San Francisco news, openings, closings, and timely updates from SF Guide.
Marco Cochrane’s 45-foot R-Evolution comes down from Embarcadero Plaza starting October 12. A free farewell event runs at the plaza from 2pm to 8pm on October 2.
Uniqlo returns to downtown San Francisco on October 9 with a flagship at 801 Market Street, adding a repair studio, embroidery and custom printing in the former Old Navy space.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass announced on September 15 that Robert Plant will play the free Golden Gate Park festival, which runs October 2 to 4. Alison Krauss and Union Station have come off the bill.
Laurie Anderson plays the Curran Theatre on September 25 with The Republic of Love, backed by Sexmob, in a show she developed from a Vienna festival commission on government and love.
The San Francisco Opera Orchestra strike has cancelled two performances and the company has not said whether this week’s Simon Boccanegra will go ahead. Here is what refunds are on offer and what each side is arguing about.
Urban Land Development and TMG Partners have bid to turn the shuttered San Francisco Centre into a multilevel sports complex with basketball and volleyball courts, a prep school and two floors of public retail.
Mayor Daniel Lurie declared a rent emergency on September 10, citing a 26 percent rise in median rents and a 44 percent rise in eviction notices, and backed eviction and rent-increase limits at the Board of Supervisors.
A state appeals court ruled on September 11 that San Francisco’s voter-approved Empty Homes Tax conflicts with the Ellis Act and cannot be collected, affirming a 2024 trial court decision.
The San Francisco Opera Orchestra went on strike less than an hour before the September 12 curtain, cancelling the season opener and the free Opera in the Park concert the next day.
Otra, the Mexican restaurant at 682 Haight Street in the Lower Haight, will close in early December 2026, five years after it opened, owners Nick Cobarruvias and Anna Sager Cobarruvias say.
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