Man Creates Bloody Mess on Potrero Hill
Thomas Hunter II On Thursday, December 18, at around 2 p.m., a woman parked her sports utility vehicle on Connecticut Street, just south of 17th Street, to take laundry out of the trunk.…
January 2026
Work to Begin on 22nd Street Staircase
Jessica Zimmer Lanier Construction will begin building a long-planned-for 22nd Street staircase this month, replacing a steep dirt trail on a hillside between Missouri and Connecticut streets, north of Potrero Hill Recreation…
Props 2C: “Your Imagination is What We Carry in Stock”
Tamala Motta Tony Rivera, owner and operator of Props 2C, has been in the custom art business, creating larger than life props for special events, for almost three decades. “Your imagination is…
Publisher’s View: Politics
Steven J. Moss This year marks the American Revolution’s 250th anniversary. As Ken Burn’s twelve-hour The American Revolution documentary points out, while the rebellion was an act of national creation, it didn’t unfold…
Short Cuts
PV Staff General Hospital Murder On December 4, 2025, at approximately 3:04 p.m., San Francisco Police Department officers responded to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center regarding an assault. Officers…
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Thank you for “Critics Unhappy with Short Term Rentals at Project Artaud,” in the March 2025 View. Unfortunately, the article had several significant omissions. As a nonprofit, Project Artaud…
Fiction: Girth Worms
This is the second of a three-part series, the first of which appeared in the December issue (tinyurl.com/yscuv2d9). Where I Got the Worms I got the worms from my sister;…
Miner’s Lettuce
Howard Isaac Williams With winter’s arrival, even in San Francisco’s mildly cool weather many plants turn dormant or die. But some species survive and a few even begin life near the end of…
Muttville Founder Sherri Franklin Retires
This month, Sherri Franklin, who founded Muttville in 2007, will mark her 70th birthday by retiring as Chief Executive Office of the nonprofit. Chief Operating Officer Laurie Routhier will become…
Creating a New ‘View’ for the Neighborhood
Lucie Tran and Finn Banbury Recently, we noticed something we previously wouldn’t have paid attention to: a young woman standing near the 16th Street Boba Guys order counter quietly flipping through The Potrero View. Watching…
Community Calendar: January 2026
Saturday 1/3Art: Legion of Honor Free DayEvery Saturday, the Legion of Honor offers free admission to its permanent galleries to San Francisco Bay Area residents, featuring family artmaking, gallery guides,…