Car Break-Ins Decline Dramatically, Still High
Michael Iacuessa The San Francisco Police Department reported a 31 percent decrease in automobile break-ins from January to February, with the number of year-to-date thefts down 15 percent across the City. All…
April 2018
Chinese Ban Forces San Francisco’s Plastics Elsewhere, with Higher Garbage Prices Likely
Most of the 380 million metric tons of plastic created each year worldwide winds up in landfills or the natural environment. Despite California being one of the more successful states…
Potrero Boosters President Vying for District 10 Board of Supervisors Seat
“I think District 10 is the future of San Francisco,” said supervisorial candidate J.R. Eppler. “District 10 will see the most change over the course of the next decade than…
Publisher’s View: John B. Anderson
Steven J. Moss Late last year, John B. Anderson died at the age of 95. Anderson, a former Republican congressman from Illinois, unsuccessfully ran for his party’s nomination for the presidency in 1980.…
Short Cuts
Potrero View Staff Homeless Sheltered According to the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, the Central Waterfront Navigation Center has housed 147 guests since it opened last spring, 28 of whom…
Construction of 1601 Mariposa Continues
Jessica Zimmer This month, concrete pours and site deliveries will limit street parking near the 1601 Mariposa Street development site. Related California’s construction contractor, Nibbi Brothers, is in the process of installing…
Bottle Bill Battle Continues as Good Life Grocery Threatened with Steep Fines
Jacob Bourne Over the past three years, the View has reported on The Good Life Grocery’s efforts to comply with the State’s “Bottle Bill,” the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction…
Proposal Progresses for Significant Jackson Playground Facelift
Jackson Playground would be radically altered under a proposed redesign plan. The historic clubhouse would be moved from Mariposa to 17th Street, adjacent to a new community center featuring rooftop…
Potrero Boosters: A History of Service
Laurie Snyder Its members are sharp, insistent, and affiliated with one of the City and County of San Francisco’s oldest and most powerful citizens’ advocacy groups: the Potrero Boosters Neighborhood Association. Founded…
California College of Arts Campus to Expand
In January, the California College of the Arts submitted a revised Institutional Master Plan to the Planning Commission under which its Oakland and San Francisco properties would be consolidated into…
Country Cat with City Sensibility Subject of Neighborhood Search
Amy Carr Born in the quiet rural area of the Sutter Buttes, raised on a farm with a plethora of animals, Jami the cat was destined for bigger things. He lost his…
60th Annual Potrero Hill Artists’ Exhibition to be Held in May
Genevieve Feldman This May marks the 60th annual Potrero Hill Artists’ Exhibition, at the Potrero Branch Library. This non-juried show features 78 artists who live, work or study on the Hill and…
St. Gregory’s Hosts Devotional Art Workshops
About fifteen years ago, parishioner Betsy Porter began teaching an iconography class at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, located on De Haro Street. Iconographers create Christian art based on…
Community Calendar – April 2018
Now through Sat 4/21 Art: California College of the Arts Graduate Program in Fine Arts Exhibition Emerging artists from CCA’s Graduate Program in Fine Arts debut their work in an…
View Kids’ Photo Contest – April 2018
Call All Shutterbugs! Kids 12 years and younger can submit a photo once a month, before the 20th, with the winning image receiving $35. Teenagers from 13 to 17 years…