SF News Navy Parachutist Crash-Lands Into Spectators at Marina Green There was a bit of a mishap Sunday during the Fleet Week Air Show in which one of a group of Navy parachutists misjudged their landing and collided with a mother and teenage son at Marina Green, causing minor injuries.
SF News The Blue Angels Actually Performed Sunday, to Spectacular Effect The Blue Angels, viewed by many as the peak highlight of the yearly Fleet Week festivities, came out Sunday and put on their usual show.
SF News Blue Angels Cancels Saturday Flights, Citing Fog It appears Karl has claimed an unfortunate victim this weekend, as the Blue Angels announced they cancelled their Fleet Week Air Show for today, which they blame on the heavy fog currently present in San Francisco, according to a statement from San Francisco Fleet Week on X.
SF News Will the Blue Angels Be Buzzing Feinstein's Funeral? [Update: Yes] The funeral service for Dianne Feinstein kicks off at 1 p.m. in front of SF's City Hall, just as the Blue Angels pilots are set to begin doing their traditional Thursday-of-Fleet-Week practice flights.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Government Shutdown Could Indeed Cancel Blue Angels’ Fleet Week Air Show A man was found dead at the 16th Street BART Plaza, the first snow of the season is expected Saturday in the Sierras, and we now learn that a government shutdown could indeed cancel the Blue Angels air show component of Fleet Week.
Arts & Entertainment Bands, Ship Tours, and Air Shows: The What, When and Where of Fleet Week 2022 The Blue Angels are going to begin buzzing the city any minute now, and SF's annual Fleet Week is already underway with band performances and more.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Fleet Week Air Show to Roar Over SF All Day Hundreds of giant sequoias have likely died in wildfires in recent weeks, the Blue Angels and the Fleet Week air show kicks off at 10 a.m., and SF will welcome its first cruise ship to dock in 18 months on Monday.
SF News Brace For Intense Traffic Around SF This Weekend As Fleet Week Collides With the Giants Playoffs You may want to avoid getting in a car if at all possible in San Francisco this weekend — and you'll definitely want to avoid the Marina and downtown at all costs unless you yourself are going to a Giants game.
SF News Ready Your Headphones: Blue Angels Will Return to SF Skies for Fleet Week Coming off a hiatus, the Blue Angels — a six-member team of Super Hornets that serve as ambassadors of U.S. naval aviation — will again take to the skies above San Francisco next week for Fleet Week, deafening onlookers down below.
Arts & Entertainment Military Planes From California Air National Guard Do Flyover Honoring Healthcare Workers Healthcare workers never really asked to be honored with wasted jet fuel and loud, gratuitous shows of military aeronautical might. But that's what's happening this morning care of the California Air National Guard.
SF News Blue Angels to Fly in Honor of Healthcare Workers, Who Clearly Did Not Ask for This How will these air demonstration squads honor frontline essential and healthcare workers? By wasting $60,000 an hour over SF and at least 30 U.S. cities to “champion national unity.”
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Love The Blue Angels, Or Hate Those Heinous War Machines? Discuss. It seems like an annual tradition that along with Fleet Week and the Blue Angels' just-for-show training exercises or whatever they are, the commenter pool at SFist should get a chance to debate
SF News Day Around The Bay: Blue Angels Tear Across SF Sorry if you don't like loud noises or have small children or pets! The Blue Angels were doing their ear-splitting "practice" today over SF. Yay? [Chronicle] Most Americans expect cars to be driverless
Arts & Entertainment Photos: The Blue Angels Take To The Skies As you and every dog on your block no doubt noticed, the Blue Angels flew over San Francisco and the Bay this past weekend — wowing tourists and locals alike with their unmatched ability
SF News Video: Motorcycle Sideshow During Blue Angels Show Shuts Down Golden Gate Bridge The term "sideshow" is rarely so literal as it was Saturday when a group of dirt bikers shut down the Golden Gate Bridge with wheelies and other stunts in one such demonstration. The
SF News Fleet Week Starts Today: Complete Schedule, Where To Watch The Blue Angels, And A Reminder To Hide Your Pets Hey everyone, it's that time again! Fleet Week begins today, bringing countless sailors and throngs of tourists to our city by the bay. As (almost) always, that means the Blue Angels will be
SF News Day Around The Bay: 'Not Above My Backyard' Says Avalos To Blue Angels Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Supervisor Aaron Peskin John Avalos, who has slammed the
Arts & Entertainment Blue Angels To Take Over SF Skies, Eardrums This Afternoon (And The Rest Of The Week) Of course, you already know it's Fleet Week, but here's your Fleet Week Thursday don't freak out reminder: The notoriously-loud Blue Angels will begin practice runs over San Francisco at noon today, so
Arts & Entertainment Gallery: Fleet Week Air Show Thrills Thousands Reported shoulder-to-shoulder crowds packed Marina Green for this year's Fleet Week airshow, which featured vintage aircraft, a 747, and the Blue Angels doing their air stunt stuff. Here's what it looked like, through
Arts & Entertainment Where's Your Favorite Place To Watch The Blue Angels? As previously noted, the Blue Angels are back in the Bay Area, all set to do their Fleet Week Air Show thing this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Though "admission to" the air show
Arts & Entertainment Video: The Blue Angels Have Arrived A year after a Blue Angel-less Fleet Week "Wharf Fest," the event, and the jets, are back in the Bay Area. As you surely recall, last year's San Francisco Fleet Week celebration fell
SF News The Blue Angels Will Buzz San Francisco Again In 2014 After being grounded in 2013 due to budget cuts, the U.S. Navy promises the loud and awesome Blue Angels will return in 2014 as part of the annual Fleet Week celebration. Not
Arts & Entertainment Fleet Week Replaced By Wharf Fest With the Blue Angels grounded and the actual fleet temporarily mothballed due to government sequestration, this year's annual demonstration of American naval power will be replaced by a much tamer celebration of the
Arts & Entertainment Crowdsourced Fundraiser Hopes You'll Help Pay For Blue Angels Air Show The government might not have enough money to put on their yearly show of airborne superiority, but one effort hopes local fans of American naval power will pitch in enough of their own
SF News Blue Angels Will NOT Fly During Fleet Week 2013 That rumbling over the sky each October won't be heard this year as the Blue Angels will not fly Fleet Week 2013. Budget cuts, it seems, is the issue here. The air acrobats
