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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 · 11h

San Francisco Chronicle

‘We’re a bunch of weirdos up in here’: A shuttered Bay Area venue gets new life

Bay Area concert producers Heavy Lemon and the nonprofit Crossthread plan to reopen San Jose’s Black Cat Licorice Theater as a music venue next year.

San Jose, CA · 2d

hoodline.com

San Rafael Approves Phase 1 Design Contract for $105M Albert Park Library Project

San Rafael's City Council voted 5-0 this week to approve a Phase 1 progressive design-build contract for a long-awaited new library and community center at Albert Park, a project city officials estimate will ultimately cost about $105 million. The contract covers design, engagement and permitting; construction is in Phase 2 and requires a later Guaranteed Maximum Price amendment and bond-financing authorization. The council also approved a project labor agreement the same night, locking in local-hire provisions before any ground is broken.

San Rafael, CA · 1d

Eater

Let’s Get Ready to Thanksgiving

I know we’re all still shaking off the triple whammy of Halloween, fall time change, AND elections, but I’m here today as a responsible food person to remind you that we are just 20 days out from Thanksgiving, which falls on Thursday, November 26. I do not wish...

San Francisco, CA · 2d

everything-everywhere.com

The History of San Francisco

Few cities in the world have experienced as many dramatic transformations as one American city on the Pacific coast. What began as a small colonial outpost became a boomtown almost overnight, attracting fortune seekers from around the world. It would endure devastating earthquakes, catastrophic fires, economic upheavals, and cultural revolutions,...

NBC Bay Area

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 · 16h

rwcpulse.com

Camping on the Banks of San Mateo Creek

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The De Anza Expedition Camp marks a historical stopover: a temporary campsite established by the Anza Expedition in 1776 near San Mateo Creek during their journey to establish the San Francisco Presidio and Mission. Captain Juan Bautista de Anza led the expedition, which included families, soldiers, and priests.

San Francisco, CA · 2d

KQED

In Vallejo, a Benefit Concert Raises Funds for the Missing Sister of an SF Rapper

Local hip-hop stars show up for Kevin Robinson as he searches for his missing sister, Chantel Brooks. Chantel Brooks has been missing for four months. Brooks, 37, was last seen on surveillance footage getting into her car in the parking lot of a Fairfield CVS in the early morning hours of July 17. Since her disappearance, her family has worked relentlessly to keep her story at the forefront of people’s minds.

Vallejo, CA · 2d

San Francisco Chronicle

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.

Silicon Valley

Napa native investing love and money into Napa nightlife

A lifetime ago, as a teenager attending Vintage High School, John Truchard was more interested in farming than in music and art. Fast forward to today, and some consider him the King of Napa nightlife. The nickname is not hyperbole; over the last decade, Truchard has emerged as the face...

Napa, CA · 3d

hoodline.com

Oakland's Diwali Bash Draws Crowds to Jack London Square for Free Food, Dancing

Families packed into Block15 near Jack London Square this weekend for Oakland's fourth annual Diwali festival, a free celebration of food, music and dance that organizers say has grown into one of the city's bigger cultural draws. By 6 p.m. a line had already formed at the door, with the event running until 10 p.m. Saturday night, according to NBC Bay Area.

Oakland, CA · 23h

sfstandard.com

‘It doesn’t pencil’: The brutal math of why developers won’t build in SF

Rents are soaring and homes sell for millions over asking. So why can’t developers make the numbers work?. San Francisco needs more housing. Almost everyone agrees on that. But before a single shovel hits the ground, a project has to “pencil out,” and right now, almost nothing does.

San Francisco, CA · 3d

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Playing The Dead Announces November & December Shows

The spirit of the Grateful Dead is alive and well in Northern California, and Playing The Dead is helping keep the music moving forward with a series of performances throughout November and December. From the historic streets of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood to the coastal community of Pacifica and the Mystic Theatre in Petaluma, the band is bringing the music of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead to familiar gathering places for Bay Area music lovers.

San Francisco, CA · 3d

SFGate

SF architectural wonder Gallery House didn't even have time to hit the market

As local Pokemon Go players already knew, the property is a showstopper.

San Francisco Chronicle

Taylor Mac was the theatrical election celebration that San Francisco craved

“Tender Heart Revolution” is a book tour in concert form for “Bark of Millions: Queer Songs for the Living Library of the Deviant Theme.”

sonomastatestar.com

Lyle Lovett and his small band brought charming music to SSU

Thursday, October 29th the Texas-born artist a beautiful blend of folks, jazz, blues, and country music to SSU. Dressed in their typical dark dress suits, Lyle Lovett and his band jammed away under the warm stage lights! The band featured a piano, sax, bass, acoustic guitars, and his supporting vocalist. Together, they created a rich and vibrant musical sound while still maintaining the intimate environment that is associated with Lovett’s small band performances.

Rohnert Park, CA · 2d

San Francisco Chronicle

‘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 · 15h

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F.’s Elizabeth Holmes look-alike contest: Turtlenecks, lipstick and laughter

A contest to find the doppelgängers of disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and filmmaker Nathan Fielder drew hundreds of people to San Francisco’s Lafayette Park.

San Francisco Chronicle

Billie Joe Armstrong reunites with Pinhead Gunpowder for rare sold-out S.F. show

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong reunited with Pinhead Gunpowder for a rare San Francisco performance that thrilled longtime punk fans.

San Francisco, CA · 19h

San Francisco Chronicle