Library News
PV Staff Programs for Adults Resume Workshop: Get the job you want! Write a great resume or improve the one you have with one-on-one help from hiring manager and corporate executive, Pablo…
Ongoing Features
Short Cuts
Political Visits President Barack Obama made a fundraising visit to the Arkansas Street home of Steve Phillips, former president of the San Francisco Board of Education, and his wife, the…
Publisher’s View: Privilege
Steven J. Moss I was born into privilege. Not the wealthy kind. My parents, struggling to raise five kids on my father’s aerospace engineer’s salary, cut coupons, dressed us in off-brand on-sale items,…
Letters to the Editor
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,…
Community Calendar
May 1 Festival: How Weird Street Faire How Weird Street Faire is a menagerie of attractions, including a world-renowned music festival featuring 10 stages with different styles of dance music,…
Library News
Jenny Scholten Programs for Adults Art Show Reception: All ages are welcome to the 58th annual Potrero Hill Artist Show reception! View artwork by neighborhood artists and enjoy musical entertainment by Clifford…
Green Spent on Green Last month, the newly created Green Benefit District (GBD) spent roughly $34,400 to repair and clean seven green spaces in Dogpatch and northwest Potrero Hill: Benches…
Letters to the Editor
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…
Community Calendar
April 1st through 3rd Art: Open Studios San Francisco’s largest artist collective, with more than 100 creatives, exhibit work from their studios and galleries, including painters, sculptures, photographers, fashion designers…
Library News
Programs for Adults Creativity and Art Group: Express your creativity through art, music, meditation and more! Led by Cat Ehisen, family counselor at the Potrero Hill Family Support Center (PHFSC),…
Publisher’s View: Fairytales
Numerous tales told over many centuries tell of enchanting creatures that used to roam the earth. Ogres, faeries, and dwarfs continue to animate modern-day narratives, in such books and films…
Short Cuts
Pier 70 Restored The high-end home furnishing retailer Restoration Hardware will move into Pier 70 next year, the sprawling redevelopment project that’s transforming 66 acres of waterfront land east of…
One Block
Susan Eslick ONE BLOCK highlights the people and places of a particular block. Modest stipends are available to Dogpatch, Mission Bay, Potrero Hill, Showplace Square, and South-of-Market residents who’d like to profile…
Library News
Programs for Adults Holiday Harp Concert with TriskelaPaper and Light Tinkering: Make electrical circuits on a piece of paper. Sign up by calling 415.355.2822 or stop by the branch. This…
Community Calendar
Through April 8 Community: Free Tax Prep The Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, in partnership with the San Francisco Housing Corporation and the United Way of the Bay Area, will provide…
Crime and Safety Report
More than 30 years have passed since photographer Barbara Martz was robbed, raped and knifed to death in her home near 25th and Texas streets. In late-January a jury convicted…
Publisher’s View: Healthcare
My earliest memory of visiting a doctor was created when I was four years old. I had a wart on my index finger, which made it hard to properly hold…
Short Cuts
Family House The Nancy and Stephen Grand Family House opens next month in Mission Bay. For more than thirty years, Family House has served as a home away from home…
Letters to the Editor
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…
Community Calendar
February 1 Tour: Anchor Brewing Company For the first time ever, Anchor Brewing Company opens its doors to the public for a self-guided facility tour, which will take visitors through…
Police Captain Wants More Ways to Handle Violence
Keith Burbank According to San Francisco Police Department Captain Raj Vaswani , who heads Bayview Station, which is responsible for peace on Potrero Hill, among other Southside neighborhoods, in light of the…
Publisher’s View: Smart Growth
Not long after the arrival of the mass market automobile, which enabled the creation of suburbs stretching long distances away from central cities, land use planners sounded the alarm about…
Short Cuts
Annika Darling For this month’s shortcuts section, we’ve highlighted select Development and Planning Projects that are underway for 2016. Showplace Square/Potrero Area Plan The Showplace Square/Potrero Area Plan was put together in…
Letter from the Guest Editor
Hannah Rubin 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…
Community Calendar
January 5th – Art: Philip Sager Art opening for local photographer Philip Sager, 7 to 9 p.m. at Farley’s, 1315 18th Street. January 8th – Dance: Salve Regina San Francisco-based…
