Meet Isaiah Zazi. He owns and operates Sunset Auto Care, which has been open less than a year. But the shop has earned consistent five-star ratings and loyal customers. It has also partnered with police to cut down on catalytic converter theft.
Read MoreThe Sunset is a culinary delight and Vicente Street has its share of restaurants worth exploring. This spotlight on Vicente features two legacy eateries and one newcomer.
Read MoreSan Francisco’s only Peruvian sports bar is in the Sunset. Lomo Libre Cantina is an expression of love for Peruvian food and sports by its owner, Jose Calvo-Perez.
Read MoreMeet Dorothy Lathan. She is one of first Black residents of the Outer Sunset after the westside finally allowed non-white homeowners. Now 90, Dorothy reflects on her trailblazing life from Arkansas to San Francisco. She had to fight to become the first Black teacher at an Inner Sunset elementary school and ended her career as principal.
Read MoreMeet Margaret Graf. At 84, she runs the group Senior Power that advocates for great living in the golden years. It’s her fourth career, including being a nurse, mother, and lawyer. Margaret broke many glass ceilings in the 60 years since she arrived in San Francisco in a VW bus and made a home across from the Great Highway.
Read MoreMeet Brett Chin, a Sunset firefighter flying SFFD into the future as one of its seven newly trained drone pilots. The technology was adopted last fall and has already proven to be a life saver.
Read MoreSunset parent Lisa Nowell is on a mission to help reduce the isolation and stress that new parents often experience. She also offers their babies a creative playspace — and some recess time for the moms and dads to enjoy with each other. The mission is to create community.
Read MoreMeet Pastors Joy Yee and Jim Dant. They lead the 19th Avenue Baptist Church with a progressive and inclusive approach for all Sunset residents. Beyond offering Bible study and Sunday services, the church focuses on volunteer work the rest of the week to fulfill the needs of our community. They offer free yoga classes, too.
Read MoreBudding ecologists are taking root at Dianne Feinstein Elementary School in the Sunset. The school yard is abuzz as kids search for worms, tend to planter boxes, or work on a water catchment system. Parents helped create and fund the school’s popular outdoor education program, where a garden has replaced part of a concrete parking lot and play area.
Read MoreDispatch from Lincoln High is a series that features the reporting of journalism students at Lincoln High School (Home of the Mustangs) and their student newspaper the Lincoln Log.
Read MoreSunset native Howard Tong helps victims of wildfires and floods in California, tornadoes in the Midwest, and war in Ukraine. He is a longtime volunteer for Tzu Chi, a global charity founded by a Buddhist nun in Taiwan. Tzu Chi’s San Francisco location is in the Sunset and Howard is one of its leaders. “I wanted to do something more purposeful in my life,” he says.
Read MoreJeff Chen became a police officer because he wants to help people and “be the change I want to see.” The San Francisco native is dedicated to his city and chosen career despite the challenges of both.
Read MoreA retired construction worker puttering in his garage had a big idea to put his chainsaws to creative use. A series of benches carved from fallen Monterey Cypress trees have transformed the parkland along Sunset Boulevard by bringing neighbors and strangers together.
Read MoreDispatch from Lincoln High is a series that features the reporting of journalism students at Lincoln High School and their student newspaper the Lincoln Log.
Read MoreOur exploration of the many restaurants on Taraval Street continues, with a focus on the mouth-watering variety of noodle offerings available.
Read MoreThe streets of the Sunset can use some cleaning. That’s why residents are organizing to clean the streets themselves. Volunteers armed with rubber-tipped grabbers and garbage bags scour the streets for trash several times a month.
Read MoreCan 5th graders write and publish a book? Sunset Elementary teacher Jason Parmele knows they can. His students have spent months creating and illustrating the 12-chapter, 12,000 word tome called Dog Land. It’s an imaginative tale where dogs rule the world.
Read MoreDouglas Gorney is an artist who captures the unique beauty of the Sunset — with a focus on the ubiquitous overhead wires that crisscross San Francisco’s western neighborhoods. Somehow, he makes the wires seem mystical as they disappear into the fog. Learn more about how his art came to be.
Read MoreNate Lim’s policing philosophy is to “never stop learning and growing.” He also works to change negative perceptions about law enforcement by helping San Franciscans understand what police officers do.
Read MoreDispatch from Lincoln High is a series that features the reporting of journalism students at Lincoln High School and their student newspaper the Lincoln Log
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