Poppy Path Planned for Potrero Hill
John William Law A group of Potrero Hill residents, with assistance from Hibiscus Studio, is creating a “Poppy Path” from Wisconsin and Coral streets to 23rd and Arkansas streets. The walkway will be…
May 2020
Merchants Struggle to Survive, Thrive, During Historic Challenge
Bettina Cohen A distillery switched from making spirits to hand sanitizer. A factory that normally manufactures messenger bags and backpacks is fabricating fabric face masks. The COVID-19 pandemic, and associated shelter-in-place (SIP)…
NW Potrero Hill/Dogpatch Green Benefit District Elects New Board Members
Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman During almost two months of sheltering-in-place parks and open spaces have become central to maintaining people’s health and sanity. Many of the largely community-created commons in Dogpatch and Potrero Hill…
Publisher’s View: Pirate’s Cove
Steven J. Moss “During negative tides you can walk along the seashore all the way from Muir Beach to Pirate’s Cove,” the old-timer said. “I did it once with my dog, when he…
Letters to the Editor
PV Staff Editor, My question may be trivial in light of the current pandemic, but I wanted to reach out regarding the article about the proposal for a cannabis dispensary at 667…
Short Cuts
Potrero View Staff Merchants The Good Life Grocery is limiting customers at its Potrero Hill store to five at a time. Raises have been given to all employees, along with bonuses and unlimited…
Mission Bay Biotech Companies Join the Fight Against COVID-19
Jessica Zimmer During the first quarter of 2020 Mission Bay biotechnology companies and nonprofits pivoted from researching a wide variety of illnesses to focusing principally on creating COVID-19 diagnostic tests, medical interventions,…
Potrero Hill Democratic Club Struggles to Reach Voters
Michael Iacuessa Like many others, shelter-in-place orders and likely lingering constraints on large gatherings in the face of public health risks has forced the Potrero Hill Democratic Club (PHDC) to reorient its…
Long-term Dogpatch Business Owner and Community Activist Prepares to be Evicted
Rebekah Moan John Borg, who has occupied a 20th and Illinois streets building for almost 30 years, will soon move from Dogpatch unless he can find a new space for his sustainable…
Community Calendar – May 2020
Video conferencing is the new norm when it comes to community engagement, with numerous civic groups, theater troupes, and exercise troops gathering online. Still, sometimes you need to leave the…
The Human Touch
In her 1975 essay “The Laugh of the Medusa,” French theorist Helen Cixous coined the term Écriture féminine: writing by women for women as a means of self-examination. By writing…
Potrero View Staff Editorial Smuin Pushes the Boundaries of Ballet
Kiran Kazalbash During normal times, not an hour goes by without a small crowd gathering outside the Smuin Ballet Studio at the corner of 17th and De Haro streets. Bus riders, children…
Company Set to Launch National Earthquake Warning System
Daniel Idziak What if an earthquake’s time, location, and magnitude could be known days before it struck? That’s the promise of precursor SPC, a Washington-based company which, according to its chief executive…