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Devo returns: ‘We are kind of like the house band on the Titanic’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:41 GMT

Devo is celebrating a half century of de-evolution in 2023, bringing its wild and artsy brand of new wave/punk music – which still sounds avant garde lo these many years later – on a tour that includes multiple California dates.The band performs Nov. 2 at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium; Nov. 3 at Vina Robles Amphitheatre in Paso Robles; Nov. 5 and 14 at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco; Nov. 11-12 at the Sound in Del Mar; Nov. 16 at YouTube Theater in Inglewood; and Nov. 18 with New Order, The Human League, Tears for Fears and many other top ‘80s acts at the mammoth Darker Waves festival in Huntington Beach. (For information on all shows, visit clubdevo.com.)Devo is supporting the newly released career retrospective “50 Years of De-Evolution,” which is available at Rhino.com.I recently had a chance to chat with founding member and vocalist-bassist-songwriter Gerald “Jerry” Casale about the band, which got its start in the Kent State University/Akron, Ohio area in 1973.Casal...

Amazing vocalist Lauren Daigle brings concert tour to Northern California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:41 GMT

Lauren Daigle is back with another terrific album.The self-titled set — which was released in two parts, spaced out by four months earlier this year — is the amazing vocalist’s fourth consecutive platter to hit No. 1 the Christian album charts.Previous chart-toppers include a pair of platinum-certified success stories — 2015’s “How Can It Be” and 2018’s “Look Up Child” — as well as the wonderful seasonal offering “Behold: A Christmas Collection.” (The latter possesses one of the greatest version of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” that we’ve ever heard.)The first single from the album is the memorable “Thank God I Do,” which also managed to take the top spot on the Christian music charts.Daigle is supporting the eponymous outing with a major road show — dubbed the Kaleidoscope Tour — which includes a stop on Nov. 14 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. Showtim...

Wobbly downtown Oakland office market torpedoes tower project plan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:41 GMT

OAKLAND — A wobbly office market in downtown Oakland has prompted a veteran developer to ditch plans for a proposed office tower and instead sell the project site to an East Bay nonprofit.The 11-story downtown Oakland office tower was being planned for a site at 2406 Webster Street, a prime location near Lake Merritt and on the edges of the city’s bustling and trendy Uptown district.The highrise would have totaled roughly 157,000 square feet, according to documents on file with Oakland city planners. That would have consisted of 147,000 square feet of office space and 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail.Signature Development obtained final city approval from Oakland city officials for its tower project in 2021.The veteran real estate firm, whose projects include Brooklyn Basin, a dramatic transformation of the Oakland waterfront, had proposed the Webster Street tower project in 2019.2019, however, wound up being the year before the 2020 outbreak of the coronavirus,...

Green Day announces huge concert lineup for latest stadium tour

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:41 GMT

Green Day has announced a massive 2024 tour.And the East Bay act — featuring Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool — will have some mighty cool company for the road show, with Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid and The Linda Lindas signed up as the support acts in North America and Nothing But Thieves, The Hives, Donots, The Interrupters and Maid of Ace setting the table in the United Kingdom and Europe.Green Day’s The Saviors Tour — in support of the soon-to-released album of the same name — begins its North American run on July 29 at Nationals Park in Washington, DC and includes a stop in San Francisco.The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is set to perform Sept. 20 at the home of the San Francisco Giants — Oracle Park.“We’ve never been more excited to unleash new music than with Saviors, a record that’s meant to be rocked live, together. So let’s thrash. We’ve got some amazing friends who are coming along for the ride!” Green Day said in a news release...

San Francisco home invaders still on the loose

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:41 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A group of robbers who carried out a San Francisco home invasion is still at-large one month later. The violent robbery happened just after 3 a.m. on the 200 block of Santos Street on October 2.Police said four thieves armed with firearms broke into the house and assaulted a victim. The group stole "numerous items from the house, as well as two vehicles," according to the San Francisco Police Department. The victim was treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to contact SFPD at 415-575-4444.

