Neighborhood Merchants Generally Doing Fine
Danny Pham While some San Francisco commercial corridors experienced dramatic reductions in demand between 2019 and 2023 – sales tax revenue dropped by 43 percent South of Market – sales tax revenues…
May 2024
High Care Costs, Pandemic Period Policies, Increases Shelter Demand for Dogs
Jessica Zimmer San Francisco Animal Care and Control (SFACC) is experiencing a deluge of dogs due in part to the high cost of veterinary care and the pause in neuter and spay…
Four Candidates, Plus Roughly 40 More, Vie to Replace Incumbent Mayor
Steven J. Moss Mayors running for reelection typically scare off significant challengers, given the power of incumbency. Not so this year. Four notables – Mark E. Farrell, Daniel Lurie, Aaron Peskin and Ahsha…
Publisher’s View: Monopoly
PV Staff Many of us have played Monopoly, the ruthless board game with cute tokens. The goal is to drive all other players out of business by charging usurious rents. If a…
Short Cuts
Lights If you’ve ever wondered why City Hall is lit in a specific set of colors on a given night, wonder no more! According to the Office of the City…
Beneath the Fluorescents: Safeway, Theft, and the Socio-Economic Divide
Camile Messerley Ongoing activities at Safeway’s Potrero Center location highlight a broad set of social issues facing the store, San Francisco, and other urban areas. Shoppers rely on the market for routine…
InsectPalooza Can be ‘Life-Changing,’ Org Asserts
Rebekah Moan Handling a giant African millipede, which can grow up to 13 inches long and 2.5 inches around, will change your life forever, according to SaveNature.Org chief executive officer and co-founder…
Native Plants Can be Found Throughout Potrero Hill
Lorraine Sawicki Spring can bring fresh feelings of joyful growth. Although allergies can be triggered, the season bursts with flowers and fruits of many shapes and sizes. Some plants have been in…
The Mysterious Beauty of Tótem
Marisa Helms Tótem (2023), the latest film by Mexican writer-director Lila Avilés (The Chambermaid), is visually stunning and contemplative, inviting viewers into the quiet and disquieting world of a young child as…
Place to Play Games in Dogpatch
Mike Lin Located at 1095 Tennessee Street, Dogpatch Games is a retail store and community space that hosts events centered around tabletop games, amusements that’re typically played on a table or other…
Community Calendar
5/4 Saturday“Music”: US Air Guitar Regional ChampionshipsPart rock show. Part comedy act. Part spectacle. 9 p.m. $18; $25 competitor. Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th Street. For more information: https://bit.ly/44dnLug…
High-Tech Solution to Reducing Noise Pollution
Mark Steensland The term “noise pollution” first appeared in a 1966 New England Journal of Medicine article about the negative health effects of unwanted sound. Six years later the federal Noise Control…