Gold, Chapter Nine
Steven J. Moss “What can I get you?” asked Justin. “I have a few nice Sativas, but if you’re looking for something soothing I have an Indica. Or maybe a bit of both!…
April 2016
Parking Changes Ahead for Third Street
Jacob Bourne Third Street, from 20th to 24th streets, home to an eclectic collection of commercial spaces, retail outlets, residences, and public transit infrastructure, is facing increasing parking demands. Situated in the…
Carolina Project Creeps Forward
Bill Canihan has spent the last two and a half years working to secure permits to redevelop his 891 Carolina Street property. His father, William Canihan, Senior, acquired the single-family…
Homeless Population Level the Same Despite Forty Years of City Policy
PV Staff By Chris Block and Steven J. Moss “Encampments of people on City streets and in parks or long lines at soup kitchens are distressingly reminiscent of the Hoovervilles of 50…
OP-ED IRS Phoney Threats to Sue
By Paul Kleyman, Special to The View The booming voice on my telephone answering machine was intimidating and scary: “This is the Internal Revenue Services.” The robo call told me…
OP-ED San Francisco’s Budget Out of Control
John Farrell Over the past several years the City has flourished. Tax revenues have increased substantially, as tourism and development has boomed, changing neighborhood character. The Mayor’s fiscal year (FY) 2015 budget…
Green Spent on Green Last month, the newly created Green Benefit District (GBD) spent roughly $34,400 to repair and clean seven green spaces in Dogpatch and northwest Potrero Hill: Benches…
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Why would the University of California, San Francisco want to locate an academic building, the new Department of Psychiatry and Child, Teen Health Center, in a residential neighborhood and…
City Wants to Expand Biotech Beyond Mission Bay
Jessica Zimmer The City and County of San Francisco hopes to encourage midsize biotechnology companies that emerge from Mission Bay incubators to move to South-of-Market, Pier 70, and other Southside San Francisco…
Dogpatch Residents Design UCSF Housing
At a mid-March gathering, roughly a dozen Southside residents met with University of California, San Francisco and Perkins + Will staff to discuss designs for the university’s new graduate student…
Crowdsourced Commuter Van to Offer Hill Service
Bethany Edstrom After Ali Vahabzadeh moved several times to secure a more convenient commute to his South-of-Market workplace he became aware of the value San Franciscans place on a reliable, stress-free, and…
Merchants President Gets to Work after Retiring
Evan Rivera-Owings On a rainy afternoon in February, at Farley’s, on 18th and Missouri streets, Keith Goldstein, 66, talked to the View about how he came to retire. Goldstein, the founder and…
Mutiny Radio Continues its Rebellion
Michael Iacuessa The original logo for Mutiny Radio, which can still be seen above the station’s doorway at 21st and Florida streets, depicts a hand reaching out of the sea gripping a…
Community Calendar
April 1st through 3rd Art: Open Studios San Francisco’s largest artist collective, with more than 100 creatives, exhibit work from their studios and galleries, including painters, sculptures, photographers, fashion designers…
A Place to Chat About Death
Jim Van Buskirk Death is in the Zeitgeist. Everyone’s talking about it, or not, as the case may be. One place to discuss the generally taboo topic is at a Death Cafe, an…
SF Youth Soccer Clashes with City Rec and Parks
Last month, San Francisco Youth Soccer (SFYS) president Po Bronson emailed the families of players to announce that the league plans to address concerns raised at the organization’s annual meeting,…
Field, Off-Leash Dog Area Renovations Coming to Potrero Hill Rec Center
Over the next two years, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department will design and implement improvements to the baseball and soccer fields and lower level off-leash dog play area…
Improvements Ahead for Franklin Square
Jordan Katz In response to a campaign by Friends of Franklin Square, the City is expected to roll-out three capital improvement projects aimed at making Franklin Square safer and more engaging. The…
Richard Reineccius: February 16, 1937 to February 5, 2016
Richard Reineccius, a pioneer in the Bay Area’s midsize theater scene and San Francisco’s neighborhood arts programs, died at Oakland’s Altenheim Senior Housing Center on February 5, just 11 days…
Library News
Jenny Scholten Programs for Adults Creativity and Art Group: Express your creativity through art, music, meditation and more! Led by Cat Ehisen, family counselor at the Potrero Hill Family Support Center (PHFSC),…