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BIA is Really Her

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:10:55 GMT

BIA is Really Her: Boston-born, L.A.-based rapper BIA brings the Really Her tour to her new hometown this week, and she’s joined by two other awesome female hip-hop stars — Lakeyah and Lebra Jolie. “BIA’s bars are powered by her hard-won self-assurance,” reads her bio. “The Boston-bred platinum international music star has hustled for years to create her own brand of narratively rich and emotional music, and though she has all eyes on her now, she possessed the same confidence even when nobody was watching.” Now, people are watching.“That conviction informs her Timbaland-produced new single, ‘I’M THAT BITCH,’ as well as two more show-stopping singles on the way,” it continues. “BIA originally came up in Boston, and at 14, she was hanging around battle rappers in the studio. Before long, she opened on tours for Ariana Grande and Pusha T. She generated even more momentum with the EP For Certain, her Epic Records debut in December 2020. Come July 2021, she...

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Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:10:55 GMT

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

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:10:55 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 Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:10:55 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 Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:10:55 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 Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:10:55 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 Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:10:55 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 Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:10:55 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 Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:10:55 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 Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:10:55 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 ...