BY XAVIER JOHNSON Cal’s nightmarish October came to an end with a 42-24 defeat against the 8th-ranked Oregon Ducks (7-1, 5-0) Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium, extending the Golden Bears losing streak to four. Cal (3-5, 1-4), entered the matchup with Oregon on a skid, losing to Washington, Washington St, …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Returning to the scene of some of his most memorable moments from a half century career in music, renowned Heartbreaker Mike Campbell stepped foot on The Fillmore stage for the first time as frontman Tuesday night with the Dirty Knobs before a near sell out crowd. Best …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The Golden State Warriors opened their pursuit of the fifth championship of the Steve Kerr era with a commanding 123-109 win over the Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday night at Chase Center. The Warriors were out of sync at times with both Klay Thompson and Draymond Green on …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The Athletics ended a dismal season on a positive note Wednesday, defeating the Los Angeles Angels 3–2 at the Coliseum to complete a three game sweep behind a story book conclusion to catcher Stephen Vogt’s final game before retirement. Long ago eliminated from the pennant chase and …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The San Francisco 49ers continued their regular season mastery over the Los Angeles Rams with a 24-9 win at Levi’s Stadium Monday night. The Niners held the vaunted Rams offense to just three Matt Gay field goals and 257 total yards, pressuring Matthew Stafford 17 times while …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER There’s not a lot of bands out there that can still fill arenas around the world in spite of only putting out two new studio albums in the past four decades. But you can certainly count The Who on that shortest of lists.   Soldiering on after …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Reunited for a 50th Anniversary tour and performing in San Francisco for the first time since a pair of 1972 dates at Winterland, Roxy Music left no doubt that their British flair still transcends universal borders during their set at Chase Center Monday night. Forty years after …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The A’s wrapped up their last regularly scheduled home stand of the season with a 13-4 shellacking at the hands of the New York Mets Sunday afternoon at the Coliseum. Three time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (11-4, 2.13) got the win, the 201st of his …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Four decades after riding the wave of the MTV generation to challenge The Beatles for mass adulation, Duran Duran gave a career spanning performance to the delight of a near sold out crowd at Chase Center Sunday evening. Touring in support of their 15th studio album Future …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Reunited and returning to the stage of Berkeley’s Greek Theatre for the first time since 2008, rock legend Robert Plant and the wildly diverse Alison Krauss put on a performance to remember Sunday evening. Touring in support of last fall’s Raise the Roof, a belated follow-up to …