Warriors Look to Increase Profits with New Arena
Jessica Zimmer The Warriors’ proposed arena would create more space for events, provide short- and long-term work for local unions, and likely generate additional profits for the team’s owners. “The idea of…
Dinner, Everyone, at the San Francisco – Marin Food Bank
The San Francisco–Marin Food Bank’s warehouse, located at 900 Pennsylvania Avenue, is the hub for an effort that depends on a multitude of nonprofit organizations, schools, businesses, and volunteers to…
Trashy
Hannah Rubin It’s illegal to throw garbage or unwanted items onto a public street or sidewalk. Trash pick-up for all public areas in San Francisco is provided by the Department of Public…
Writing Pad Comes to Potrero Hill
Daphne O'Neal With outposts in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Writing Pad offers courses and workshops designed to immerse students in the art and craft of writing, and to prepare them to…
Dependable Letterpress Now Open to the Public
Gazing at a row of vintage mechanical printing presses at work can conjure a feeling of Old World romance. It certainly did for Joel Benson, owner and operator of Dependable…
1601 Mariposa Street Project Approved
Keith Burbank Last month, the San Francisco Planning Commission approved unanimously a series of documents associated with a proposed residential development at 1601 Mariposa Street, including the project’s environmental impact report, California…
Bulow’s Potrero Hill Restaurants Continue to Draw Crowds
Kayci Weaver With nearly twenty years of experience owning or operating restaurants throughout San Francisco, Jocelyn Bulow has learned how to spot the City’s next foodie trend. Beginning with his first partnership,…
Taco Bell Cantina Debuts at Third Street; Liquor License in the Works
Last fall, Golden Gate Bell, LLC, a Pleasanton-based franchisee working in partnership with Yum! Brands, Inc., opened technology-friendly Taco Bell Cantina (TBC) at Third and Townsend streets. TBC is a…
Fiction: Gold, Chapter Five
Steven J. Moss “Oifff,” exclaimed Nash, as he pulled his keys and wallet out of his pocket and dumped them in a bright blue bowl sitting on the bedroom dresser. “Hard day with…
Community Calendar
Potrero View Staff Editorial December 3rd – Theater: SubUrbia SubUrbia examines young adults’ trials and tribulations, particularly when society offers a cynical perspective that turns the American Dream into the American Nightmare. However, the…
Library News
Jenny Scholten Programs for Adults Holiday Harp Concert with Triskela: Celebrate the season with a festive winter music show by the Triskela Harp Trio. Saturday, December 5, 4 to 5 p.m. Chair…
Far Higher Percentage of Blacks Arrested than Whites in SF
Last year, the San Francisco Police Department arrested 3,413 African-Americans for felonies, compared with 3,207 arrests of Whites, according to data from the California Attorney General’s (AG) Office. Although the…
Judith Catherine Kloehn Lopez (September 28, 1947 – October 28, 2015)
Judith Catherine Kloehn Lopez passed away at her Potrero Hill home on October 28, 2015. She was born September 28, 1947 at St. Mary’s Hospital. In 1993, Lopez posed for…
Hill-Based OPSWAT Provides Cybersecurity
Ryan Bergmann In our interconnected and device-laden world, cybersecurity has become a hot topic, especially after recent data breaches at the Sony and Target corporations. According to a study sponsored by Hewlett-Packard,…
Good Eggs Scrambles to Reinvent Itself
Multiple farmers markets dot San Francisco throughout the week. From the epic Saturday morning Ferry Building Plaza, to sleepier Fort Mason, it’s possible to find nearly any kind of fruit…
Maintaining History, Shade, the Birds and the Bees: Trees in Potrero Hill and Dogpatch
Potrero Hill and Dogpatch are home to a number of “Landmark Trees,” so designated for their size, historical value, or beauty by the City. These include the Acer rubrum, “red…
Fiction: Gold
For the past four months the View has published experts from Gold, a serialized tale of politics, capitalism, and corruption in San Francisco. In this issue the first three chapters…
Short Cuts November 2015
Real Estate In September, 1740 20th Street, a roughly 3,000 square feet, three bedroom, two bath home, sold for $9.5 million. Zillow had estimated the property’s value at about $3…
Planning Commission Considers Proposed Corovan Development
Last month, the San Francisco Planning Commission held a hearing on the draft environmental impact report (DEIR) for a proposed development at the Corovan site, located at the bottom of…
Fires Behind San Bruno Avenue Threaten Homes
Nikolas Zelinski A series of fires emanating from a homeless encampment located on a strip of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)-owned property in between Highway 101 and San Bruno Avenue has sparked…
Good Life Grocery Facing Thousands of Dollars in Recycling Fines
The Good Life Grocery, located on 20th Street, is facing fines of up to $3,100 a month for not complying with the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act.…
Harmonic Brewing Open for Business in Dogpatch
Matt Kang It started as an idea between three longtime friends who liked to brew beer at home. What if we quit our day jobs, and made beer for a living? After…
Twists and Turns Lead Former Hill Resident to the U.S. Navy
Rebekah Moan Over the past decade and a half former Alabama Street resident Kieron Sinnette experienced all the elements of a rags-to-riches-to-rags story. Sinnette, an immigrant from Trinidad, arrived in San Francisco…
Devoted Activist Retires After 25 Years with UCSF
Annika Darling After a quarter of a century as director of community relations at the University of California, San Francisco, Barbara Bagot-Lopez retires this month. She hopes to use her free time…
Twenty-Third and Hampshire Street Garden Something to Behold
Amber Fletcher Gardening is often praised for the beauty it creates, as well as the benefits it provides the gardener in terms of mental clarity and stress relief. Mission Creek resident Maria…
