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Terror Vault’s 2026 production, SLASHED: Return to Hellville, runs on selected nights from October 1 to November 1 inside the Old Mint at 88 Fifth Street, with timed entry, an 18-plus rule and a vault bar open to anyone.
The Board of Supervisors approved Supervisor Shamann Walton’s 45-day moratorium on new data centers on October 6, pausing a Bayview expansion and a proposed Dogpatch site while Planning studies their impacts.
San Francisco Opera has canceled all performances through September 20, including Sunday’s opening night of Mary, Queen of Scots, as the orchestra strike enters a second week. Ticket holders can request a refund, a credit or donate the value.
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 opens at 801 Market Street on Friday, October 9, 2026 with a free Ellis Street festival from 11am to 6pm, plus 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.
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