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If Alcatraz is already on your San Francisco itinerary this fall, there is one important date change to know before you finalize your plans. Alcatraz Island is expected to temporarily close beginning October 26, 2026, while crews complete repairs to the ferry dock system. The work is currently scheduled to continue through about November 18, which means visitors will not be able to take the usual ferry to the island during the closure period. For many first-time visitors, Alc

If the words “sandcastle competition” make you picture kids with plastic buckets and tiny shovels, the LEAP Sandcastle Classic at Ocean Beach is operating on a completely different scale. Architects, designers, engineers, contractors, and local elementary school students team up to transform a stretch of beach into a temporary outdoor art exhibition, building everything from giant creatures and city-inspired structures to ambitious sculptural forms that look much more like pu

If you still have no idea what to wear for Halloween this year — and you are not especially excited about buying another mass-produced costume you will probably wear once — there is a much more interesting option coming up in October. On October 17 and 18, 2026, the San Francisco Opera is bringing back its in-person Costume Sale for the first time in more than a decade. The event will take place not at the War Memorial Opera House, but at the San Francisco Opera Scene Shop in