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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 · 1d

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Named for a Marin Town Nobody Can Find

The world is a better place if everyone sings. Now open in Novato. After more than a decade teaching singers in San Francisco, Songbird Studios has opened their fourth Bay Area location at Vintage Oaks in Novato. It’s a voice-only studio, and lessons are in the styles people actually want to sing: pop, rock, musical theater and more. There are showcases and choirs too (the Songbird City Choir has sung the National Anthem for the SF Giants two seasons running).

Novato, CA · 1d
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Supermodel Tyra Banks Makes Surprise Visit to Sonoma Plaza Restaurant

Supermodel, actress, and TV producer Tyra Banks brought a touch of glamour to Sonoma County this week with a surprise visit to Sonoma Plaza. According to Sonoma Magazine, the America’s Next Top Model creator dined at Mozaik, a global cuisine restaurant owned by Miranda Ives. Banks enjoyed the spot’s signature sticky ribs and mashed potatoes, while her party sampled everything from Kashmiri tacos to Thai green curry.

Sonoma, CA · 1d

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Petaluma Thrash Band Skitzo Marks 45 Years With Green Slime, Old Bandmates

Sonoma County thrash metal act Skitzo is celebrating 45 years together with a reunion concert at Petaluma's Phoenix Theater, bringing back former bandmates, towering stage sets and the band's notorious green-slime stunt. Frontman Lance Ozanix, who turned 60 this year, has led the group since its founding in 1981, and he's promising the kind of spectacle that once got the band booked on national television.

Petaluma, CA · 1d
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Oakmont’s Golf Enterprise: Who Benefits, Who Pays and Who Carries the Risk

Oakmont members financed the purchase of the golf properties, continue paying acquisition debt and support the commercial operator through monthly dues. Now OVA is assuming additional property expenses while continuing those operating subsidies. Yet members have never been shown a reserve study for the golf-course properties. That missing information belongs...

Sonoma County, CA · 1d

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Review: “Disney’s Frozen, The Broadway Musical” in Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa Junior College’s Theatre Arts Department is the first out of the gate of what is sure to be a plethora of productions throughout the Bay Area of Disney’s Frozen, The Broadway Musical. It’s a grand scale production capturing the best of fantasy and fine singing. The smash Broadway hit written by Jennifer Lee with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez is presented on SRJC campus in Santa Rosa under the direction of Sarah Wintermeyer.

Santa Rosa, CA · 21h

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Jumpin' Johnny Sansone Brings Louisiana Blues to Petaluma for Honduran Clinic

Jumpin' Johnny Sansone, the saxophone-and-accordion-wielding bluesman out of New Orleans, is heading back to Petaluma for a fully seated show at the Mystic Theatre on Sunday, November 22, 2026. The concert at 23 N. Petaluma Blvd. doubles as a benefit for the Petaluma-based nonprofit Global Healing, with proceeds going toward the Roatán Volunteer Pediatric Clinic on the Honduran island of Roatán, where public health services are scarce.

Petaluma, CA · 1d

San Francisco Chronicle

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She nearly died onstage at Heklina’s memorial. After amputations, this S.F. drag performer is back

Pippi Lovestocking is returning for a one-night-only cabaret show at San Francisco’s Oasis, her first solo show since a cardiac crisis led to a quadruple amputation and a long recovery.

San Francisco, CA · 2d

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Petaluma to Honor WWII Centenarian Trio at Annual Veterans Day Parade

Three local World War II veterans—Del Turner, 99, Omaha Beach veteran Pete Ogburn, 101, and Pacific theater veteran Ted Moneymaker, 102—will lead this Wednesday’s Veterans Day Parade and Flyover in downtown Petaluma. The Peataluma Argus-Courier reports festivities begin at noon in Walnut Park with live music, followed...

Petaluma, CA · 20h

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Chantel Brooks' family hosts concert in Vallejo to raise funds for search

Chantel Brooks’ family is hosting a benefit concert in Vallejo on Sunday evening to raise money for the search. Performances start around 6 p.m. at Noble Studios on Solano Avenue. Chantel Brooks was last seen in a Fairfield CVS parking lot back in July. Police suspect foul play but...

