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Sunset Dunes

Shipwreck Cove Playground Opens at Sunset Dunes, Funded Entirely by 1,000 Private Donors

The 6,000-square-foot pirate-themed play structure debuted at Ocean Beach on September 26, becoming the only playground on the two-mile park.

Hundreds of families turned out to Sunset Dunes at Kirkham Street on the afternoon of Saturday, September 26 for the ribbon-cutting of Shipwreck Cove, a new pirate-themed playground built into the oceanfront park. <cite index="62-5">Several hundred kids, parents, and people of all walks came to Sunset Dunes at Kirkham Street Saturday afternoon to celebrate the opening of the park's newest feature: the pirate-themed Shipwreck Cove playground.</cite> <cite index="62-7,62-8,62-9">Shipwreck Cove is a 6,000-square-foot "dune education and playground for kids of all ages and abilities." It was designed and built by Something…

Great Highway

Prop G Is on the November 3 Ballot — and Reopening the Great Highway Would Cost the City $10 Million

With the citywide vote now 32 days away, the Controller's Office has put a price tag on reversing the Sunset Dunes park conversion: nearly $10 million upfront and up to $1.9 million every year after.

<cite index="24-4,24-5">San Francisco voters will have to decide on the fate of the city's westernmost coastal boulevard — again. A proposal to reopen the Great Highway during weekdays has qualified for the ballot this November, threatening Sunset Dunes Park, which opened on the shuttered highway last year.</cite> <cite index="24-6">This will be the third time in four years that San Franciscans have voted on whether or not to allow cars on the highway.</cite> <cite index="106-10">Prop G would reopen a two-mile stretch of the city's westernmost coastal road between Lincoln Way and…

Outer Sunset

Young Mountain Lion Roamed the Outer Sunset for Hours Before Wildlife Officers Captured and Released It

A 78-pound male mountain lion spent the morning of September 18 under a house near 44th Avenue and Ulloa Street, triggering a multi-agency response, before being fitted with a GPS collar and returned to the Santa Cruz Mountains.

<cite index="70-9,70-10,70-11">San Francisco police said officers were dispatched around 7:42 a.m. on September 18 to the 2500 block of 44th Avenue after receiving reports of a possible mountain lion. Officers located the animal near 44th Avenue and Ulloa Street and kept it in sight while waiting for other agencies to arrive.

Upcoming Events

Sunday, October 11

Inner Sunset Flea Market — 'Tricks, Treats & Treasures'

📍 Irving Street at 9th–11th Ave., Inner Sunset · 10:00 AM–4:00 PM · Verify · Sunset Mercantile SF

Sunday, October 11

2nd Sunday Serenades at Sunset Dunes

📍 Sunset Dunes at Judah St., Outer Sunset · 12:00 PM–2:00 PM · Verify · Friends of Sunset Dunes

Sunday, October 25

The 6th Annual Great Hauntway

📍 Sunset Dunes, Judah to Taraval, Outer Sunset · 1:00 PM–4:00 PM · Verify · Friends of Sunset Dunes

Sunday, October 25

Halloween Sunset Dunes 5K

📍 Great Highway Path at Taraval, Outer Sunset · 9:00 AM · Verify · Active.com

Sunday, November 8

Inner Sunset Flea Market — Season Finale

📍 Irving Street at 9th–11th Ave., Inner Sunset · 10:00 AM–4:00 PM · Verify · Sunset Mercantile SF

More from the Community

Sunset Neighborway Network Stalls: Five Years In, Only One of Eight Promised Streets Is Done

<cite index="120-8,120-9">The Sunset Neighborway project, aiming to add traffic-calming designs to eight residential streets, has only implemented street safety changes to one street after five years.

Hit-and-Run Pickup Destroys Four Parked Cars at Santiago Street and 28th Avenue in Parkside

<cite index="90-5,90-6">A speeding pickup truck ran a stop sign and struck a parked car early Saturday in San Francisco's Parkside neighborhood, triggering a domino-like series of collisions that, ultimately, left four parked…

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