Brian (Local SF Guide) 
The Legion of Honor opens Eternal Paris: Photographing the City of Light on September 5, 2026, nearly 50 historic photographs of the city, included with general admission and running through April 4, 2027.
San Francisco Opera opens its 104th season September 12 with Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, followed by the free Opera in the Park concert at Robin Williams Meadow on September 13.
Caltrans will fully close northbound US-101 through San Francisco’s Hospital Curve over Labor Day weekend, September 4 to 7, and again September 18 to 21, with southbound closures in October.
The 2026 Pokémon World Championships run August 28 to 30 at the Moscone Center with the finals at Chase Center, badges are sold out, and Howard Street is closed through September 1.
The Museum of the African Diaspora is closed through September 29, 2026 for exhibition installation and reopens September 30 alongside Nexus: SF/Bay Area Black Art Week.
SF Camerawork, the nonprofit photography gallery at Fort Mason Center, closed on August 16, 2026 after 52 years, citing rising costs and falling public funding.
California regulators approved a large expansion of Waymo’s driverless taxi service on August 14, 2026, covering the full Bay Area, Sacramento and Southern California.
The Golden State Valkyries clinched a 2026 WNBA playoff berth on August 17 with a 78-70 win over the Dallas Wings at Chase Center, their sixth straight victory.
The free Chinatown Autumn Moon Festival returns to Grant Avenue September 19 and 20, 2026, with lion dancing, a dumpling eating contest, and mooncake vendors.
An SFMTA Street Safety Committee update counts 100 fatal or severe injury crashes in the first six months of 2026, up from 96 a year earlier and above the 92 recorded in 2014.
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