Vallejo, CA · 2d

San Francisco Chronicle

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‘Incredibly striking’: Massive bronze sculpture offers S.F. an open-air prayer

A new 60-foot-wide crucifixion sculpture by Timothy Schmalz is on display at the St. Mary’s Cathedral plaza in San Francisco.

San Francisco, CA · 2d

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Knights of Molino Bring Their Debut to Mabuhay Gardens With Jane Wiedlin

Mabuhay Gardens’ return to music gave a Mill Valley middle-school punk trio a chance to play a stage with a long history in San Francisco music. The building began as a Filipino restaurant and nightclub before becoming a punk venue; after Mabuhay Gardens closed in 1987 and the space later hosted other uses, its 2025 return marked a revival of its musical roots, KQED reported.

San Francisco, CA · 1d

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Empty Berkeley Bookstore Reborn as Artist Studios, Rent Runs About $550

Zero Empty Spaces has turned the former Half Price Books storefront on Shattuck Avenue into a mix of artist workspaces and a retail marketplace. After the store sat empty for months, the organization divided the space into small studios where artists pay around $550 a month to make and sell their work. Its opening event included a ribbon-cutting, a pop-up exhibition and a musical performance; the group calls the Berkeley site its 35th location nationwide.

Berkeley, CA · 1d

San Francisco Examiner

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Handel oratorio, never performed in U.S., comes first to Bay Area

As his opera career was unraveling, George Frideric Handel composed an oratorio in London in the mid-18th century, inspired by John Dryden’s poem “Alexander’s Feast.” He traveled to Dublin shortly thereafter and created another version of the opus that premiered in 1742, though much of that score was lost to history. Until recently, there has been no Dublin version of “Alexander’s Feast” to perform due to its previously incomplete score, and the piece has never been seen in this country. But that will change this week when Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale presents the U.S. premiere of the Dublin version at Stanford’s Bing Concert Hall, San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre and Berkeley’s First Congregational Church. It took of years of intensive research and work by two men — renowned musicologist and leading Handel scholar Donald Burrows and PBO Music Director Peter Whelan — to recreate the score used for the Dublin version. Their painstaking work included the meticulous reconstruction of a lost aria that appears in the third part of the oratorio. “Handel’s conducting score, with revisions, inserted movements and singers’ names penciled in, plus the printed word-book from Dublin, existed only as layers of evidence,” said Whelan, who led the

San Francisco, CA · 1d

San Francisco Chronicle

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Zendaya buys vintage gold Rolex watch at Oakland market

A vintage watch seller said she was “really, really honored” that the actor purchased a $6,000 watch from her booth Saturday at the Oakland Vintage Market.

Oakland, CA · 1d

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Contra Costa County Scholars Bring Holiday Magic to the Stage in The Urban Nutcracker

PITTSBURG, Calif. — A holiday classic gets a vibrant new twist as Aspire Youth Engagement Programs presents The Urban Nutcracker: A Modern Holiday Classic, December 11–12, 2026, at the California Theatre in downtown Pittsburg. Featuring a 125-member cast of Contra Costa County scholars in kindergarten through 12th grade,...

Contra Costa County, CA · 2d

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New collection of works from elusive artist Banksy makes world premiere at this Bay Area venue

OAKLAND, Calif. - A newly curated exhibition featuring works by the elusive and internationally acclaimed anonymous street artist Banksy is making its world debut in Oakland this week. The Banksy Art Exhibit will open in a newly activated space at the historic Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts. "Known...

Oakland, CA · 1d

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Oakland Diwali festival celebrates South Asian culture, diversity and community

The Oakland Diwali festival brought hundreds together for a colorful celebration of South Asian culture, featuring dance performances, music and free food. Produced by City Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, the growing Festival of Lights aims to celebrate diversity and create a sense of belonging for people of all backgrounds.

Oakland, CA · 2d

Pleasanton Weekly

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Remembering ‘the Lipper,’ a local golf legend

In the Northern California golf circles, well, probably in an even bigger circle than NorCal, mention “the Lipper” and everyone knew who you were talking about. Born Dan Lippstreu on Dec. 11, 1941, Lipper was the head golf pro at Las Positas College for 35 years, becoming one of golf’s most respected people in the Bay Area.

Livermore, CA · 7h