The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has granted final and unanimous approval for a pilot program that will limit the hours retail businesses can operate in the Tenderloin neighborhood.

All retail food and tobacco businesses, excluding restaurants and bars, will be banned from operating between midnight and 5 a.m. in a section of the neighborhood during the two-year pilot. The program will apply to a 20-block section between O’Farrell and McAllister streets and between Polk and Jones streets, designated as a “high-crime area.”

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Cole Reynolds is a rising junior at Northwestern University, where he studies journalism and anthropology. He has previously served as managing editor for The Daily Northwestern. In that role, he was part of the team that revealed the extent of hazing on the Northwestern football team — a story that attracted national attention. Outside of reporting, you can find him making fresh pasta, bread or other culinary creations.