Short Cuts
PV Staff New Future Kansas Street resident Keith Goldstein predicts that Anchor Brewery’s new owner, Sapporo, will develop the facility into condominiums by 2030. And rumor has it that the now Sapporo…
October 2017
Proposed Medical Cannabis Nursery in Dogpatch Blocked
Jessica Zimmer Last summer, Dogpatch Neighborhood Association (DNA) member, Constans Channon, and Friends of Potrero Hill (FOPH), an organization located at 1060a Tennessee Street, formally requested that the City’s Board of Appeals…
Marijuana Use Risky for Young People
Brett Yates As the public perception of marijuana’s risks softens, a primary question complicating the drug’s newly destigmatized status is its effect on young people, especially in terms of brain development. Marijuana…
San Francisco International High School Settles into De Haro Street Campus
Jacob Bourne Following six years of tight quarters at its former York Street facility, San Francisco International High School began the 2017-2018 school year at the spacious Enola Maxwell Campus, 655 De…
Publisher’s View: Statues
Steven J. Moss The following three dialogues imagine the conversations sparked when newlyweds arrive for the first time at one of the spouses’ ancestral homes, to which the couple will be moving, with…
Letters to the Editor
Potrero View Staff Editorial Editor, Steven Moss really missed the boat on his trip to the land of my ancestors (“Publisher’s View: Fringe,” September). First, Edinburgh is a beautiful city. The blackened spires of…
Questions and Hopes Abound in Medical Marijuana Community
In 1996, California voters passed Proposition 215 to “ensure that seriously ill Californians have the right to obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes where that medical use is deemed…
Diversity of Delivery Systems Emerge as Marijuana Legalized
As cannabis proceeds along its slow, state-by-state, journey toward legalization, it brings with it a new industry that looks increasingly like the craft beer business. For the first time, Americans,…
City Under Pressure to Develop Recreational Adult Cannabis Regulations
California Proposition 64, which legalized, and imposed taxes on, adult recreational marijuana consumption, was approved by 57 percent of state voters last November. However, under an ordinance passed by the…
Redevelopment Plans for Third Street Property Significantly Altered
The property at 2230 Third Street, once home to Leo’s Tire & Brake, may be redeveloped into a life science and medical use building. The 8,000-square foot parcel is located…
Schools Say They’re Prepared for Marijuana Legalization
According to the California Department of Public Health, cannabis use among adolescents can have adverse consequences on memory and learning, and is believed to lower intelligence and school performance. Likewise,…
Community Calendar: October 2017
Potrero View Staff October 1 – Food: World Veg Festival The San Francisco Veg Society hosts the 18th annual World Veg Festival, featuring speakers, cooking demonstrations, exhibitors, entertainers and food vendors. SFVS is…
A Day in Dogpatch, Potrero Hill, and Environs – October 2017
Last summer, the fast-casual mini-chain The Grove opened an outlet in a 3,600-square-foot, ground-floor, space at Equity Residential’s 241-unit apartment complex, located at One Henry Adams, on Showplace Square traffic…
Damon Guthrie Obiturary: David Bonelli
Michael Iacuessa David Bonelli April 30, 1919 – August 26, 2017 For many, the memory of Dave Bonelli, who passed away on August 26 at the age of 98, is synonymous with…
Obituary: Ted William Nader Rheingold
Ted William Nader Rheingold May 28, 1970 – September 4, 2017 Long-time Potrero Hill resident, Ted Rheingold, died from kidney cancer on September 4, 2017. He was 47. Born in…