San Jose water main breaks, 24 customers impacted

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:41 GMT

(KRON) -- A water main broke in San Jose overnight, resulting in impacts for 24 customers, according to San Jose Water. The utility responded to a code three water main break on Martha Street at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, according to a spokesperson. Boarded-up San Jose home shown in realtor’s viral video sold for $780K A 12-inch cast iron main ruptured, resulting in traffic delays and "significant cleanup," the utility said. Crews are currently on the scene.Repairs are not estimated to be complete until about 6 p.m. Cleanup will likely continue into the night, according to SJ Water.Video from the scene showed a truck being towed out of what appeared to be a sinkhole.

Jewish parents pen letter to Berkeley school district demanding better student protection

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:41 GMT

(KRON) -- Parents of Jewish students sent a letter to the Berkeley Unified School District Wednesday demanding that the district do more to for "students' physical and psychological safety in school." The letter, which was attached to a petition with over 800 signatures, stated that since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, Jewish students had been subject to increased antisemitic comments from other students."We are dismayed, disappointed and frightened by the district's lack of care for our students' physical and psychological safety in school since the October 7 terrorist attacks, which killed more Jews than in any moment in our history since the Holocaust," the letter read. Boarded-up San Jose home shown in realtor’s viral video sold for $780K Since the Hamas attack, Jewish students in Berkeley schools have been subject to calls to "kill the Jews" or "eliminate Israel," the letter said. Non-Jewish students have also reportedly asked Jewish students what "their number is," in an...

School board candidate in Fairfax Co. back on the ballot after’s judge’s ruling

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:41 GMT

Follow WTOP’s coverage of the Virginia elections.The Fairfax County Office of Elections “requalified” Franconia District school board candidate Marcia C. St. John-Cunning after a new ruling about her campaign Wednesday.“This decision is justice for the 3,000 residents who already exercised their constitutional right to vote. More than that, it upholds my platform where every student, parent, and FCPS educator in every zip code counts,” St. John-Cunning said in a statement.Marcia is back on the ballot! Vote for her normally by filling in the bubble next to her PRINTED name! pic.twitter.com/CrDBZIVXhE— Fairfax Democrats (@FairfaxDems) November 2, 2023St. John-Cunning was disqualified Oct. 25 — just a few weeks before the Nov. 7 election — by a Fairfax County Circuit Court judge. As first reported by FFXnow, the judge’s order invalidated some of the signatures St. John-Cunning’s campaign had gathered to support her candidacy, because some of the paperwork ...

Sale of federal oil and gas leases in Gulf of Mexico off again pending hearings on whale protections

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:41 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An upcoming sale of federal Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases was officially postponed Thursday amid legal fights over protections for an endangered species of whale. A federal appellate panel last week paused a separate appeals panel’s order that the sale be held next Wednesday. Oil industry advocates had pressed President Joe Biden’s administration to go ahead with the sale anyway. But the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it was postponing the event because of the legal uncertainties heading into a Nov. 13 appeals court hearing. The lease sale, called for in 2022 climate legislation that was part of the Inflation Reduction Act, was announced earlier this year. The available tracts covered a broad area of Gulf waters off the coasts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. It was originally scheduled for Sept. 27. But BOEM announced in August that it was scaling back the amount of acreage oil companies would be allowed to bid on from 73 mill...

Top-ranked Georgia braces for SEC East challenge from No. 14 Missouri

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:41 GMT

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — No. 14 Missouri (7-1, 3-1 SEC, No. 12 College Football Playoff) at No. 1 Georgia (8-0, 5-0, No. 2 CFP), 3:30 p.m. ET (CBS).Line: Georgia by 15 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.Series record: Georgia leads 11-1.WHAT’S AT STAKE?The winner will have command of the SEC East. Georgia could make a stronger case for the top spot in the second CFP ranking with a win while Missouri could improve the best CFP ranking in school history. Two-time defending national champion Georgia will put its 25-game winning streak on the line as well as its streak of 35 consecutive regular-season wins and 23-game home winning streak. A win would Missouri the tie-breaker advantage with Georgia in the battle for a spot in the SEC championship game. The Bulldogs had to rally from a 10-point deficit to win at Missouri 26-22 last season. KEY MATCHUPMissouri’s red-zone offense vs. Georgia’s scoring defense. The Tigers’ 97.1% success rate in the red zone is the best in the n...