Editor, I’m writing as an old Potrero Hill resident to advise View readers of a serendipitous event. A month ago, my car was burglarized, right in my own driveway. Anything of value was stolen, including the prescription sunglasses I need for driving. A week or so later, I received a phone call from a local…
As the great, inimitable Yogi Berra once said, it’s dОjИ vu all over again. There are growing concerns among Dogpatch and Potrero Hill residents that the University of California, San Francisco is expanding outside Mission Bay. This, along with the tenacious legal actions by UCSF backers to block the Warriors Arena from being developed on…
Editor, I have a small business at 18th and Carolina streets. Many of my business neighbors are being evacuated for the 1601 Mariposa project; yet another residential monster which we don’t have the infrastructure to support. On a San Francisco Giant’s “game day” those of us living and working on Potrero Hill are…
Editor, Brilliant April Fools’ issue! Thanks for keeping it creative. Kate Hilsenbeck Denver, Colorado Editor, I was really happy to see Claire Botsy’s piece, “Anti-Abortion “Clinics” Continue to Operate in San Francisco,” in last month’s issue. I’ve observed with dismay an anti-choice billboard on Valencia Street, sponsored by “Pro Life Across America”, which uses the…
Editor, Contrary to “No Pesticides Used in Potrero Parks, According to Environment Department,” February, Aquamaster – Glyphosate – was used in Franklin Square on May 3, 2014. Other than that, your information is correct, Potrero Hill was spared. Tom Borden Portola Editor, I’m horrified with the cover story of your April Fools’ issue, poking fun…
Editor, Why would the University of California, San Francisco want to locate an academic building, the new Department of Psychiatry and Child, Teen Health Center, in a residential neighborhood and not at a key site on their Mission Bay campus, where construction has stalled, leaving many undeveloped sites by the campus core (“UCSF to Develop…
Editor, I was surprised to see “The Debate Rages: Are Turf Fields Safe?” in last month’s View. The article is factually incorrect, as artificial turf isn’t being considered for the Potrero Hill Recreation Center renovation. The $4 million project is funded by the 2012 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Bond. The scope will likely include replacement…
We begin the New Year with the indisputable knowledge that global climate change is a scientific fact. Debates rage about when, why and how our climate future will unfold, but the reality that the oceans are warming, the ice caps are melting, natural disasters are raging, and air quality is dissolving into a mist of…
Editor, I hated the headline “Good Life Grocery Facing Thousands of Dollars in Recycling Fines,” in last month’s View. That headline is so inflammatory, and gives the impression that The Good Life is a bad grocery store. The Good Life is one of our neighborhood gems; a great local store run by great people who…
Editor, Apropos of “Drought Impacts,” in the August issue, Paul McDonald should simply submerge his entire hose in the tub, make sure all the air is out of it and that it’s totally filled with water. Then, while underwater cap one end of the hose. Take the capped end down to the tree; the…
Editor, I’m a long-time volunteer at Martin de Porres. Although I was pleased to see an article about us in your August paper, by Christopher Lefond, there were some unfortunate errors in the story. Specifically, we serve lunch Tuesday through Saturday, not two days per week, as Lefond wrote. We also serve a brunch on…
Editor, I enjoyed reading Steven Moss’ column in the June issue (“Jews”). A lot of history was covered in that one column. I hope people were listening. The View is a tremendous source of information and news, not only for the neighborhood but for the City. Real local news coverage of San Francisco is…
Editor, The Potrero Residents Education Fund appreciates the View reporting on improvements at Daniel Webster (DW) Elementary School. As an organization whose primary mission is to support public education on the Hill, this issue is core to why we exist. We do want to point out that the Short Cut about DW in your February…