San Francisco news, openings, closings, and timely updates from SF Guide.
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.
SFMOMA has extended Matisse’s Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal to September 27, 2026, two weeks past the September 13 closing date it had listed.
Thursday, September 17, 2026 is a National Park Service fee-free day for Constitution Day. Muir Woods waives its $15 entrance pass, but the parking and shuttle reservation is still required and still charged.
Elevation Sky Park San Francisco opens to the public at Pier 70 on Saturday, September 19, 2026, with Pier Play San Francisco, a 21-and-over waterfront festival headlined by BLOND:ISH.
Bruma, a cocktail lounge named for the Spanish word for mist, opens October 12, 2026 in the lobby of The Ritz-Carlton at 600 Stockton Street on Nob Hill.
Wicked: Part One in Concert plays the Orpheum Theatre on January 16, 2027, a preview stop a week before the tour’s official premiere at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
Construction on the roughly $40 million Powell Street Improvement Project between Market and Geary is now set to start in fall 2026, with a finish targeted for November 2027.
Shipwreck Cove, the first playground at Sunset Dunes on the former Great Highway, is under construction and expected to open before the end of 2026, San Francisco Recreation and Parks says.
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