Jackson Park Dog Debate Tails Off
Jenna Duncan Last summer’s conflict between dog owners and athletics groups over whether canines should be allowed to roam free in Jackson Park appears to have subsided, but tensions remain over the…
Muttville Moves to Mission Creek
Jessica Zimmer Last summer, Muttville Senior Dog Rescue moved to a $15 million, 18,000 square foot campus at 750 Florida Street, settling into buildings that had housed Advance Pleating & Button Company…
Showplace Square Open for Business
Lorraine Sawicki Many people believe that the San Francisco Design Center caters exclusively to professionals. While it’s true there’s limited public access, some showrooms welcome casual shoppers, especially for small projects. The…
Fiction: The Sounds of Silence
Steven J. Moss “I haven’t spoken to her in twenty-two years, and I don’t intend to start now,” my mother proclaimed, scrubbing at the already clean counter to emphasize her point. “But Mom,…
Short Cuts
PV Staff 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…
Meet the Reporters: Jessica Zimmer
Rohit Prasanna A regular View contributor for close to a decade, Jessica Zimmer started her journalism career at The Santa Rosan, her high school newspaper. She’s since written for periodicals throughout the…
Food for Thought
Mark Steensland Jenny Phreab, owner of Thinkers Café, located at 1631 20th Street, across from the Potrero Hill branch of the San Francisco Public Library, has realized the American Dream. Though not…
Bakery Blossoms in Dogpatch
Danny Pham Butter& offers cakes that feature modern designs and unique flavors. Located on Indiana Street, next to Esprit Park, the bakery’s storefront is characterized by a sleek, minimal aesthetic that reflects…
Hill Resident Stephen Lewis Creates Feature-Length Documentary
Rebekah Moan San Bruno Avenue resident Stephen Berkeley Lewis is a dreamer. After seeing Star Wars at age nine, he decided to become a filmmaker, creating movies in middle and high school,…
Progress Park Bocce: Rolling Through the Seasons in Dogpatch
Christine Mineart If you live near Progress Park in Dogpatch, you may have noticed a lively gathering of prosciutto-loving locals or heard the knock of a heavy bocce ball against a backboard…
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…
Mayor’s Race
Odin Thien-An Marin The View compiled responses to a series of questions for the most competitive candidates for Mayor. See page 4 for additional coverage. Public Safety and Crime By most accounts the…
City Grapples with Rising Seas
Climate change is causing global sea levels to rise as melting glaciers and ice sheets turns frost into water that drains into oceans, while warming sea water expands ocean volume.…
Publisher’s View: Wisdom
My 64th birthday is at the end of this month. Not that old, right? We have senators, Supreme Court justices, presidents, who are a lot older. They cling on to…
Short Cuts
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…
Letters to the Editor
Editor, I was dismayed, but not surprised, by the responses of four of the five mayoral candidates to the question about what San Francisco’s most pressing issues are (“Mayor’s Race,”…
How do You Feel About the Upcoming Election?
Michelle, a Dogpatch resident for four years, was interviewed in Mission Bay. “I’m scared of Donald Trump becoming President not because of policies but the questioning of the election results…
Meet the Candidates: San Francisco School Board Race 2024
In last month’s issue the View presented eight of the 12 candidates for the San Francisco School Board. The other four, Min Chang, Ann Hsu, Laurance Lee, and Supryia Ray,…
And the Rest…
Thirteen people are running for mayor, with the five ranking highest in surveys receiving almost all the attention. Mayoral candidate Dylan Hirsch-Shell is a seven-year Potrero Hill resident. What qualifies…
Some Like it Hot
Chaitanya Tondepu Aruna Lee launched Volcano Kimchi in 2014 after years of experimenting with vegan kimchi recipes, alongside other influences, including her Korean upbringing, PBS cooking shows, and YouTube videos. “When I…
Gianaras Sisters Continue Food Tradition with Novy
Kathryn Gianaras attributes the success of the Greek restaurant, Novy, she co-owns with her sister, Kristen, to perseverance and a strong team. They opened the Noe Valley restaurant in 2015…
Delivering Opportunities
“Pregnant” and “homeless” were two words Martha Ryan was shocked to see together, especially in 1980s America, when President Ronald Reagan’s economic boom fueled the conspicuous consumption lifestyles of the…
Community Calendar: October 2024
Now through 10/13 SundayArt: SF Open StudiosArtSpan celebrates the 50th SF Open Studios. October 5 and 6 visit Potrero Hill, Dogpatch, Mission Bay, SoMa, Bayview-Hunters Point, East Cut, and South…
Review: THERE AT THE END: Voices from Final Exit Network
Suzanne Tay-Kelley A compilation of nearly 40 accounts of people grappling with death and “self-deliverance,” publication of THERE AT THE END: Voices from Final Exit Network coincides with the 20th anniversary of…
The Portfolio: October 2024
Vermont Street resident Athena Raade, eight, a third grader at Sunnyside Elementary, created “Tree on The Hill”.
