A bicyclist suffered a nasty head injury after colliding with a car at 19th Avenue and Ortega on Monday afternoon. "The driver of the vehicle stopped at the scene and cooperated with authorities," reports SF Appeal. The cyclist, whose injures have been described as "non-life-threatening," is expected to make a full recovery. [SFA] more ›

Causing $1 million worth of damage, an Outer Sunset fire at a three-story home at 1351 44th Avenue. The fire displaced four residents and send a man to the hospital. What's more, the 9 a.m. blaze halted N-Judah traffic between 11 a.m. and 11:40. [SFA, SFW] more ›

In what could be the news story of the year, the Outer Sunset will soon score a Schweet Boks, the city's first "cereal eatery." Artisan müesli and Alice Waters-approved walnut granola, you fret? Perish the thought. Inside Scoop's Paolo Lucchesi has word that, while the cereal diner will serve Intelligentsia Coffee, "the rest is pretty straightforward: choose your cereal(s), choose your toppings and then your milk. So if you’ve ever wanted to eat Cocoa Puffs with strawberries with soy milk in a social setting, now is your chance." more ›

Spotted in the Outer Sunset on 38th Ave near Judah. Can anyone translate? more ›

No, not Frank Chu -- although a Gav versus a crazy would be most fascinating, indeed -- Carmen Chu. more ›

Did you hear? Surfer, skateboarder, artist, and occasional Paul Frank designer Thomas Campbell has a new show. This one, it seems, highlights his brand-spanking new work, which he describes as "surf-centric doodles, sculpture, photos, and sewn stuff." Raised as an Orange County "punk," he started out on the scene as part of the "bicoastal movement of street-smart artists who take their cues from underground culture." His rustically genuine work isn't featured here in SF... more ›

-- A Vallejo husband and father, Kevin Owens, 41, went though with a murder/suicide pact (with himself, we guess) on Friday night. He shot and killed his wife, Stacey Owens, 38; wounded his two-year-old daughter; and then turned the gun on himself (right after "a big Thanksgiving dinner at their home Thursday night.") This happened on the 300 block of Carousel Drive. Owens' 10-year-old son managed to escape the bloodbath, run to a neighbor's,... more ›

Among San Francisco’s myriad neighborhoods, few are as widely misunderstood as the Outer Sunset. Location certainly plays a role. To your average Upper Haight resident – to say nothing of your average South of Market or North Beach resident – this beach-adjacent community may seem as distant as Honolulu, with an N-Judah trip that may rival a flight to Oahu in terms of travel time. But it’s sometimes easy to forget that San Francisco is a mere seven miles wide, and that the folks out west do have phone numbers that begin with 415, rather than 808. more ›

Admit it, the weather has been outstanding. No one can claim our high-rentian bargain of getting spectacular September weather has not been delivered in full. The beaches, parks, trails and sidewalks are the place to be weekend after weekend this month. The Love Parade was lovely and the Folsom Street Fair was crotchless chapirific. Some nights has even been warm enough to remove the long sleeves and leave the windows open overnight while the mornings have been great for swimmers, surfers, runners and sleeper-inners. more ›

When we get off the N at 43rd Avenue and walk the block home, we expect to see the usual randomly discarded furniture (some of which we take home shut up), and dog crap on the sidewalk, but that's about it. But starting yesterday, the Outer Sunset monotony was broken by the the unmistakable canopy of "Trading Spaces", the Learning Channel home-design show that we A) were surprised to realize is creating new episodes and B) always thought went to nicer neighborhoods than ours. Or, in the words of our better half, "Don't you think our neighborhood is kind of janky for that show?" more ›

SFist has decided to take Dr. Phil's advice and to go out on "dates" with our long-standing sweetheart. Living in the Outer Sunset as we do, our desire to keep the relationship alive is tempered by a desire not to go to far from home. And thus a new, intermittent SFist feature is born, in which we review restaurants in the oft-overlooked Richmond and Sunset. We hope your inspired to try new some new places, and we'd love to hear and recommendations of Westside joints you'd like to see reviewed, so please send them our way. more ›