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Stay Back From the Water: Coastal Flood Advisory and Beach Hazards Statement in Effect at Ocean Beach Through Tuesday

The National Weather Service has issued stacked warnings for the Sunset's coastline — tidal flooding through Tuesday and dangerous surf this weekend.

The National Weather Service issued a Coastal Flood Advisory for San Francisco beginning Friday, October 9, running through 3 p.m. Tuesday, October 13. The agency warns that up to 1.2 feet of inundation above ground level is possible in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways, with high tides pushing water and waves farther up the beach than normal and potentially cutting off access to some low-lying coastal areas. Layered on top of the flood advisory, NWS added a Beach Hazards Statement running from Saturday morning through Monday afternoon.

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Prop G Asks Voters to Reopen Great Highway to Cars on Weekdays — Opponents Say It Would Cost $14 Million and Gut the Park

With mail ballots now going out, San Francisco voters face a November 3 decision on whether to restore weekday vehicle access to the Upper Great Highway.

On November 3, San Francisco voters will decide on Proposition G, a citizen initiative that would reopen the Upper Great Highway to private vehicles from 4 a.m. Monday through 6 p.m. Friday, while keeping the road closed to cars on weekends and holidays. The measure would unwind Proposition K, the 2024 ballot measure that permanently closed the oceanside road and created Sunset Dunes Park. Supporters submitted 15,924 signatures, and on July 23, 2026, the Department of Elections certified that the petition had more than the 10,615 valid signatures required.

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562-Unit Safeway Redevelopment Near Ocean Beach Moves Forward Under State Streamlining, Sidelining Public Hearings

State law has removed the project at 850 La Playa Street from the usual Planning Commission process, frustrating neighbors who gathered at a late-September community meeting.

A plan to replace the Safeway at 850 La Playa Street — a 3.3-acre site at the far western edge of the city, one block from Ocean Beach — is proceeding under a state-streamlined approval process that bypasses the standard San Francisco Planning Commission hearing. The Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon reported on October 5 that the Planning Association for the Richmond hosted a community meeting at the end of September at St. John's Presbyterian Church on Lake Street, giving area residents a rare informal forum to weigh in.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, October 10

Zumba and Shake the Fog! at Sunset Dunes

📍 Sunset Dunes @ Irving, Great Highway · 10:30 AM · Verify · Friends of Sunset Dunes

Sunday, October 11

Inner Sunset Flea Market — 11th Season

📍 Irving Street, 9th to 11th Avenues, Inner Sunset · 10:00 AM–4:00 PM · Verify · Funcheap SF

Sunday, October 11

2nd Sunday Serenades at Sunset Dunes

📍 Sunset Dunes @ Judah, Great Highway · 12:00 PM–2:00 PM · Verify · Friends of Sunset Dunes

Thursday, October 15

Symphonic Sunset with the SF Philharmonic

📍 Sunset Dunes, Great Highway · 4:00 PM–6:00 PM · Verify · Friends of Sunset Dunes

Wednesday, October 21

Parkside Branch Library 75th Anniversary Open House

📍 Parkside Branch Library, 1200 Taraval Street · 6:00 PM · Verify · San Francisco Public Library

More from the Community

Sunset's First 100% Affordable Family Housing Building Reached Full Occupancy in July

The 90-unit building at 2550 Irving Street — the Sunset District's first 100-percent affordable family housing project — reached full occupancy in July 2026, SF YIMBY reported on July 24.

All SF Libraries Closed Monday, October 12 for Indigenous Peoples' Day

All San Francisco Public Library branches — including the Sunset Branch at 1305 18th Avenue and the Parkside Branch at 1200 Taraval Street — will be closed Monday, October 12 in observance…

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