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Goats, Bingo, Swimming Pools: An Inside Look at Laguna Honda Hospital
Laguna Honda Closure Pushed Back by 2 Months
Safe Drug Use Sites: Anxiety Grows as Controversial Bill Sits on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Desk
San Francisco Wins Landmark Opioid Trial Against Walgreens
Monkeypox Treatment Tpoxx: Where To Find the Elusive Drug in San Francisco as Cases Hit 501
‘The Pain Was Almost Indescribable’: Monkeypox Victims on Agonizing Waits for Treatment as They Fight Red Tape
Monkeypox Crisis: National Health Emergency Declaration Could Unlock Treatment Resources
Monkeypox Tracker: The Latest Data on the Outbreak in San Francisco
City Sues Feds to Save Laguna Honda Hospital
San Francisco Is Far Behind in This Key Measure of Monkeypox Vaccination
Tracking Monkeypox: San Francisco and State Reports Show Most Patients to Date Are Gay and Male
SF Hospitals Grapple with Repeat Psychiatric Patients, Frustrated Workers
Laguna Honda Hospital Pauses Patient Transfers
Monkeypox: SF Declares State of Emergency as Virus Spreads and Vaccines Remain Scarce
As Nonprofit Workers Strike, Tenderloin Housing Clinic and City Point Fingers
Monkeypox Outbreak Nears a Tipping Point Amid Slow Federal Response
Looking for a Monkeypox Vaccine? 6 Things to Know About SF’s Outbreak
‘Undeniably Dangerous’: 3 Patients Died Days After Transferring Out of Laguna Honda
‘The Window Slammed Shut’: Some Drug Users Seeking Methadone Turned Away at SF Clinics
Laguna Honda Crisis Continues: Of 8 Patients Relocated Last Week, Only 1 Remained in SF
Covid Fatigue Clashes with Covid Confusion as Summer Surge Drags On
SF Wastewater Data Shows Unprecedented Summer Covid Surge
Bay Area Sex Club’s Two-Tiered Approach to Monkeypox Vaccines Spurs Community Outcry
SF Warns City Will Be Out of Monkeypox Vaccine by Week’s End as Waits Top 5 Hours
Supervisors Look To Extend Shelter-in-Place Hotels Amid Complaints, Damage Claims
Laguna Honda Crisis Continues: 48 Patients Relocated, Few Get SF Placement
Monkeypox Vaccines Have Been in Short Supply—But More Jabs Are Becoming Available
City Public Health Officials Boost Efforts Among SF’s LGBTQ+ Community Amid Rising Monkeypox Cases
Safe Consumption Bill Expected to Pass, but SF Will Likely Wait for Federal Ruling Before Opening a Site
As the Drug Overdose Crisis Rages, City Fails to Collect Data Needed to Fight It
A Swirl of Covid Variants Turns SF Summer into One Long Surge
Historic Strike at Homeless Nonprofit? Tenderloin Housing Clinic Employees Veer Toward Unprecedented Work Stoppage
With Roe Reversal, SF Pride Parade a Colorful Celebration and Urgent Call to Action
Roe v. Wade Overturned: SF Braces for Influx of Out-of-State Abortion Seekers
‘We’re Going to Take Our Country Back:’ Thousands Turn Out in San Francisco to Protest Overturn of Roe v. Wade
In Whose Backyard? SoMa’s ‘Sobering Center’ May Be a First for SF, But the Neighborhood’s Reaction Is Not
‘A Lifesaver’: Worries, Uncertainty Surround Tenderloin Center’s Closure
Kids Under 5 Are Approved for the Covid Vaccine—Here’s What to Know About Getting Children the Shots in SF
Pharma-delics? UCSF Kicks Off First-Ever Trial of Drug Naturally Derived From Magic Mushrooms
Mayor Breed Tests Positive for Covid
Controversial Tenderloin Center to Shutter in December
Vaccines Don’t Work, Claim Former SF Firefighters in Lawsuit
Sup. Dorsey Proposes ‘Right to Recovery’ Zones With Targeted Drug Enforcement
Sup. Matt Dorsey Walks a Tightrope in SoMa as November Election Looms
Both Abstinence and Harm-Reduction Advocates Agree Buprenorphine is Useful. So Why Can’t More San Franciscans Get Access to It?
Police Clear Homeless Encampment Days After Mayor’s Tweet, Prompting Questions About Legality of Such Sweeps
As Mask Mandates Return Across the Bay Area, Where Does San Francisco Stand?
Needles, Naloxone and Board Games: A First Look Inside the Tenderloin Center
Drug-Free Rehab Facility in SoMa Aims to Transform Lives and the Surrounding Community Alike
What Happens if You Become Homeless in SF? A Look at the ‘Front Door’ of the City’s Homeless Response
Why San Francisco’s Latest Covid Surge is Different Than Previous Ones
Sneezing Season: Why Allergies Are So Bad in San Francisco Right Now
Hotels Demand SF Pay Up for Damage During Shelter-in-Place
Tenderloin Housing Clinic Workers Rejoice as Breed Floats a Raise for Nonprofit Staff
Baby Formula Shortage Leaves SF’s Poorest Families Scrambling: ‘It’s Not Going to Last’
It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over: Medical Experts Say Covid Will Evolve, and Surge, for Foreseeable Future
Tenderloin Center, Formerly Known as a ‘Linkage Center,’ Gets 6-Month Lease Extension
The Last Alms House: Laguna Honda Faces Daunting Overhaul to Satisfy Federal Regulators
San Francisco Avoided Spike in Homelessness During Covid, According to New Data
Pandemic Cuts Fuel Protest at Historic Chinatown Hospital: ‘A Really Big Hit’
Five Takeaways on ‘The Tenderloin Center,’ the City’s Safe Consumption Site
Laguna Honda Hospital Patients Hit with Mass Eviction Notices as City Fights to Avert Closure
Supes Spar Over How to Get Every Homeless San Franciscan into a Shelter: ‘The Streets Cannot be a Waiting Room’
SF Voters Lean Away from Progressive Policies as Homelessness and Public Safety Shape Opinions
Much-Touted ‘Tenderloin Linkage Center’ Morphs into a Safe Consumption Site for Drug Use, Despite Legal Risks
As Booster Shots Lag, Community Groups Get Creative in Closing Vaccination Gaps
Dorsey Seeks to Unify Opposing Sides of the Hotly-Contested Addiction Debate
Majority of San Franciscans Ready to Return to Pre-Pandemic Life, SF Standard Polling Finds
SF Upgraded to Yellow Risk Tier as Covid Cases Soar
Where San Francisco Stacks Up Among California Counties in State Covid Metrics
‘We’re Here to Fight’: Hundreds March in San Francisco Following Leak of Roe Opinion Draft
San Francisco Poised to Jump Into Higher CDC Covid Risk Tier This Week
