Tents are back in San Francisco s Tenderloin, and scoring drugs is easy
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More tents have been popping up on Tenderloin sidewalks, including at the corner of Jones and Turk streets, after the city improved the neighborhood.Nick Otto / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Ashley Zarinah Williams, 40, sits on the street next to her tent and belongings at Jones and Turk streets.Nick Otto / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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It’s been more than six months since the city pledged to clean up the homeless camps and open drug dealing that were holding residents of San Francisco’s Tenderloin hostage. And while tremendous progress was made initially, the tents are creeping back in and the drug dealing remains in full swing.
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Mayor Breed was set to open 1,000 shelter beds for S.F. s homeless. Then the pandemic hit
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Mayor London Breed (left), with Pamela Gilmore, director of the residential and homeless division at Bayview Hunters Point Foundation, tours the Bayview SAFE Navigation Center on Thursday.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Mayor London Breed (center) visits with homelessness officials Abigail Stewart-Kahn (right) and Pamela Gilmore.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
In October 2018, Mayor London Breed announced an ambitious goal she said was key to addressing San Francisco’s swelling homeless population: open 1,000 shelter beds throughout the city by 2021.
Dungeness crab is one-third of its usual supply in Bay Area. These stores still have it
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Jorge Cornejo puts rubber bands on the claws as Dungeness crabs are unloaded in San Francisco.Photos by Nick Otto / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A fishing boat loaded with crab pots heads to sea in San Francisco for the first catches on Jan. 13. The number of Dungeness crabs is down.Nick Otto / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Dungeness crab is unloaded in San Francisco. The season was delayed, and the number of crabs down as part of a natural cycle. It adds up to the crustaceans being more expensive than usual. Sellers say the crabs should be around for months to come..Photos by Nick Otto / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
All quiet at heavily fortified state Capitol in Sacramento - protests don t materialize
Jan. 17, 2021
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1of15Christian Alvarado of Sacramento stands at attention with an American flag in front of the State Capital in Sacramento on Saturday, January 16, 2021. Alvaradro said that he was there to stand in solidarity with the legislatures.Nick Otto / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Before possible political protests, California Highway Patrol officers at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Sunday.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Before possible political protests, a scooter and a military police Humvee on 11th Street near the state Capitol in Sacramento on Sunday.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Bay Briefing: New coronavirus variant on rise in California, tied to Kaiser ER outbreak
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Don and Carol Franklin, ages 75 and 73, wait 30 minutes during their post-vaccination observation in Lafayette.Nina Riggio / Special to The Chronicle
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Monday, Jan. 18, and today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Here are some ways to mark the day in our region.
New variant raises concerns; vaccinations pick up pace
Officials on Sunday said another coronavirus variant is spreading across California, including in the Bay Area, where it has been linked to large outbreaks including one at a Kaiser Permanente emergency room that sickened dozens and led to one death.