Transportation Agency Attempts to Calm Hill Traffic

By Sarah Marloff

Last month the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) held the last of a series of meetings focusing on improving traffic management in Potrero Hill.  SFMTA’s Adam Gubser and Mike Sallaberry presented the details of a proposed traffic calming plan to roughly thirty Hill residents gathered at the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House....

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Public Schools Partner with Parents, Principals and Local Businesses to Raise Funds in Hard Times

By Lori Higa

Even before threatened budget cuts prompted by the state’s $40 billion deficit, many of the City’s public schools have gone without art and science classes, field trips, books and supplies.  Some schools may be closed as the San Francisco Unified School District scrambles to make ends meet.   However, four of the City’s elementary schools – Alvarado, Daniel Webster, Starr King and Leonard Flynn – have patched together a web of resources by forming strategic al...

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Million Fishes Makes Art

By Halley Cornell

In San Francisco art collectives are like city buses, regularly appearing and disappearing.  But Million Fishes may be an art collective with staying power.  The labyrinthine space, located at 23rd and Bryant streets, serves as an incubator for emerging artists who work, live, and create together.  Founded in 2003 by San Francisco artist Kevin Clarke, Million Fishes Arts Collective has nurtured a rotating cast of choreographers, musicians, visual artists, filmmakers, writers, conceptual ar...

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