Warriors Look to Increase Profits with New Arena
Jessica Zimmer The Warriors’ proposed arena would create more space for events, provide short- and long-term work for local unions, and likely generate additional profits for the team’s owners. “The idea of…
Jessica Zimmer
Dinner, Everyone, at the San Francisco – Marin Food Bank
The San Francisco–Marin Food Bank’s warehouse, located at 900 Pennsylvania Avenue, is the hub for an effort that depends on a multitude of nonprofit organizations, schools, businesses, and volunteers to…
Taco Bell Cantina Debuts at Third Street; Liquor License in the Works
Last fall, Golden Gate Bell, LLC, a Pleasanton-based franchisee working in partnership with Yum! Brands, Inc., opened technology-friendly Taco Bell Cantina (TBC) at Third and Townsend streets. TBC is a…
Maintaining History, Shade, the Birds and the Bees: Trees in Potrero Hill and Dogpatch
Potrero Hill and Dogpatch are home to a number of “Landmark Trees,” so designated for their size, historical value, or beauty by the City. These include the Acer rubrum, “red…
Rhode Island and Wisconsin Streets to Get Greener
Property owners on the 800 block of Rhode Island Street and 900 block of Wisconsin Street have partnered with Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF) to make their streets a…
The Pour Guys to Take Over The Connecticut Yankee
By next month The Connecticut Yankee, located at 100 Connecticut Street, will change hands from Fritz Frisbie to The Pour Guys, a partnership composed of restaurant industry veterans Joey Christensen,…
Artists Look to Anchor at Hunters Point Shipyard
As new residents settle into freshly built market-rate housing located at the former Hunters Point Shipyard, artists who have long maintained studios in the area are also anticipating a move,…
Pier 70 Designs Taking Shape
Over the past year, the Port of San Francisco, developers – Orton Development, Inc. and Forest City Enterprises, Inc. – and the ship repair company, BAE Systems, Inc., have held…
Affordable Housing Advocates Question Giants’ Mission Rock Development
In late-June, the San Francisco Giants submitted more than 16,000 signatures from San Francisco voters to the Department of Elections to place approval of their proposed Mission Rock development, under…
The Wohlford Family Clinic Caters to a Diverse Population at Good Sam
For 14 years the Wohlford Family Clinic, located within the Good Samaritan Family Resource Center on Potrero Avenue, has been offering San Franciscans reproductive health services, provided in a friendly…
New Mission Bay Advocacy Group Calls for Timeout on Warriors Arena
In late April, the Mission Bay Alliance emerged to oppose plans to develop a Mission Bay arena to house the Golden State Warriors. The Alliance said it wants to preserve…
Metal Workers on Strike at Trayer Engineering
Since January 19, 2015, 22 members of Sheet Metal Workers’ (SMW) Local 104 have been on strike, forming a picket line outside Trayer Engineer-ing Corporation’s shop and offices at 898…
Car Sharing Programs Need to Share Public Parking Spaces, Say Merchants
As car sharing programs experi-ence an increase in demand, Potrero Hill and Dogpatch merchants are concerned that the public parking spots set aside for the services are negatively impacting their…