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Fleet Week

Fleet Week Descends on the Presidio: Road Closures, Packed Shuttles, and Three Days of Blue Angels

The Navy's Blue Angels return to San Francisco Bay this weekend after a 2025 shutdown grounded them, with the Presidio bracing for its heaviest crowds of the fall.

San Francisco Fleet Week runs October 4–12, and the marquee event — the Blue Angels air show — fills the sky directly over the Presidio and Marina waterfront on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 9 through 11, from noon to 4 p.m. each day. <cite index="49-4,49-5">The U.S. Navy's famed F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet squadron headlines the show, returning after a federal government shutdown grounded the team and halted all U.S. military participation during last year's event.</cite> <cite index="49-6">Also on the 2026 air show bill: the U.S.

housing

Is the Richmond Becoming Too Hot to Handle? Residents and Businesses Weigh Rising Rents and New Arrivals

A new analysis finds the once-overlooked Richmond District drawing upscale retailers and outside attention — while long-term tenants face rent hikes that can double their monthly costs overnight.

<cite index="58-5">What's happening in the Richmond isn't staying in the Richmond.</cite> A piece published October 6 by Gazetteer SF examines the forces reshaping the neighborhood, from upscale grocery chains eyeing new outposts to a viral story earlier this year about an Outer Richmond family facing a 90-percent rent increase after their building changed hands. <cite index="58-6">Soon enough, Bi-Rite will be moving into a long-defunct space at 6001 California St. for its fourth location, a sign of gentrification to some and an answer to others' prayers.</cite> <cite index="58-8,58-9,58-10">In a San Francisco…

SFPD

Richmond Station Gets Smaller: SFPD Redraws District Boundaries for First Time in a Decade

New patrol boundaries took effect October 1 at six SFPD stations, with Richmond Station losing a stretch of Panhandle-adjacent territory to an expanded Park Station.

<cite index="34-1">Effective 6 a.m. on October 1, 2026, the San Francisco Police Department implemented revised district station and patrol sector boundaries</cite> — the first such change in a decade, required under the city charter. <cite index="33-4,33-5">The changes affect the Central, Tenderloin, Northern, Southern, Richmond, and Park districts, and are part of the SFPD's mandatory 10-year review of district boundaries to help optimize police operations and efficiency.</cite> For Richmond Station, the change means a smaller footprint. <cite index="38-8">Richmond Station decreases its coverage by removing the area between Stanyan Street on the…

Upcoming Events

Friday, October 9

Clement Street Happy Hour Cleanup

📍 Richmond Republic Draught House, 642 Clement St, Inner Richmond · 4:00 PM · Verify · Funcheap SF / Civic Joy Fund

Friday–Sunday, October 9–11

Fleet Week Air Show — Blue Angels over San Francisco Bay

📍 San Francisco Bay / Marina Green (viewable from Presidio shoreline) · 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Verify · Presidio Trust

Sunday, October 11

NPS Guided Walk: 250 Years on the Presidio

📍 Presidio Visitor Center, 210 Lincoln Blvd, Presidio · 11:00 AM · Verify · Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

Monday, October 12

Bea Arthur: The Documentary — Bay Area Premiere at the Balboa

📍 Balboa Theater, 3630 Balboa St, Outer Richmond · 7:30 PM · Verify · Bea Arthur Documentary / Balboa Theater

Thursday, October 22

District 1 Richmond Family Summit

📍 Richmond Recreation Center, 251 18th Ave, Inner Richmond · 5:30 PM · Verify · SF.gov / Our Children Our Families Initiative

More from the Community

Arguello Corridor Fatality Investigation Still Open — No Arrests

As of this week, no arrests have been made in the September 28 death of an 80-year-old man struck by a tow truck at Anza Street and Arguello Boulevard — the collision…

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