Susan Freinkel

Her job is to remove homeless people from SF’s parks. Her methods are extraordinary

Culture

To watch park ranger Amanda Barrows is to be faced with a disturbing question: If this is what it takes to help one unhoused person, how can we manage thousands?

News Reporter

David Sjostedt

His raw videos on SF’s drug crisis went viral on Twitter. Then ‘JJ Smith’ vanished

News

The videographer has attracted praise and scorn for his raw videos from the Tenderloin.

Matthew Kupfer

From tech haven to has-been: San Francisco’s once-thriving SoMa neighborhood struggles to find footing

Business

Once a center for tech offices and new housing, South of Market hasn’t bounced back from the pandemic. What does its future hold?

Senior Reporter

Jonah Owen Lamb

Tenderloin crackdown brings back troubled cops, dubious covert tactics

Officers accused of theft and illegal searches return to plainclothes work that fueled a scandal years ago.

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Her job is to remove homeless people from SF’s parks. Her methods are extraordinary

His raw videos on SF’s drug crisis went viral on Twitter. Then ‘JJ Smith’ vanished

From tech haven to has-been: San Francisco’s once-thriving SoMa neighborhood struggles to find footing

Tenderloin crackdown brings back troubled cops, dubious covert tactics

Stanford students used to chase jobs at Meta and Google. Now they want to work on defense