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
Jessica Zimmer 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
Tamala Motta 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
PV Staff 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
Peter Linenthal, Potrero Hill Archives Project “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…
Community Calendar: May 2025
Now through May 24Art: Ward SchumakerSelected works, from 2003 to present, from Pennsylvania Avenue resident Ward Schumaker. The Fourth Wall, 473 25th Street, Oakland. 5/3 SaturdayCommunity: Y for Youth Community…
Still Sinking, But Not Sunk
Mark Steensland Before the Gold Rush began in 1849, Mission Bay was a water body that carved into the coastline like a capital “C,” fed by Mission Creek from the west, surrounded…
Go East, Young Person!
At a recent happy hour a Haight-Ashbury bar was crowded with middle-aged folks sporting close cut haircuts illustrated with silver and grey strands. The men were largely attired in San…
Potrero Hill Bridge Being Rehabilitated
Danny Pham Earlier this year, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced plans to upgrade bridge barrier rails in San Francisco to bring them to current standards. One of the projects is…
Dogpatch Business Reaches for the Stars
Science fiction stories have frequently inspired real-life inventions. Martin Cooper, for example, the Motorola employee considered the father of the modern cell-phone, was stirred to innovate by the communicators used…
Publisher’s View: Government
I became a federal employee in 1985, skirting a government-wide hiring freeze by vaunt of being a Presidential Management Intern (PMI), a program intended to recruit the “best and the…
Short Cuts
View Dimmed A steady decline in contributions, coupled with a precipitous drop in advertising, has placed The Potrero View on the list of media outlets in danger of folding. Months…
Twenty-Second Street Trail Stair Needs Additional Funds
Julie Christensen After a decade of effort, Potrero Hill resident Jennifer Serwer’s quest to build a trail stair on a rocky hillside on the Potrero Hill Recreation Center’s north edge has gained…
U.S. Supreme Court Rules for San Francisco in Water Quality Case
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled five to four in favor of the City in San Francisco v. EPA, holding that when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issues…
