Go East, Young Person!
Jenna Duncan At a recent happy hour a Haight-Ashbury bar was crowded with middle-aged folks sporting close cut haircuts illustrated with silver and grey strands. The men were largely attired in San…
April 2025
Potrero Hill Bridge Being Rehabilitated
Danny Pham Earlier this year, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced plans to upgrade bridge barrier rails in San Francisco to bring them to current standards. One of the projects is…
Dogpatch Business Reaches for the Stars
Mark Steensland Science fiction stories have frequently inspired real-life inventions. Martin Cooper, for example, the Motorola employee considered the father of the modern cell-phone, was stirred to innovate by the communicators used…
Publisher’s View: Government
Steven J. Moss I became a federal employee in 1985, skirting a government-wide hiring freeze by vaunt of being a Presidential Management Intern (PMI), a program intended to recruit the “best and the…
Short Cuts
PV Staff View Dimmed A steady decline in contributions, coupled with a precipitous drop in advertising, has placed The Potrero View on the list of media outlets in danger of folding. Months…
Twenty-Second Street Trail Stair Needs Additional Funds
Julie Christensen After a decade of effort, Potrero Hill resident Jennifer Serwer’s quest to build a trail stair on a rocky hillside on the Potrero Hill Recreation Center’s north edge has gained…
U.S. Supreme Court Rules for San Francisco in Water Quality Case
Jessica Zimmer Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled five to four in favor of the City in San Francisco v. EPA, holding that when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issues…
Community Calendar: April 2025
4/3 ThursdayArt: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Free Admission DayResidents of the nine Bay Area counties can enjoy complimentary art-filled galleries and related events. 12 to 8 p.m. Buy…
American Industrial Center Celebrates Half-Century Hosting Small Businesses
Robyn Smith On a typical day at the American Industrial Center, Greg and Diane Markoulis can be found in the building’s management office alongside their dogs, distributing produce, grown in the backyard…
Obituary
Katrina Krimsky Siegmann1938- 2025 Katrina Krimsky, born March 5, 1938 on St. Simons Island, Georgia, passed away on March 16, 2025 in San Francisco. A long-time Texas Street resident, Krimsky…