loma Prieta quake - garages caved down on sidewalks, splintered wood, cracked stucco, and brown columns of smoke rising from burning buildings - could easily be multiplied 100 times by a closer quake on the Hayward or San Andreas faults, according to engineers who have studied the danger. Loma Prieta hit about 60 miles south of the city.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 29, 2008.

"Sunday's a Drag," a drag show at Harry Denton's Starlight Room, turned two years old this month. It's modeled after the long-defunct Finocchio's, which ran for 63 years above Enrico's in North Beach - but with a twist.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 29, 2008.

At Pine and Leavenworth streets, a large tree had almost completely enveloped the "Pine" sign. The sign was also dirty, Waldorf complained, although a ChronicleWatch visit showed that the foliage was the bigger issue.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 27, 2008.

He lives in what is fashionably called lower Nob Hill, that part of San Francisco incorporating busy Pine Street. Irving Waldorf sees the street every day, and what he saw the other day alarmed him enough to e-mail ChronicleWatch: At Pine and Leavenworth streets, a large tree had almost completely enveloped the "Pine" sign.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 27, 2008.

At Pine and Leavenworth streets, a large tree had almost completely enveloped the "Pine" sign. The sign was also dirty, Waldorf complained, although a ChronicleWatch visit showed that the foliage was the bigger issue.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 26, 2008.

The couple live in Oakland, though they owned and operated neighborhood Italian restaurant Frascati on Russian Hill for years. So for them, she says, "it felt like coming home."

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.

Apparently, the machine hasn't worked for years. A sign on its front says, "This Machine Not in Service." ChronicleWatch reader Sandy Sternlieb says the San Francisco Municipal Railway seems to have forgotten about the ticket dispenser.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 24, 2008.

A man was sentenced Monday to one year of probation for threatening to kill a member of the Egyptian Consulate in San Francisco, according to court records. On Feb. 11, Fredrick Green rattled the gates of the consulate in the city's Marina district and threatened to kill a consulate employee and family members after being denied access, a Diplomatic Security Service special agent wrote in an affidavit.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 24, 2008.

Matrix

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 24, 2008.

A man was sentenced today to one year of probation for threatening to kill a member of the Egyptian consulate in San Francisco. On Feb. 11, Fredrick Green rattled the gates of the consulate in the city's Marina district and threatened to kill a consulate employee and family members after being denied access, a Diplomatic Security Service special agent wrote in an affidavit.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 24, 2008.

In this diverse region, with neighborhoods as multitudinous as microclimates, diners treasure establishments that reflect the area where they're located. "You know what you're going to get when you go out in the Richmond or West Portal or the Marina," says Celia Barbaccia, a personal assistant who lives in the Richmond District and eats out a lot.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 24, 2008.

Last month, Vollen, 44, turned to MyFarm, a new San Francisco business that took the family's local and organic diet to a new level: by designing and planting an organic vegetable garden in their Marina district backyard. The Vollens pay MyFarm a weekly fee to maintain and harvest the vegetables that have just started to mature. They can gaze at their garden and dig into just-picked lettuce without so much as touching dirt.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 23, 2008.

1460 Broadway

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

The next time you find yourself in Ghirardelli Square, don't just ogle the brickwork or scoff at the tourists.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 23, 2008.

A man was sentenced today to one year of probation for threatening to kill a member of the Egyptian consulate in San Francisco. On Feb. 11, Fredrick Green rattled the gates of the consulate in the city's Marina district and threatened to kill a consulate employee and family members after being denied access, a Diplomatic Security Service special agent wrote in an affidavit.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 23, 2008.

On Monday morning at California Street and Van Ness Avenue, tourists stood and studied the tall photographic display that trumpets San Francisco's cable cars. The pictorial lauds the ingenuity and colorful history of the transportation system, but the ticket machine that's inches away is broken and defaced with graffiti and street stickers, one of which advertises "counterfeit sneakers ... only $49.95." Apparently, the machine hasn't worked for years.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 23, 2008.

943 North Point St

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

Last month, Vollen, 44, and her husband, Gary Vollen, 45, turned to MyFarm, a new San Francisco business that took the family's local and organic diet to a new level: by designing and planting an organic vegetable garden in their Marina district backyard. The Vollens pay MyFarm a weekly fee to maintain and harvest the vegetables that have just started to mature. They can gaze at their garden and dig into just-picked lettuce without so much as touching dirt.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 23, 2008.

1326 Greenwich St

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

1 Daniel Burnham Ct #1608

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

1388 Gough St #401

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

1468 Broadway

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

1530 Jones 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.

Asian Pride: Asian and Pacific Islander grand marshals host this Pride party. Special guests include Campbell City Councilman Evan Low and others. $5 donation to benefit A&PI Wellness Center's raMEN program. 9 p.m. N'Touch, 1548 Polk St., San Francisco. (415) 292-3400, Ext. 348.

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.

The facility was located at 440 Jefferson St. and operated between 1938 and 1992, according to the City Attorney's office.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on June 19, 2008.

The facility was located at 440 Jefferson St. and operated between 1938 and 1992, according to the City Attorney's office.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 19, 2008.

The facility was located at 440 Jefferson St. and operated between 1938 and 1992, according to the City Attorney's office.

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

Herrera said the company has for decades disposed of and released "hazardous petroleum products" at its fueling facility at 440 Jefferson Street, which had operated between 1938 and 1992.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on June 19, 2008.

9 p.m. // Hemlock Tavern (1131 Polk) // $7

Published by SFist on June 18, 2008.