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Instead of presidential cage fights, on June 14, the Sunset Commons café on Irving Street hosted a “watch party” of an event celebrating the First Amendment, joining more than 1,500 such gatherings with an estimated one million people across all 50 states.
Comparison photos of 19th Avenue and Taraval Street 60 years ago.
Walk down almost any block in the Sunset built between 1920 and 1960, and you will find homes with basement or garage spaces that have long served a variety of needs. Some are occupied by extended family members. Some provide housing for students or working adults. Others have evolved over time into informal rental units. These spaces are already part of the neighborhood’s housing ecosystem, but many remain difficult or prohibitively expensive to legalize under current rules.
On 46th Avenue in the Outer Sunset, 58-year-old Eric Bigone was fatally shot outside his home in May. His landlord, Philippe Chagniot, was later arrested and charged with the murder.
Two of the candidates from the June 2 race to finish recalled District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio’s term will challenge new Supervisor Alan Wong again in November for the next four-year term representing the Outer Sunset on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Comparison photos of The Japanese Tea Garden 53 years apart.
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is counting on the public’s continuous fascination of ancient Egypt when FAMSF presents, “Treasures of the Pharaohs,” from Aug. 1 of this year to Jan. 31, 2027, at the de Young Museum. The touring exhibition spans 3,000 years of ancient Egyptian history, showing how the all-powerful pharaohs shaped religious practices, social structure and daily life.
There has been palpable excitement in the Richmond District ever since Rose Pizzeria, the popular Berkeley-based casual pizzeria opened in the neighborhood. The new San Francisco branch began serving lunch and dinner in late April, on the corner of Clement Street and Arguello Boulevard, in the former Village Pizzeria space.
Organized by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and his wife Becca Prowda, One City Day was designed as an opportunity for residents to connect and improve their neighborhoods. Volunteers fanned out for 170 projects, including cleanups, tree planting, graffiti removal, mural painting and habitat restoration.
Born and raised in the Richmond District, Victor Alexander Tapia, known more commonly in the DJ world as “The Goshfather” has played throughout the Bay Area and is now taking his music to an international audience at the FIFA World Cup.
Cartoon by Paul Kilduff.
On March 5, 1946, Winston S. Churchill spoke at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, having traveled 1,000 miles with then President Harry S. Truman from Washington D.C. to do so (Churchill also observed: “I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken over me.”)
When I ran to represent our communities in the State Assembly, I made two commitments before anything else: to protect access to healthcare and fight for safer neighborhoods. Those priorities continue to guide my work every day in Sacramento.
Things to do on San Francisco’s west side in July 2026.
Recent police activity in the Sunset District.
