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PV Staff Short Cuts
Park and Rec Hassles Kids Four San Francisco Park and Recreation staffers took the time to hassle a teenager, two adolescents, and two eight-year-olds for playing soccer at the Potrero…
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Your “Short Cuts” on the April Boosters Zoom meeting, in which Flower Market representatives presented plans for relocating to Potrero Hill, was inaccurate and misleading. It certainly didn’t portray…
Obituary
Margel Foote KaufmanFebruary 8, 1941 to June 3, 2020 Margel Foote Kaufman, 79, a force of nature, natural leader and fierce advocate for truth and fairness, passed away peacefully in…
Thank You!
The View is deeply grateful to all those who contributed to its May gofundme campaign. Almost one hundred people collectively donated close to $9,000. These funds will serve as a…
Community Calendar – June 2020
Monday 6/1 through Tuesday 6/29Food: Online Cooking School at 18 ReasonsLearn basic knife skills, steaming fundamentals, and more. https://bit.ly/3gtueb1 Mondays 6/1 through 6/29/2020Theater: Storytelling at The MarshMarshStream offers four live…
Letters to the Editor
Editor, My question may be trivial in light of the current pandemic, but I wanted to reach out regarding the article about the proposal for a cannabis dispensary at 667…
Community Calendar – May 2020
Video conferencing is the new norm when it comes to community engagement, with numerous civic groups, theater troupes, and exercise troops gathering online. Still, sometimes you need to leave the…
The Human Touch
In her 1975 essay “The Laugh of the Medusa,” French theorist Helen Cixous coined the term Écriture féminine: writing by women for women as a means of self-examination. By writing…
Life Under Shelter-in-Place
From left to right: Confidence, no longer available on Haight Street (photo: Steven Moss); Pera is one of many restaurants closed to in-house diners but open for take-out. (photo: Steven…
Community Calendar: April 2020 – Helpful Links
Colleges have shifted to distance learning for the rest of the academic year. San Francisco Unified School District campuses are closed at least until May 1, with private sector gatherings…
Kid’s Photo Contest Winners: March 2020
Kids' Photo Contest Winners: Ozzie, 6-years-old and Arman, 11-years-old
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Apropos of recent View articles about new residential developments, am I missing something? I’d think that building all luxury housing will also help create affordable housing, since that’d free…
Community Calendar – January 2020
1/4/20 Saturday through 1/19/20 SundayFamily: Complimentary Ice Skating LessonsLearn from professional skate instructors, offered to those over three years-old, skate rental included. Reservations required, available one week in advance. Limited…
Community Calendar – September 2019
Now through 9/22 Sunday (select dates)Theater: San Francisco Shakespeare FestivalShakespeare in the Park returns with a production of As You Like It. Performances at Main Post Lawn in the Presidio,…
Women’s March in San Francisco 2019
The Women’s March in San Francisco, January 19, 2019. Photo: Debbie Findling
Short Cuts
Hilltop Hilltop Grocery, at 1309 20th Street, is being absorbed into what’ll become a two-bedroom single family home. The store, which’d been owned by 90-something-year old Linda Wong and her…
Community Calendar – October 2018
10/1 Monday through 10/8 Monday – Military: Fleet Week Much more than just the Blue Angels, this yearly festival and celebration of military power features a full airshow, Coast Guard…
Publisher’s View: Memoirs
Those of us with siblings or close cousins are familiar with a game in which one family member recalls a childhood memory, only to have its veracity challenged by another:…
Community Calendar – August 2018
Now through 9/30/18 – Art: “Truth and Beauty” “Truth and Beauty: The Pre-Raphaelites and the Old Masters” is the first major exhibition to assemble works by England’s nineteenth-century Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood…
London Breed: San Francisco’s first female African-American mayor
London Breed became San Francisco's first female African-American mayor last month. Photo: Steven Moss London Breed speaks to the crowd. Photo: Steven Moss Potrero Hill resident, John Burton, at the…