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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...
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Family of Chantel Brooks Keeps Search Alive With Benefit Concert, Upcoming SF Vigil
A benefit concert in Vallejo brought together Bay Area musicians and supporters Sunday to help fund the search for Chantel Brooks, who went missing in July, as her family prepares for a candlelight vigil outside her former SF workplace. The “Bring Chantel Home Benefit” concert took place at Noble Cinema...
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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).
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Remember Skitzo’s green-slime antics on ‘The Jerry Springer Show’? The band is back in Petaluma
When Lance Ozanix unleashed Skitzo on Sonoma County in 1981, the Bay Area thrash metal scene was gaining speed. But the band, led by Ozanix, had ambitions beyond playing faster and louder. From the start, Skitzo embraced a theatrical strain of heavy metal, building a reputation for outrageous stage shows, shifting lineups and a frontman whose signature trick — projectile-vomiting bright green slime — became part of the band’s underground legend.
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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.
Alameda Post
Techs on Decks Returns to the USS Hornet on November 14
It’s that time again! Step aboard the USS Hornet for the third annual Techs on Decks, a celebration of sea, air, and space innovation on November 14, the anniversary of the Apollo 12 Moon landing—the Hornet was the recovery ship for that mission.
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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...
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An Improv Comedy School Just Opened at a Highly Unusual Spot in Orinda
ORINDA, CALIFORNIA — Most people head to Orinda Theatre Square to catch a movie, grab dinner or meet friends for a drink. But now, there’s another reason to visit the downtown shopping center: learning how to make people laugh. Lamorinda Improv Theater, known as LIT, has opened a...
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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.