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Beloved annual Christmas music tradition returns to the Bay Area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:22 GMT

It’s Dave Koz’s name atop the marquee. Yet, the acclaimed saxophonist knows that he’s not the true star of the Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour.“The star of the show is Christmas — the holidays,” says Koz, who splits his time between Sausalito and Southern California.Koz and his tourmates are set to play eight shows in nine nights in California: Dec. 15-16 at Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts; Dec. 18 at McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert; Dec. 19 at Balboa Theatre in San Diego; Dec. 20 at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa; Dec. 21 at the San Jose Civic; Dec. 22 at the Tower Theatre in Fresno; and the tour-closing show on Dec. 23 at the Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto.Visit davekoz.com/tour for ticket information and other details about all concerts.Related ArticlesMusic | BottleRock announces big lineup for inaugural Festival La Onda in 2024 Music | Tower of Power plays hits, holiday tunes at Heritage Theatre Mus...

Christmas 2023: Here are 12 new holiday albums to enjoy this season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:22 GMT

Scan through the current holiday album charts and you might have a hard time believing that we are indeed in 2023.That’s because so many of the top sellers — to this very day — remain Christmas records that came out years, if not decades ago.We’re talking about such multiplatinum efforts as Michael Buble’s “Christmas” (released in 2011), NSYNC’s “Home for Christmas” (1998), Mariah Carey’s “Merry Christmas” (1994), the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965) and Nat King Cole’s “Christmas Song” (1960) — all of which ranked among the top 10 sellers when Billboard’s holiday album charts returned this season.We totally get it. Those are some of our favorites, too. (OK, maybe not the NSYNC one.)Yet, as much as we enjoy listening to Guaraldi’s “Christmas Time Is Here” and Johnny Mathis’ “Sleigh Ride” each December, we also dig hearing new Christmas releases as well.And there is never a shortage of new ones to choose from, as artists from all kinds of dif...

Santa Rosa firefighters respond to blaze at three-story apartment complex

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:22 GMT

(KRON) -- The Santa Rosa Fire Department is responding to a second-alarm fire at a three-story apartment complex midday Monday. Firefighters were dispatched at 11:20 a.m., according to Santa Rosa FD.The blaze was reported at the 1100 block of 4th Street and College Avenue, fire officials said. Seven engines, two ladder trucks, three chief officers and a number of fire investigators were assigned to the fire.Video taken at the scene by the fire department shows white smoke billowing out from a top-floor window and firefighters on the roof.KRON On is streaming live.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }Additional information regarding injuries, the cause or the number of residents potentially displaced was not immediately released.This is a developing story.

Oakland Ballers schedule for 2024 announced

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:22 GMT

(KRON) -- Oakland's newest professional sports team has announced the schedule for its inaugural season. The Oakland Ballers baseball team, which will play in the Pioneer League, will play 96 games in a season split into two 48-game halves, the team announced Monday.The ballers will open the season on the road in Kalispell, Montana when they face the Glacier Range Riders on May 21. The team's first 12 games will all be on the road. Places with the lowest cost of living in California: study The Ballers home opener in Oakland will be on June 4 against a yet-to-be announced Northern California expansion team. That match-up "will likely be the start of a great regional rivalry," the team said.KRON On is streaming live news now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }All in all, ...

Woman found dead inside San Jose home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:22 GMT

(KRON) -- San Jose police officers found a woman's body inside a home on Thelma Way Sunday afternoon. The woman's death triggered a homicide investigation.San Jose Police Department Sgt. Jorge Garibay said officers were called to the home at 5:16 p.m. to investigate a "a possible deceased person." "Upon arrival, officers located an adult female with obvious signs of physical trauma," Garibay wrote. "The motive and circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation."The victim's identity will be released by the Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office after her family is notified of her death.KRON On is streaming live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }SJPD said the case is San Jose's 31st homicide of 2023. Anyone with information is asked to contact SJPD Homici...

