Meters Coming to 18th Street Commercial Strip
Connor Fitzpatrick The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) will install parking meters along both sides of 18th Street between Connecticut and Texas streets by the end of the year. The meters…
November 2019
Mission Bay Businesses Begin to Blossom
Bettina Cohen For a timeless moment, the retail economy along Fourth Street from Channel Street to Mission Bay Boulevard North limped along. Early arrivals to Mission Bay kept waiting for a “critical…
Swarm of Fossil Fueled Backup Generators Continues to Grow, With No Response from Regulators
Daniel Idziak In May, The Potrero View reported that according to Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) data there are roughly 6,500 fossil fueled backup generators, “BUGs”, in the San Francisco…
Publisher’s View: Nashville
Steven J. Moss Over the years I’ve learned that how I experience a place or activity is greatly influenced by what I bring to it. This was certainly the case on a recent…
Letters to the Editor
Potrero View Staff Editorial Editor, Thank you for your excellent newspaper! I pick it up every month at The Good Life Grocery on 20th Street or at the Potrero Hill Library when I come,…
Policing of Public Drug Use Challenging
J. Eric Miller Assembly Bill 362 – which’d allow San Francisco to operate a trial facility in which drug users can inject themselves – was reintroduced in the State Legislature last February by…
Study Examines Possible Improvements to Mission Bay, Showplace Square, and South-of-Market
The San Francisco Planning Department is studying how best to redesign roads, public transit and open space in ways that smooth connections between Showplace Square, Western and Central South-of-Market, and…
Raven or Crow?
Danita Kulp A black bird is loudly, rapidly, caw-cawing in the tree outside your window. Others are flying in groups riding the air currents. Numerous black birds are eating on the ground.…
Potrero Hill Recreation Center Basketball and Tennis Courts Up Their Games
Jessica Zimmer In August, San Francisco Recreation and Parks completed extensive renovations to the Potrero Hill Recreation Center’s basketball and tennis courts, resurfacing roughly 7,100 square feet of space. New basketball backboards…
Community Calendar: November 2019
Potrero View Staff 11/2 Saturday – Dia de Los Muertos: Festival of AltersMarigold Project presents the 26th Annual Festival of Alters. The making and viewing of traditional, contemporary, and experimental altars is a…
Obituary: Linda Clark
Melinda Lee July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019 Linda Clark, known to many as the “land shark” of San Francisco, passed away on October 11, 2019, in Walnut Creek, California. She…