Community Calendar: May 2025
PV Staff Now through May 24Art: Ward SchumakerSelected works, from 2003 to present, from Pennsylvania Avenue resident Ward Schumaker. The Fourth Wall, 473 25th Street, Oakland. 5/3 SaturdayCommunity: Y for Youth Community…
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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…
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…
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…
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Trash Talk Last fall, Recology paid ratepayers $24 million after municipal regulators determined that the privately held waste disposal company had overcharged its customers. It made similar payouts in 2022,…
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Apropos of “Green Benefit District to Wilt Unless Property Owners Opt to Renew,” (February), rather than limiting decision making to a board, why not let all property owners vote…
Community Calendar: March 2025
Now through 3/9 SundayTheater: Volpone Volpone (The Fox) is a Venetian gentleman who pretends to be on his deathbed after a long illness to dupe Voltore (The Vulture), Corbaccio (The…
Publisher’s View: Too Much Wisdom
Steven Moss will turn 65-years-old this fall, an upcoming passage that prompted him to share the “wisdom” he’s acquired over the past six decades and a half. Despite Hollywood’s constant…
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EV Chargers Under a municipal pilot program, curbside electric vehicle charging stations will be installed in Dogpatch. The experiment is examining ways to make EV charging accessible to residents who…
What Dogpatch Can Teach Potrero Hill
Late last year three families on my Potrero Hill block departed San Francisco. This exodus, part of a regular pulse of partings, isn’t just a matter of statistics; it’s a…
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, San Francisco Safe, which was mentioned in “Burglaries Beset Dogpatch, Potrero Hill,” (January), closed last year. A scandal involving misspent funds from municipal coffers and a crypto billionaire…
Community Calendar: February 2025
2/1 Saturday through 3/8 SaturdayCraft: Hat Knit-AlongA beginner-friendly six-week hat knitting course led by Hannah Milstein, a multimedia artist, former teacher, and knitting wizz. The knit-along will break down a…
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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…
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…
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Impaled San Francisco Fire Department officers, responding to reports of a traumatic injury in Potrero Hill, found a man in his 40s who had “impaled himself somewhere in the groin…
Letters to the Editor
Editor, I wanted to take a moment to say how much I enjoyed Rebekah Moan’s article on our neighbor, filmmaker Stephen Lewis (“Hill Resident Stephen Lewis Creates Feature-Length Documentary,” October).…
Community Calendar: December 2024
Now through 12/31 TuesdayAnimals: SF SPCA Festival Windows SPCA’s adoptable puppies and kittens are ready to find their forever homes as they romp and play in the windows. Animal-assisted therapy…
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Dogbio In an eight-to-two vote in September the San Francisco Board of Supervisors exempted MBC BioLabs’ proposed 700 Indiana Street project from further environmental review. District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton…
Community Calendar: November 2024
11/2 SaturdayArt: Handmade Typographic BannersWith guidance from instructor Lizette Greco, transform paper, magazines, and calendars into personalized typography for signs and banners. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. $39.19. SCRAP, 2150…
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Art on the Move The Institute for Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF) relocated from Dogpatch to a heavily subsidized commercial space Downtown this month in an effort to remain…