PopSugar UK — If you're so obsessed with 13 Reasons Why that you're considering packing up and moving to the small town where the show takes place, we can help you. The show was shot entirely in Northern California, USA though not in the same location. The majori... more info

Stereogum — Back before he released his impressive Neffy Got Wings and Fresh Outta Space 3 mixtapes, the inventive and energetic young Vallejo, California rapper Nef The Pharaoh got locally famous thanks to “Big Tymin’,” a salute to the classic late-’90s... more info

Stereogum — The Vallejo, California rap legend E-40 has been making records for more than a quarter century, and he still cranks out dizzy, inventive, fun-as-hell rap music at a rate that should embarrass most of his much-younger peers. This guy has been on an i... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, the young Vallejo, California rapper Nef The Pharaoh landed in our Album Of The Week column for his playful, energetic Neffy Got Wings mixtape. And today, he’s followed that one up by releasing the new mixtape Fresh Outta Space 3... more info

Rolling Stone — Passenger, the singer-songwriter best known for his ubiquitous 2012 single, "Let Her Go," will release his seventh studio album, Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea, on September 23rd via Nettwerk. Passenger (Mike Rosenberg) co-produced the LP along... more info

New York Times — Vallejo Gantner, the artistic director of PS122 who will step down when a replacement is found, said, “You want to leave when the going’s good.” more info

Mercury News, California — Sean McGroarty, a Vacaville musician known as much for his volunteer work as his performing, died during a private gig Saturday night on Mare Island in Vallejo. He was 53. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — This may be the moment of #OscarsSoWhite, but one Los Angeles artist prefers to imagine it as the year of #OscarsSoBrown. Since 2011, Linda Vallejo has transformed found bits of Americana -- a Bob’s Big Boy statue or figurines of Elvis and Gary Co... more info

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