Standing at the crest of Vallejo Street, on top of Russian Hill, a strange sensation occurs. Looking west, the street flows like a ribbon toward the Presidio. But looking east, the street just … ...

Joey Alexander spent 23 years behind bars before finding purpose and freedom as a practitioner for Urban Alchemy. For the past two years, he worked outside San Francisco's Main Library, checking on ...

A San Francisco Urban Alchemy worker died on Tuesday, days after being shot while working in the Tenderloin District, the nonprofit said on Wednesday. Urban Alchemy CEO Dr. Lena Miller, in a statement ...

Urban Alchemy worker Joey Alexander, 60, died Tuesday after being shot outside San Francisco’s Main Public Library when he asked a man to stop using drugs nearby. Police arrested 42-year-old Edmund ...

Urban Alchemy workers gathered Wednesday to mourn the death of a colleague who was shot and killed in San Francisco. Joey Alexander, 60, was fatally shot Friday afternoon outside the San Francisco ...

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San Francisco leaders have struck a deal that should keep Urban Alchemy ambassadors on The City’s streets, but the future of the organization’s presence there remains unclear. What officials expected ...

A program in San Francisco is being linked to a significant decrease in crime in intersections that they serve. It’s called Urban Alchemy. A professor at Stanford, one of the primary researchers in ...