Over the past decade use of e-cigarettes, known as “vaping,” has increased, with 3.2 percent of American adults using such products in 2016, according to the Centers for Disease Control…
Hidden below San Francisco’s dense patchwork of homes, stores, and skyscrapers lies millions of years of geological history. Various physical processes over the past two million years have created diverse…
Construction will be returning to 16th Street this fall. The work, at the behest of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), will involve widening sidewalks at bus stops and…
When I first started working in Africa, as a U.S. Peace Corp volunteer more than 30 years ago, John F. Kennedy remained a warming American glow. In West Africa, where…
Nabbed Last month, the San Francisco Police Department arrested a prolific automobile burglar near the Potrero Annex-Terrace Housing Complex. According to Officer Patrick McNichol, the suspect was nabbed as a…
Editor, Thanks for “Citizen Involvement Embedded in San Francisco’s Planning Process” in last month’s View. Note that there’s another approval process that wasn’t covered in the article: Large Project Authorization…
Initiated by former State Assembly member Fiona Ma – who is now running for State Treasurer – in 2007 San Francisco embarked on a pilot program to examine how to…
Proposals to demolish the final 1.2-mile northern stretch of Interstate-280 as part of the development of a new Caltrain station at Mission Bay have been nixed, at least for the…
Plans for the site that used to host the Potrero Power Plant continue to be fleshed-out, with the owners, Associate Capital, soliciting suggestions on how to best develop the parcel.…
Add hunger to the list of things that’re booming in the Bay Area. The San Francisco-Marin Food Bank, which just purchased a 38,000-square foot facility in San Rafael and plans…
A corner market space is available for lease at 602 Minnesota Street, on the ground floor of a University of California, San Francisco student and trainee affordable housing complex that’s…
On a weekday evening in spring, the Clay Room, located at 17th and Arkansas streets, welcomed visitors with lit candles, hot tea, a plush lounge, beautiful wall accents, and a…
The Dogpatch Center for Arts and Culture’s life and botanical drawing class is attracting residents from throughout San Francisco to learn from different models, a skilled instructor, and one another.…
Potrero Branch 1616 20th Street 415.355.2822 Genevieve Feldman, Branch Manager Family Programs Every Child Ready to Read Early Literacy Workshop: Learn tools and the science behind teaching early literacy to…
“I moved here because I had a friend who had a spot open up in the house she was living in, and it seemed like such an amazing neighborhood and…
Now through 6/14 — Film: SF DocFest Presented by SF IndieFest, the San Francisco Documentary Film Festival returns to the Roxie Theater and New People Cinema. Tickets: $13.50 advance; $15…
After years of complaints about loud noises, mounds of trash, screeching cars and random people coming and going, the occupants of 584/586 Vermont street, some of whom were suspected of…
In May, City officials, developer Forest City Realty Trust and Dogpatch residents formally launched construction at 28-acre Pier 70, slated for development of housing, waterfront parks, space for artists and…
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Sister Kathleen Healy January 13, 1926 – April 21, 2018 Longtime Potrero Hill resident and former pastoral associate at Saint Teresa Parish, Sister Kathleen Healy, passed away at the Presentation…
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