10-Townsend to Return in 2022
Judy Goddess Samuel Thomas is angry. During the public health crisis, the 10-Townsend – a bus line he and other Potrero Annex-Terrace residents relied on to go shopping, travel to medical appointments…
October 2021
Efforts to Rename Jackson Park Underway
Jessica Zimmer In August, Jude Deckenbach, Friends of Jackson Park (FoJP) executive director, introduced the idea of renaming Jackson Playground at an online meeting of the Potrero Boosters, a neighborhood group consisting…
New Bayview Station Police Captain Grapples with Staff Shortages
John Ferrannini David Maron was named captain of the Bayview Station last February, after more than 25 years with the San Francisco Police Department. His appointment was made in the wake of…
Publisher’s View: Arguing Our Way to Auschwitz
Steven J. Moss The Nazis discovered the family hiding in France and put them on a train to Auschwitz; mom, dad and two sisters. “We argued the entire way,” said the sole sibling…
Short Cuts
Potrero View Staff Recall Last month, Recall San Francisco School Board turned in what appears to be a sufficient number of signatures to trigger an election to unseat San Francisco School Board President…
De Haro Property Owners Among Unsung Heroes of the Pandemic
Ebony Renee Parker “Essential workers” have been deservedly lauded over the past almost two-year pandemic. Medical professionals, among other “frontline workers,” have had to grapple with potential exposure to the COVID-19 virus, as…
ARCH Art Supplies Relocates to College Campus
Akash Ghosal After about five years of doing business from a red warehouse building at 10 Carolina Street, ARCH Art Supplies is moving to a new ground floor space below Blattner Hall,…
Peter McCandless, Dogpatch Cinematographer, Has Seen the Light
Minnesota Street resident, Peter McCandless, 67, believes he’s contributed to the world’s body of knowledge by serving as a cinematographer for more than 13 significant documentaries, including Of Civil Wrongs…
The Big Picture
Max Blue Pier 24, located on the Embarcadero, is offering visitors the opportunity to see more of its collection than ever before. Exhibitions at the prominent photography museum typically revolve around one…
Community Calendar: October 2021
PV Staff 10/2 SaturdayArt: Don Soker Contemporary Art 50th Anniversary ReceptionDon Soker Contemporary Art was founded in 1971 by Don and Carol Kaseman Soker as the Upstairs Gallery in a Victorian flat…
The Portfolio: Youth Creative Contest Winner, October 2021
Kai Lin, 11, created this interpretation of Godzilla vs Ghidora. Kai lives on 19th Street and attends Cathedral School for Boys.
Own a Piece of Dune History
Rebekah Moan Fans of Frank Herbert’s Dune have a chance to own a piece of the novel’s history: the stucco house where most of the seminal science fiction novel was written. After…