Only One “Healthy Nail Salon” in Potrero Hill
Jessica Nemire Three years ago, the View reported on the health risks nail products pose to salon workers in the United States, in “Nail Salon Industry Slow to Clip Health Hazards,” July,…
Jessica Nemire
Crime Up Southside
Potrero Hill residents who believe they’ve detected an increase in crime in the neighborhood appear to be right. According to information provided by the San Francisco Police Department’s Bayview District,…
Clog Shop Styling in Dogpatch
Bryr Studio, located in the American Industrial Center, is a combination shoe shop and studio that handmakes and sells custom women’s clogs. Shoes are created to order by founder Isobel…
Floral Design Studio Blooms on Hill
Kiana Underwood’s five-Yelp-star floral design studio, Tulipina, is located on Vermont Street. Tulipina creates floral arrangements for “bespoke weddings,” in which everything is custom-made. “I do lots of weddings and…
Boys and Girls Club Offers Children a Place to Play
Three women, Mary and Alice Goodwin and Elizabeth Hammersley, started the Boys and Girls Clubs of America in the state of Connecticut in 1860. They wanted to give kids a…
South of Market Resident Buys the Family Farm
South of Market resident Lorrae Rominger, who serves as deputy director of the Goldman Environmental Prize, recently purchased the farmhouse she grew up on, which her family had sold decades…
Artist Robert Bechtle Makes the Hill his Home
Born in San Francisco in 1932, raised in Alameda, artist Robert Bechtle has lived most of his 82 years in the Bay Area. He received his Bachelor and Master of…