Navigation Center Proposed Adjacent to Warm Water Cove
PV Staff By Chris Block and Steven J. Moss More than 50 people gathered at Peet’s Coffee & Tea’s Minnesota Street offices to discuss a proposed 24th Street Navigation Center, just west…
May 2016
Parking Pilot Proposed in Dogpatch
Jacob Bourne The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has embarked on an initiative to research and analyze the effectiveness of the Residential Parking Permit (RPP) policy in Dogpatch. Part of the…
A Microcosm in the City, Potrero Hill’s Mortality Data Speaks to Broader Trends
Jordan Katz In many ways Potrero Hill exemplifies San Francisco as a whole, particularly in terms of its population mix and income. It’s not predominantly European-American, African-American, or any other ethnicity; not…
Short Cuts
Political Visits President Barack Obama made a fundraising visit to the Arkansas Street home of Steve Phillips, former president of the San Francisco Board of Education, and his wife, the…
Publisher’s View: Privilege
Steven J. Moss I was born into privilege. Not the wealthy kind. My parents, struggling to raise five kids on my father’s aerospace engineer’s salary, cut coupons, dressed us in off-brand on-sale items,…
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Contrary to “No Pesticides Used in Potrero Parks, According to Environment Department,” February, Aquamaster – Glyphosate – was used in Franklin Square on May 3, 2014. Other than that,…
View Election Recommendations
The month of June is known for weddings and primaries, both of which can lead to happily ever after or quite the opposite. The June 7 election is marked by…
Massive Investment in San Francisco Hospitals Even as Facilities Close Elsewhere
Kayci Weaver Over the past year alone, a cascading set of trends has prompted the closure of 10 Bay Area hospitals outside San Francisco, according to longtime health care consultant Walter Kopp.…
Anti-Abortion “Clinics” Continue to Operate in San Francisco
Claire Botsy San Francisco is home to three clinics, located in Bernal Heights, Potrero Hill and the Haight, that offer abortion services. Two other facilities, in the Outer Mission and Union Square,…
City’s Reduces its “Rape Kit” Backlog
Rebekah Moan Securing answers from San Francisco law enforcement agencies – which are engaged in internecine bickering over a host of issues, including allegations of racial profiling by police officers – about…
Dr. Nancy Milliken: Advocate for Women’s Health
Jessica Zimmer Dr. Nancy Milliken, founder and director of the University of California, San Francisco’s National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, has spent her career advancing the health and well-being of…
Women Well Cared-for at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
With this month’s opening of a new nine-story building that includes spacious rooms for labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum care, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) combines well-designed facilities with…
Floral Design Studio Blooms on Hill
Jessica Nemire Kiana Underwood’s five-Yelp-star floral design studio, Tulipina, is located on Vermont Street. Tulipina creates floral arrangements for “bespoke weddings,” in which everything is custom-made. “I do lots of weddings and…
BerryClean Offers Fresh Alternative to House Cleaning
Clayton Schuster Kristina Geier opened BerryClean in Potrero Hill last fall. She was raised by parents whose professional lives revolved around the travel and hospitality industries; her first job was with Hilton…
Verdi Club Celebrates a Century
Paul McDonald This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Verdi Club, a working class social club whose historic 1935 building sits discreetly at 2424 Mariposa Street, a half-block west of Potrero…
Jungian Therapist Reflects on Changing Times
Wisconsin Street resident Margaret Keyes was born two months before the Great Depression engulfed the nation. Growing up in San Francisco’s Sunset District during those tough times, Keyes trained herself…
Trapped Reveals Barriers to Choice
Jim Van Buskirk Dawn Porter, who lives on the 300 block of Missouri Street, has directed several award-winning, social justice documentaries. Gideon’s Army (2013, HBO) recounts the personal stories of three young lawyers,…
Arts Section
Potrero Branch Library Art Show to Launch on May 7 By Marci Mills The public is invited to celebrate the opening of the 58th Annual Potrero Hill Artists’ Exhibition on…
Community Calendar
May 1 Festival: How Weird Street Faire How Weird Street Faire is a menagerie of attractions, including a world-renowned music festival featuring 10 stages with different styles of dance music,…
Memory Garden to Provide a Place to Mourn Infertility and Fertility Loss
Two San Francisco moms, Debbie Findling and Abby Porth, who both experienced fertility losses, co-created a project to develop a “memory garden” that’ll provide a place for reflection and mourning…
Gold, Chapter Ten
“Have you heard of Henrietta Lacks?” Stephanie was slumped in the bean bag chair, staring at the ceiling. The fog from Nash, Justin, and Jordan’s marijuana exhalations was fading as…
San Francisco Schools Adapt to State Sex Education Law
On January 1, 2016, The California Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Act went into effect. The Act is intended to equip students with information to protect their reproductive health,…
Youth Clinic Spreads the Word on Potentially Harmful Cosmetic Chemicals
According to Joi Jackson-Morgan, when 3rd Street Youth Center clients discovered the health risks associated with beauty products by looking at the Environmental Working Group’s SkinDeep Cosmetics Database, they were…
Basketball Rebels Bounce Back After Founder’s Death
The MRC Rebels Girls Basketball Club was founded in 1988 by Oscar Jimenez, who saw a lack of basketball opportunities for San Francisco girls and sought the City’s help to…
Fertility Doll a Talisman for Pregnancies
Annika Darling While living on Potrero Hill, Debbie Findling found it challenging to have a second child. Her daughter, Sara, who weighed less than five pounds when she was born, was two-years-old.…