.849 — Opposing left-handed hitters’ OPS against Matsui in 2025, up from .673 as a rookie in 2024. Matsui had rather even splits in his first year in the majors (.659 OPS against righties), but he ...

Internationally acclaimed pianist, composer and humanitarian Keiko Matsui is performing at the Bankhead Theater in Livermore on Nov. 21, 2025. (Courtesy LVA) Before we get too swept up in the upcoming ...

Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...

Listen to 48 tracks that broke new artists, blew apart genres and revived beloved sounds. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica On the one hand, living in an environment in which sounds ...

On first listen, “total euphoria” sounds like the product of eight people playing completely out of sync with one another. The drums enter and exit the mix of their own accord; the guitars speed up ...

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where your next favorite song was coming from. Some of the year’s best songs were ...

Most people who grew up in the 1990s remember Free Willy, the feel-good movie that convinced millions that a whale could gain freedom from captivity if only given the chance. For a generation, it ...

After months of voters calling, begging — and even protesting — for it, Sacramento Rep. Doris Matsui finally held an in-person town hall meeting with a few hundred of her constituents. Matsui, 81, ...

There is no platonic definition of a good cover version of a well-loved song. A good cover can be an enthusiastic celebration of the original, a rendition that highlights the very things that stir ...

ON MONDAY. AFTER GETTING TURNED AWAY ON TWO SEPARATE VISITS TO AN IMMIGRATION FACILITY IN SACRAMENTO IN RECENT WEEKS, FEDERAL AUTHORITIES GRANTED ACCESS TO CONGRESSWOMAN DORIS MATSUI ON HER THIRD ...

Congresswoman Doris Matsui holds a press conference outside the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse in Sacramento on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, after being denied entry to U.S. Immigration and Customs ...