Smuin Center for Dance Invites Potrero Hill to Move it
Vivien Wang Shortly before the start of the pandemic, Smuin Contemporary Ballet and the Smuin Center for Dance relocated to 1830 17th Street, between Rhode Island and De Haro. The Ballet was…
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Crane Cove Park Going to the Dogs
Rebekah Moan Opened in October 2020, Crane Cove Park – located at 18th and Illinois streets – has quickly become a beloved neighborhood asset. But community members are concerned that the seven-acre…
Dogpatch & NW Potrero Hill Benefit District Elects Board
John Ferrannini Six new and two returning members were empaneled on the Dogpatch & NW Potrero Hill Green Benefit District’s board last month. The eight – representing more than half the 15…
PG&E Disrupts Streets as Part of Distribution Expansion Project
Jessica Zimmer Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s undergrounding of two miles of new distribution lines in Potrero Hill has prompted concerns from residents about short-term parking shortages while the work is being…
District 10 Residents Want to keep Potrero Hill, Dogpatch, and Bayview Together
As the April 15 deadline for redistricting supervisorial districts approaches, many District 10 residents are adamant that Potrero Hill, Dogpatch, and Bayview should remain together. To separate them would be…
San Francisco General Hospital to Open New Office, Laboratory Space
Kai Zheng At the beginning of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital broke ground on a $290 million, 175,000-square foot research and office facility, funded by…
Demand High, Prices Flat, for Dogpatch, Potrero Hill Real Estate
San Franciscans are accustomed to ever-higher real estate prices and scant amounts of housing offered for sale. Two years into the pandemic cum endemic, sellers’ motivations, buyers’ demands, and open…
Steady Stream of Californians Decamp to Biggest (Not so Little) City
According to Jim Cunha, who was born, raised, educated, and lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for most of his 72 years, he and his wife, Maureen, didn’t leave…
The Kids Are Alright: Potrero Preschool Strong Despite Omicron
Julie Zigoris Despite the pandemic, Potrero Kids, with campuses in Dogpatch and Potrero Hill, had mostly returned to a normal routine last fall. That changed in January with the Omicron coronavirus variant,…
Dogpatch Arts District Continues to Grow
Max Blue It’s no secret that the City has become prohibitively expensive for emerging artists, largely due to its proximity to Silicon Valley and the tech, now biotech, boom of the last…
Housing Units for those Without Permanent Homes Sit Empty
In July 2020 Mayor London Breed announced a goal of getting 6,000 people off the streets within two years as part of her Homelessness Recovery Plan. With roughly six months…
College of Arts Staff ‘Pretty Close’ to Strike After Authorization Vote
In December, California College of the Arts’ unionized staff voted to authorize a strike, accusing the administration of unfair labor practices. Jennie Smith-Camejo, of Service Employees International Union Local 1021,…
Building on Our Mistakes: Sinking Sidewalks in Mission Bay
Mission Bay sidewalks continue to sink, a challenge that could point to greater problems than twisted ankles and scraped knees. “People fall a lot,” said Brian L. who has worked…
Potrero Annex-Terrace Residents Concerned About Break-Ins, Other Issues
Potrero Annex-Terrace residents are concerned that Bridge Housing and the San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA) aren’t responding to problems plaguing the public housing complex. Among the identified issues are empty…
Progress Made with Esprit Park Redo Planning, with Lingering Concerns About Dogs
The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department’s (RPD’s) renovation of 1.8-acre Esprit Park, located at 19th and Minnesota streets, includes controversial plans to create a partially fenced, partly artificially turfed,…
Jackson Park Renovation, Name Change Planning, Continues
Potrero Hill residents met over Zoom in October to discuss new designs, public art opportunities, and potentially renaming Jackson Park. Participants generally wanted a greater amount of open space and…
Mission Bay’s Population Almost Doubled in Last Decade
Mission Bay’s population almost doubled over the past decade. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the neighborhood grew from 9,000 residents in 2010 to more than 17,400 two years ago.…
Dopatch Hub Denied by Port
Dogpatch Hub faces an uncertain future after the San Francisco Port Commission rejected a proposal to site the hoped-for community center adjacent to Crane Cove Park at an October meeting.…
Diesel Generators Dominate Efforts to Backup an Increasingly Expensive and Unpredictable Grid
Steven Moss and Andy Bilich California hosts a largely hidden and fast growing grid of dispersed diesel generators; those low buzzing big boxes located at internet server farms, hospitals, police stations, and, during Outside Lands,…
Redistricting Could Change District 10 Boundaries
San Franciscans have a once in a decade opportunity to influence the political boundaries of their supervisorial regions; what neighborhoods will be clumped together for representation on the San Francisco…
Parents Greet New School Year with Relief
Last fall schools welcomed back students for in-person learning five days a week, many for the first time in a year and a half. Potrero Hill parents and their students…
10-Townsend to Return in 2022
Judy Goddess Samuel Thomas is angry. During the public health crisis, the 10-Townsend – a bus line he and other Potrero Annex-Terrace residents relied on to go shopping, travel to medical appointments…
Efforts to Rename Jackson Park Underway
In August, Jude Deckenbach, Friends of Jackson Park (FoJP) executive director, introduced the idea of renaming Jackson Playground at an online meeting of the Potrero Boosters, a neighborhood group consisting…
New Bayview Station Police Captain Grapples with Staff Shortages
David Maron was named captain of the Bayview Station last February, after more than 25 years with the San Francisco Police Department. His appointment was made in the wake of…
Crime Generally Down Over Past Four Years in District 10
Brian Adam According to data collected by Civic Hub – a San Francisco incubator for technology projects that improve quality of life – crime incidences have generally declined since 2018. Even before…
