“Grizzly” Goings-On at Mission Creek Park
Mark Steensland In 2021, the San Francisco Arts Commission invited proposals to create pieces for the Mission Creek Park Extension Public Art Project. The idea was to suggest a focal sculpture, or…
Islais Creek Bridge to be Replaced
Rebekah Moan At 75 years old, the Islais Creek Bridge is overdue to be replaced. Located on Third Street between Cargo Way and Marin Street, the link connects the Dogpatch and Bayview…
Brewery Still at Anchor
Matthew Dobner More than a year after Anchor Brewing’s purchase by Hamdi Ulukaya – originator of Chobani and behind expansion of La Colombe Coffee – the 495 De Haro Street facility remains…
Multiple Resources Available to Improve Literacy
Jessica Zimmer The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) wants at least 70 percent of third grade students to read at grade level by the beginning of the 2027 academic year. Three…
Yard-long Potrero Photos
Peter Linenthal, Potrero Hill Archives Project ‘Yard-long’ group panoramic photographs become popular in the early-1900s. The images were often taken with a Kodak Cirkut camera, which rotated on a tripod, making every face recognizable. The horizontal…
Community Calendar: July 2025
PV Staff Now through 8/1 FridayFilm: 2025 Anti-Fascist Film SeriesThe Anti-Fascist Film Series showcases five inspiring movies about people power overthrowing Fascism and restoring Democracy. 8 to 10 p.m., Fridays (no event…
Homeless Families to be Sheltered at Downtown High School
Tamala Motta At the end of June, a shelter for families with children enrolled in San Francisco public schools, located at Buena Vista Horace Mann (BVHM) School, will move to Downtown High…
YMCA Opens in Dogpatch
Last month the YMCA of Greater San Francisco officially opened the Dogpatch YMCA at Crane Cove with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and daylong celebration. Photo: Courtesy of YMCA
Property Leased by Caltrans Subject to More Scrutiny, Higher Insurance Coverage
Shortly after midnight on November 11, 2023, a fire broke out under the Interstate-10 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. The ensuing inferno damaged more than 100 support columns; at least…
Short Cuts
No Alliance Last month the San Francisco Chronicle revealed that the San Francisco Parks Alliance diverted at least $3.8 million earmarked for specific projects to cover its operating expenses as…
OP-ED: Television Ads
Paul McDonald My Dad hated to watch ads on TV. In the 1970’s he got a device called “Blab-Off,” a cord connected to the television that had an “on/off” toggle switch one…
Caltrain Railyard Transformation Project Planned
The plan for a 20-acre development, called “San Francisco Railyards” at Fourth and King streets, is steadily taking shape. The current concept features an 850-foot mixed-use tower. If constructed it’d…
Rec and Park Fined for Felling Community Trees
A small crabapple and abundantly fruiting fig tree that bordered the Potrero Hill Community Garden – and served as a gathering place for Hill residents – were cut down last…
Parking Meters to be Installed at Indiana and Cesar Chavez Streets
Kamesh Darisipudi Parking pressures in Dogpatch continue to mount, especially during workdays. Over the past few years, the neighborhood has experienced traffic increases, largely due to travel associated with new multi-unit residences,…
Community Calendar: June 2025
6/1 SundayNature: InsectpaloozaMeet arthropods from around the world, including the Australian Walking Stick, Giant African Millipede, and many more. Make insect-inspired art with local artists, bid on an African safari,…
Darlene Martin Retires as Starr King Elementary Principal
This month Darlene Martin retires as Starr King Elementary School principal, a position she held since 2016. From 2015 to 2016 Martin served as principal at International Studies Academy, a…
Real Estate Redlining on Potrero Hill
“Racial segregation does not just happen; it is made,” wrote Ira Katznelson, author of Fear Itself. The Home Owners’ Loan Corporation was established by the U.S. Congress in 1933 to…
San Francisco Protest
The Trump Administration’s attacks on the federal government, immigrants, the national economy, and much else ratcheted up last month. In response, more than a half-million people gathered in St. Augustine,…
San Francisco General Hospital Goes to the Dogs
Chaitanya Tondepu Hospitals are typically filled with sick adults, crying babies, anxious families murmuring amongst themselves, and nurses and doctors hurrying between patients. Yet, amongst humans, a visitor to Zuckerberg San Francisco…
Potrero Annex Residents Must Relocate to Make Way for Annex Demolition
In February, the San Francisco Housing Authority issued a state-required 90-day notice evicting 66 households living in 700-915 Missouri Street, 1-75 Turner Terrace, and 1-97 Watchman Way. The buildings, part…
Publisher’s View: The Pitt
Steven J. Moss At first the Max show, The Pitt, seems like a remake of ER, the ought-era television hospital procedural that launched George Clooney’s career. Noah Wyle, who played fresh-faced John Carter…
Short Cuts
Curry Fouled Thirty Ink — a collection of Stephen Curry’s eight businesses and 13 entities — pulled out of a Dogpatch development project due to a dispute with the carpenters…
Op-Ed: The Scales are Tipping in the Software Engineering Industry
Thomas Hunter II Employers and employees have always existed in a delicate equilibrium influenced by forces like supply and demand of the available workforce as well as societal factors. This equilibrium affects things…
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Honors Potrero Terrace Market
Last month the San Francisco Board of Supervisors recognized Mary and Edmund Woo, proprietors of Potrero Terrace Market, for their community service and generational legacy. On March 1, 1960, Jack…
Galleria Tile Inspired by Three Generations of the Visona Family
Jenna Duncan In the heart of San Francisco’s Design District, at 16th and Kansas streets, Galleria Tile offers a showroom that invites guests to encounter new ideas in flooring and tile. The…
