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REPLAY: A Pressing Issue: Apple Processing in Sonoma County

Sonoma County’s iconic apple industry is at a critical turning point. In this encore episode, host Michelle Marques takes an in-depth look at how local growers, activists, and leaders are stepping up to safeguard the region's agricultural heritage. First, Michelle sits down with Slow Food Russian River to explore grassroots efforts protecting the iconic Gravenstein apple and the free Community Apple Press. Then, as a long-standing regional processor departs, Gold Ridge Organic Farms founder Brooke Hazen shares why he’s launching a brand-new processing plant—followed by a walking tour of the facility floor. Finally, Sonoma County Agricultural Commissioner Andrew Smith joins Michelle to discuss policy, innovation, and the big-picture economics shaping the future of local orchards.

Sonoma County, CA · 2d

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Windsor's Wine Country Women's Festival Vanishes Weeks Before Vendors' Big Day

A festival billed as a celebration of connection and community for Nov. 14 at Keiser Park in Windsor has instead turned into a cautionary tale, with the town canceling the park-rental application. The Wine Country Women's Festival had an active registration site, a certificate of insurance for more than 1,500 attendees, and a deposit on file — but no actual permission to use the park, and, by all appearances, nothing resembling a real event behind the paperwork.

Windsor, CA · 2d

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Walnut Creek Weighs $500,000 in Golf Course Repairs — And Changes to Other City Properties

WALNUT CREEK, CA — Walnut Creek officials are considering spending $500,000 on repairs and upgrades at the city’s Boundary Oak Golf Course, where aging electrical and sewer infrastructure has reached the point of needing replacement. The proposed investment is among several property-related decisions scheduled for the Walnut Creek...

Walnut Creek, CA · 6h

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Santa Rosa Brewery's Vending Machine Dispenses $8 Art, Not Snacks

Walk up to a vending machine at Cooperage Brewing Company in Santa Rosa and you will not find chips or candy bars behind the glass. Instead, rows of postcard-size artwork wait to be dispensed, part of a project called Chain Letter Gallery that is turning a routine beer run into a small art-buying experience.

Santa Rosa, CA · 1d

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30 Fun Things to Do This Week (11.16.26)

Toast to good eats, holiday treats, and generous pours. Enjoy perfect pairings when Wolfsbane hosts a whiskey-infused dinner, La Connessa serves up fall truffles and DuMol wines, and Chapeau doles out happy hour deals. Raise a festive cocktail at the Flamingo’s Sippin’ Santa, El Dorado’s Holiday House, and Tetra’s snow globe dinners. Then, walk it all off at the Big Art Loop or sweat it out at Alchemy Springs.

San Francisco, CA · 2d

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Visiting the Berkeley Campus, California

I have been to San Francisco several times in my life, but I had never made it across the bay to the city of Berkeley. That changed during a recent visit. For me, a chance to walk through the campus of the University of California was my main reason for finding my way to this city by the bay. Cal-Berkeley was founded in 1868 as the state’s first land-grant research university. Both the city and the university are named after George Berkeley (1685-1753), an Anglo-Irish clergyman, philosopher, and writer. This honor was inspired by his book “Learning in America”, whose last stanza goes as follows:

Berkeley, CA · 12h

SFGate

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Marin Co.: Holiday Lights And Events To Open Thanksgiving Weekend At Fairgrounds

The Holiday Light Spectacular will return to the Marin County Fairgrounds in San Rafael for a second year, offering free nightly holiday activities from Nov. 27 through Jan. 3. The event will run from 5 to 9 p.m., including holidays, with thousands of lights on display, free craft activities, and...

San Rafael, CA · 1d

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Rohnert Park-Cotati Library news

The Rohnert Park Cotati Regional Library is closed for building work. The Rohnert Park Cotati Library To-Go is open at 6135 State Farm Dr, Rohnert Park, offering holds pickup and bookdrop services. Hours are: Mon, Tues, Thurs 2 p.m.-6 p.m.; Wed, Fri, Sat 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Welcome to Sonoma County...

Rohnert Park, CA · 2d

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This festival season, South Asians revisit their immigration history at Angel Island

“Mirkan na jaeen ve” sang Ravinder Dhillon, as a small chorus joined her on the refrain. It’s what Punjabi women once sang to husbands leaving for the West: “Don’t go to America.”. Dhillon sang the folk song to open a Nov. 6 screening of Safar at...

Oakland, CA · 1d

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Deftones Bring 2027 Tour Home to Wheatland and Concord, Tickets Drop Soon

Deftones are coming back to Northern California next spring, with stops at Toyota Amphitheatre in Wheatland on May 16, 2027, and Toyota Pavilion at Concord on May 26, 2027, as part of a newly announced 23-city North American tour. Knocked Loose and Julie are set to open both shows, part of a run that kicks off in Dallas and wraps a month and a half later in Toronto.

