Rash of Burglaries Besiege Dogpatch, Potrero Hill
Thomas Hunter II Over the last couple of months several break-ins occurred at Dogpatch and Potrero Hill businesses. On November 7, around 2 a.m., burglars slammed a stolen car into the front gate…
January 2025
Starr King Open Space Struggles to Raise Money for Maintenance
Rebekah Moan Starr King Open Space (SKOS), 3.5-acres located along Carolina Street south of 23rd, extending to De Haro Street at 24th, has been maintained by an elected board of directors and…
San Franciscans Like to Read, A Lot
San Franciscans are readers. Fifty-five percent of residents have a library card, compared with a 29 percent average nationwide, according to the San Francisco Public Library Commission. And cardholders are…
Publisher’s View: The Potrero View
Steven J. Moss “Mobile Drug Clinic for Hill Rejected,” “Assault Wave Hits Elders,” “Community Tree Planting Gets Underway.” These headlines, published in The Potrero View’s August 1970 inaugural issue, aren’t so different from…
Short Cuts
PV Staff BioLabs The Dogpatch Neighborhood Association (DNA) and Potrero Boosters withdrew their Board of Appeals claim that the San Francisco Planning Commission “abused its discretion in determining the project was not…
New San Francisco School Members Join Board
Jessica Zimmer This month newly elected school board members Jaime Huling, Parag Gupta, and Supryia Ray will take their seats on the San Francisco Unified School District School Board, alongside incumbent Matt…
Dogpatch Residents Make New Year’s Resolutions
Photos: Alex Mangot
Community Calendar: January 2025
Now through 3/6 Thursday (select dates)History: Alcatraz Buy One Get One Free TicketsAlcatraz City Cruises is offering a buy one, get one free ticket promotion available only to state residents…
Gather Dogpatch
Danny Pham Gather Dogpatch, which opened last fall at 2490 Third Street, a location that previously housed Yield Dogpatch, offers a comfortable spot to enjoy wines from around the globe and closer…
1515 19th Street a Ghostly Reminder of the Past
Rich Moore Neighbors, realtors, developers and passersby have long wondered about the derelict property located on the southeast corner of Connecticut and 19th streets. Situated in a steadily more valuable neighborhood, one…
For The Love of Letters
Mark Steensland Graphic designer Rob Saunders founded the Letterform Archive ten years ago as a place to share his personal collection of graphic arts ephemera with the public and preserve the history…