3 San Jose residents who allegedly ran drug, illegal gambling house arrested

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:22 GMT

(KRON) -- A months-long investigation into a suspected illegal gambling house resulted in the arrests of its primary operators, the San Jose Police Department announced Monday. The suspects, identified as 51-year-old Thuy Pham, 46-year-old Xuan Nguyen and 37-year-old Vu Nguyen, face multiple firearm and drug-related charges in addition to operating an illegal gambling establishment.San Jose investigators learned that a residence on 2800 block of Garden Avenue was a front for illegal gambling and “served as a base for drug sales and illegal possession of firearms,” SJPD said.KRON On is streaming live.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }A search warrant was obtained for the home and served by police on Nov. 30 at around 6:30 a.m., authorities said. Thirty-four people were in...

Every NFL team throws in an occasional clunker. The Steelers picked a poor time for theirs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:22 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin laughed. Then he bit his tongue.Asked if he could describe a bafflingly flat 24-10 loss to Arizona on Sunday in one word, the longtime Pittsburgh Steelers coach smiled, let out a somewhat sarcastic chuckle, and cautioned that he needed to watch what he said before settling on “subpar.”That’s one word for it.Here’s another. Well actually, here are two: poorly timed.The NFL regular season is a grind both physically and mentally, particularly for a team such as the Steelers that engages in rock fights weekly. Upsets happen every Sunday (or Monday, or Thursday). No team — no matter how good — is immune.Flat spots happen. They are unavoidable. It’s one of the reasons the 1972 Miami Dolphins pop champagne every year when the last unbeaten team falls.Yet the Steelers had thought they’d gotten their mystifying no-show out of the way in Houston in Week 4, a loss that looking back doesn’t seem nearly as bad now as it did in the momen...

Virginia officials certify 2023 legislative election results, other electoral contests

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:22 GMT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s State Board of Elections voted unanimously to certify the 2023 legislative elections and other electoral contests during a meeting Monday in Richmond. After brief remarks from Department of Elections staff and without any debate, the board took its vote, effectively signing off on the results. Democrats held their Senate majority in November and flipped control of the House of Delegates. The leaders of the two major state parties were on hand for the meeting. In remarks afterward to reporters, they said they wanted to convey their confidence in Virginia’s elections system at a time when polling shows many Americans remain critical about the state of U.S. democracy.“I’m satisfied with the way the election was administered, and the ultimate tabulations that were done, and the final determinations and the certification today,” said Rich Anderson, chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia. Susan Swecker, chairwoman of the state Democratic P...

Prince George’s Co. officer charged with murder in 2020 cruiser shooting testifies in his own defense

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:22 GMT

The first Prince George’s County, Maryland, police officer ever charged with murder while in the line of duty took the stand Monday in his own defense.After nearly four years, this was the first time that Cpl. Michael Owen had ever put his version of what happened on the record. He’s charged with murder in the death of 43-year-old William Green, who was handcuffed and sitting in Owen’s squad car when he was shot six times in January 2020.At the time, Green had been arrested for driving under the influence of PCP after crashing into several vehicles in the Temple Hills area.On the stand Monday in a Prince George’s County Circuit Court, Owen said in the matter of a few moments, Green began getting belligerent and combative, lifting himself and bouncing up and down in the front seat of Owen’s cruiser. He then repeatedly slammed into the officer. At the time, Owen said he was 6 feet 3 inches tall and close to 280 pounds, and that Green wasn’t much sma...

Julia Roberts rompe el silencio sobre la “devastadora” muerte de Matthew Perry

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:22 GMT

(CNN) –– Julia Roberts habló durante una entrevista de su exnovio Matthew Perry, fallecido protagonista de “Friends”.Estrellas de “Friends” rompen su silencio tras la muerte de Matthew Perry: “Estamos todos absolutamente devastados”En conversación con “Entertainment Tonight”, la actriz reflexionó sobre la pérdida de Perry, quien falleció en octubre a los 54 años.Quién era Matthew Perry, el adorable y sarcástico Chandler de “Friends”“La muerte repentina de alguien tan joven es devastadora”, dijo Roberts. “Creo que, ya sabes, nos ayuda a todos a apreciar lo que tenemos y a seguir adelante de manera positiva lo mejor que podamos”, añadió.Roberts y Perry salieron durante unos tres meses en la década de 1990, cuando la actriz participó como estrella invitada en “Friends”. Perry escribió sobre su breve romance con Roberts en su autobiografía “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing”.“L...