Green Day receives key to Bay Area city where punk-rock icons would ditch high school
We felt like we had a home” in Pinole, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong told a crowd of hundreds in front of the local 7-Eleven.
See Green Day return to Northern California town where band went to school, music was made
While lead vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong is originally from nearby Rodeo, California, Pinole is where much of Green Day’s music was shaped. Bassist Mike Dirnt, who was also grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and drummer Tre Cool joined Armstrong at the gathering.
Green Day receives key to the city in Bay Area hometown of Pinole
PINOLE, Calif. (KGO) -- One of the biggest rock bands to come out of the Bay Area was back in familiar territory on Sunday. Members of Green Day were in Pinole, their hometown, for a very special occasion. They received the key to the city in a ceremony ...
Green Day returns to Bay Area town where punk rockers went to school and 7-Eleven behind the music
While the punk rockers who make up Green Day are from nearby Rodeo, it was in Pinole among the Slurpees at 7-Eleven in the 1980s where the teens would gather on their way to and from Pinole Valley High School that would shape their music.
Green Day punk rockers return to their East Bay roots for top honors
The punk rock band Green Day returned home to the East Bay on Sunday to a roaring crowd of die-hard fans, not at a concert venue, but this time at a 7-Eleven in Pinole with a storied past.
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Pinole Police Chief Neil Gang retires after 36 years, leaving a legacy of reform, innovation
Pinole Police Chief of Police Neil Gang retired last week after spending 36 years in law enforcement. “It has been an honor ...
Pinole Chief of Police retires after 36 years
Pinole Police Chief of Police Neil Gang retired last week after spending 36 years in law enforcement. “It has been an honor ...
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'Gonna say some s—t tonight!': Rancid, Green Day rail against A's owner at SF show
Green Day's Saviors Tour made one of its last stops at SF's Oracle Park Friday night, the same night as the last A's Friday ...
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Why there is an exodus of Sweet Home leaders
City Council members have called out a colleague for taking to social media to oppose them and City Hall staff, with some ...
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Letters: Iron Horse Trail | Student housing | East Bay parks | Pinole Council | GOP and guns | Make a plan
I recently read the “Iron Horse Corridor Management Program — New & Emerging Mobility Modes in the Corridor Element” by the Iron Horse Corridor Management Program Advisory Committee. It was exciting ...
Chief Of Police Retires After 36 Years
Pinole Police Chief of Police Neil Gang retired last week after spending 36 years in law enforcement.
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Newsom taps Santa Rosa resident to lead Napa County veterans home, the largest in US
The appointment comes after the home’s administrator Lisa Peake announced in July she would be retiring from her role, after ...