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Sunset Heroes: Pauline Chin and Sunset Community Cleanup

Celebrating Sunset Heroes: People who have kept our community strong through the pandemic and beyond. Cleaning up the west side of San Francisco is a family affair for Pauline Chin, the founder of the Sunset Community Cleanup group. “My sister belongs to a Richmond cleanup group,” Pauline says, and when she saw that group’s efforts, Read more…

Sunset Heroes: Ana Teresa Fernandez and Jamae Tasker

Celebrating Sunset Heroes: People who have kept our community strong through the pandemic and beyond. In June 2020, following the killing of George Floyd, Ana Teresa Fernandez, an artist and Outer Sunset resident, created an installation featuring Floyd’s words, “I can’t breathe,” stenciled into a mirrored surface, placed on the Great Highway. Unfortunately, the piece was Read more…

Sunset Heroes: Bianca Nandzik and Frank Plughoff

Celebrating Sunset Heroes: People who have kept our community strong through the pandemic and beyond. A year ago, as the health challenges of the pandemic began to make life especially challenging for older adults, two complete strangers Bianca Nandzik and Frank Plughoff immediately swung into action, creating the Sunset Neighborhood Help Group. On March 13, Read more…

Last Minute Gifts? Loyale Studio has ideas!

Gift giving season is in full swing and time is running short. Luckily the Sunset District is full of shops with plenty of tried and true gifts as well as one-of-a-kind hand made items and art pieces. Jenny Hwa, the founder of Loyale Studio, has helped us all out with a perfectly curated Sunset Gift Read more…

Powerful Public Art in the Sunset

Two Sunset artists — Georgia Hodges and Ana Teresa Fernández — have given the neighborhood some art that inspires, informs, and encourages dialogue. Thanks to Becky Lee for her informative piece in the Sunset Beacon describing the work of Georgia Hodges and Ana Teresa Fernández. Georgia’s piece is a large scale mural on the side Read more…

Outer Sunset + Inner Sunset = Sunset Strong

The Sunset Strong directory now includes businesses in the Inner and Outer Sunset! Business owners: add your business! Residents: search here first before you buy! Follow Sunset Strong on Instagram and Facebook for reminders about all the awesome shops, restaurants, and services available right in our own neighborhood. The Sunset Strong initiative began in April Read more…

Help Promote Biodiversity on Sunset Boulevard!

Keep a lookout as you whiz along Sunset Boulevard between Santiago and Taraval Streets for the results of a new collaborative effort to create two demonstration blocks of native coastal scrub habitat. Better yet, sign up to volunteer and help out! Climate Action Now! (CAN!) and the California Native Plant Society – Yerba Buena Chapter Read more…

Outdoor Pop-Up Shopping Event to the Rescue

The Outdoor Pop-Up Shopping Event has been going strong for six months now every other Saturday on 20th Avenue between Ulloa and Vicente. With a different mix of vendors and artisans each week, the pop-up shopping opportunity was the brain child of Nora Daly, who started it in response to COVID-19 as a way to Read more…

Sunset Art Galleries Adapting to New Realities

Check out Erin Bank’s article in the Sunset Beacon describing how some Sunset art galleries have persisted through the pandemic, the wildfires ravaging Northern California, social unrest, financial insecurity, and neighborhood construction projects. Read about how Anne Herbst of the Far Out Gallery (3004 Taraval), John Lindsey of the Great Highway Gallery (3649 Lawton), and Read more…

Shared Spaces in the Sunset

Thanks to the Sunset Beacon for coverage of Shared Spaces in the Sunset. Don’t miss the outdoor dining and shopping experiences in the neighborhood: Beachside Taraval takes place every Sunday, with Taraval Street closed between 46th and 47th Avenues featuring artisan pop-ups and all neighborhood businesses participating. Irving Street is closed between 19th and 20th Read more…

Shop Local This Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day may look a little different this year due to social distancing, but we can still spoil Mom with gifts and support small businesses while we’re doing it! Our merchant partners are making the very most of it – offering tons of gift certificates and delivery options. From clothing to home goods, check out Read more…

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in the Sunset!

Several of our Sunset Strong restaurants are serving up delicious Cinco de Mayo fare, for perfect at-home or at-beach celebrations.

We can’t celebrate out and about this year, but we’re grateful for all of these fantastic & festive options:

Need assistance with groceries, running errands or getting a ride? Sunset Neighborhood Help Group is here to help

The Sunset Neighborhood Help Group is a network of all-volunteer Sunset community members who have come together to assist fellow Sunsetters experiencing difficulty taking care of their essential needs, such as grocery and pharmacy pick-ups, during Shelter-in-Place. To date, more than 1,450 group members have responded to more than several hundred cases. Volunteers have printed Read more…

Send healthcare workers some Seven Stills sanitizer

Seven Stills Brewery and Distillery is using their facilities to make hand sanitizer and donating it to local healthcare providers and nonprofits. You can help cover the costs by directly ordering sanitizer and sending it to a healthcare provider here. We applaud Seven Stills and businesses that are stepping up to serve the community in Read more…