The Navy's jets are back over the Bay after last year's shutdown sidelined them, with ship tours, band performances and K9 heroes filling out the week.

Civic Center Plaza hosts folklórico dancing and the traditional Grito de Independencia ceremony on September 15, free and open to all.

Gus Tham cleaned lockers at Candlestick Park in 1966 — decades later, a Beatles fan he met through her brother became his wife of 40 years.