The scandal that’s engulfed a powerful Chinatown civic and business group over the past few months has divided community leaders, leaving many in the close-knit San Francisco community feeling that they have to pick a side. The Chinatown...
Last August, Jared Parker fired off a text to his staff. He was just a few weeks into his tenure as a top executive at San Francisco’s HomeRise — the massive, publicly funded housing nonprofit that last week announced it would shut down amid...
James Leng was watching “Survivor” with his friends at their Haight-Ashbury apartment when he noticed a glaring light above the TV. He thought it was a reflection in the window. Then he realized: “Oh s—, Buena Vista’s on fire.” When Leng...
Needles, feces and trash litter the blocks around Marshall Elementary, a predominantly Latino public school in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District. Last week, a beer bottle shattered next to a student in the yard. A couple weeks...
