The Tender
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The Tender is a local neighborhood news blog focusing on San Francisco's Tenderloin District.
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, and Little Saigon. With approximately 40,000 monthly readers, their articles focus on covering current events, restaurants, arts, and general social issues for the area. It has become one the main neighborhood blogs for greater San Francisco. Additionally, it has earned the adoration of locals in San Francisco.
http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2011/06/17/eye-openers-mission-chinese-foods-chinese-dinner/, SFist http://sfist.com/2011/06/17/friday_morning_constitutional_10.php, Eater SF http://sf.eater.com/archives/2011/06/17/dotties_in_limbo.php, and Grubstreet SF http://sanfrancisco.grubstreet.com/2011/06/dotties_might_move_osteria_ste.html. Another example was in October, 2010 where a four alarm fire destroyed an entire apartment building http://thetender.us/2010/10/20/massive-fire-destroys-824-hyde-street/ and was picked up by: SF Weekly
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/10/massive_four-alarm_blaze_destr.php, SF Appeal http://sfappeal.com/news/2010/10/downtown-fire.php, and SFist http://sfist.com/2010/10/20/four-alarm_downtown_fire_displaces.php.
History
Started in May 2009 and originally called, "The Tenderblog", The Tender is one of the main news sources for the neighborhoods of the Tenderloin, Civic Center, Mid-MarketMid-Market, San Francisco
Mid-Market is a neighborhood and development area in San Francisco, California.-Location:It is focused on Market Street starting at Fifth Street, ending at Ninth Street, and including a number of buildings down to Mission Street...
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Tendernob
The Tendernob is an area in San Francisco, California between the affluent Nob Hill area to the north and the less affluent Tenderloin to the south...
, and Little Saigon. With approximately 40,000 monthly readers, their articles focus on covering current events, restaurants, arts, and general social issues for the area. It has become one the main neighborhood blogs for greater San Francisco. Additionally, it has earned the adoration of locals in San Francisco.
Content
Well-known for its in depth local coverage of the Tenderloin neighborhood, larger publications often use The Tender as a source for local news articles as shown with their coverage in June 2011 of a local, long-established diner leaving the neighborhood http://thetender.us/2011/06/16/the-low-down-on-the-dotties-move/ which was picked up by: the San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco Chronicle
thumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...
http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2011/06/17/eye-openers-mission-chinese-foods-chinese-dinner/, SFist http://sfist.com/2011/06/17/friday_morning_constitutional_10.php, Eater SF http://sf.eater.com/archives/2011/06/17/dotties_in_limbo.php, and Grubstreet SF http://sanfrancisco.grubstreet.com/2011/06/dotties_might_move_osteria_ste.html. Another example was in October, 2010 where a four alarm fire destroyed an entire apartment building http://thetender.us/2010/10/20/massive-fire-destroys-824-hyde-street/ and was picked up by: SF Weekly
SF Weekly
SF Weekly is a free alternative weekly newspaper in San Francisco, California. The newspaper, distributed throughout the San Francisco Bay Area every Wednesday, is published by Village Voice Media, a 16-paper alt weekly newspaper chain that also includes the New York City Village Voice and the Los...
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/10/massive_four-alarm_blaze_destr.php, SF Appeal http://sfappeal.com/news/2010/10/downtown-fire.php, and SFist http://sfist.com/2010/10/20/four-alarm_downtown_fire_displaces.php.