Concord, CA · 3d

The Voice of San Francisco

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The Network: A four-part series about the people, the money, and the businesses behind the Sheng Thao federal corruption trial

“I believe he did come, yeah.” — Mario Juarez when confronted on the witness stand about Attorney General Rob Bonta visiting the Evolutionary Homes showroom, Nov. 9, 2026 On July 4, 2024, The Voice of San Francisco published an article titled “The Bonta money trail,” which detailed the decade-long, financially advantageous relationship between Attorney General […] The post The Network: A four-part series about the people, the money, and the businesses behind the Sheng Thao federal corruption trial appeared first on The Voice of San Francisco .

California · 3d

FOX40

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Sacramento nu metal band Deftones announces 2027 North American tour

(FOX40.COM) — Sacramento nu metal band Deftones announced a 2027 North American tour with special guests on Thursday. The band will be stopping by the Toyota Amphitheatre in Wheatland as part of the tour. Deftones, which formed in Sacramento in 1988 by members Chino Moreno, Stephen Carpenter and Abe Cunningham while studying at McClatchy High […]

Sacramento, CA · 3d

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Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony United Studios of Self Defense

The Livermore Valley Chamber of Commerce celebrated United Studios of Self Defense with a Grand Opening Ribbon & Cutting Ceremony on October 8, 2026. Chamber staff, Board members and Ambassadors attended the celebration. LVCC Board Chair Kimbrely Gruidl presented the Certificate of Congratulations to founder owner and chief instructor, Michael Delfino. Livermore Vice-Mayor, Kristi Wang presented Michael with a Declaration of Welcome. A certificate from Alameda County Assessor, Phong La was also presented.

Livermore, CA · 2d

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New Details Emerge for Live Music at the Former New Parish in Oakland

R&B, funk and hip-hop shows will be part of a ‘high-end experience’ at the Oakland Theater Project’s new space. Ray Archie knows the room is special. He recalls nights spent at the New Parish as it teemed with the sounds of jazz, soul and funk groups. He talks about the Oakland nightclub’s predecessor, Sweet Jimmie’s, with a historian’s perspective.

Oakland, CA · 3d

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Magic Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Experience live at Berkeley, 1970

Magic Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live at Berkeley (First Show) was issued on October 16, 2026 on Experience Hendrix, LLC and Legacy Recordings. Produced by Janie Hendrix, original Experience recording engineer Eddie Kramer, and John McDermott, this historic 1970 concert is receiving a proper release for the first time, and will be available on 2-LP vinyl, CD, and all digital platforms.

Berkeley, CA · 2d

San Francisco Chronicle

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The best Bay Area punk stories were hiding in the archives. This new book uncovers them

New coffee-table book, “We’re Having Much More Fun: Punk Archives for the Present from CBGB to Gilman and Beyond,” spotlights Bay Area punk history with artifacts from Cornell’s archive.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 1d

San Francisco Chronicle

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Berkeley Rep’s ‘Covenant’ is the lightning bolt Bay Area theater needed

York Walker’s lean, suspenseful and relentlessly entertaining Southern Gothic riffs on the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson, theater critic Lily Janiak writes.

Berkeley, CA · 3d

San Francisco Chronicle

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Beloved Bay Area music venue announces permanent closure

After five years hosting live music and events across the street from Fox Theater, Oakland’s cherished nightlife venue Crybaby plans to close its doors for good.

Oakland, CA · 4d

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Fat Dog, owner of Berkeley’s Subway Guitars and a legend of the city, dies at 80

Stapled to the baby blue front wall of Subway Guitars is a page of sheet music for the 1942 standard “There Will Never Be Another You.” It’s unclear whether it was intended as an elegy for Fat Dog, the founder and owner of the Berkeley shop that has served as a musical mecca for generations. But as news of his death on Oct. 30 at the age of 80 spread on social media, it seems like a perfect fanfare for a man who embodied Berkeley’s countercultural contradictions by turning his creative passion into a welcoming, self-sustaining empire that elevated everyone who crossed the threshold.

Berkeley, CA · 3d

American Songwriter

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Born 85 Years Ago Today in California, the Rhythm Guitarist Who Co-Founded One of Rock’s Biggest Bands With His Younger Brother

On this day (November 9) in 1941, Thomas Richard Fogerty was born in Berkeley, California. Alongside younger brother John Fogerty, Tom played rhythm guitar and occasionally sang background vocals for the groundbreaking swamp-rock outfit Creedence Clearwater Revival. However, escalating tensions between the siblings led to Tom Fogerty’s exit from the...

Berkeley, CA · 6d