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Oakland's Crybaby Set to Close as PG&E Issues El Niño Outage Warning

Uptown Oakland music venue Crybaby will close at the end of November, PG&E advises rural Bay Area residents to prepare for two-day winter storm outages, and Bay FC goalkeeper Jordan Silkowitz is a finalist for top NWSL honors.

By East Bay Post
Published November 11, 2026 at 10:13 PM PST · 2 min read

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Uptown Oakland's live music landscape, regional utility storm preparedness, and Bay Area professional soccer produced three notable updates on Wednesday as nightclub Crybaby announced its upcoming closure, PG&E warned rural residents of multi-day winter power outages, and Bay FC goalkeeper Jordan Silkowitz contended for top National Women's Soccer League honors.

In Uptown Oakland, KTVU FOX 2 reported that Crybaby, the music venue and nightclub located at 1928 Telegraph Avenue across from the Fox Theater, announced Tuesday on Instagram that it will close at the end of November. The club opened in 2022 inside the space formerly occupied by the Uptown Nightclub, which shut its doors in 2020. In its farewell message, Crybaby thanked the DJs, artists, dancers, promoters, and staff who filled the venue over the past four years and invited patrons to attend its remaining November shows before the final curtain.

Across the broader region, KCBS Radio reported that Pacific Gas and Electric Company issued a winter weather warning advising Bay Area residents—particularly those living in rural communities—to prepare for extended power outages lasting up to two days as El Niño storms move across Northern California. Ahead of the first weekend storm system, North Bay oyster farmers also accelerated harvests to bring shellfish out of the water before heavy runoff arrives.

On the soccer pitch, ABC7 News reported that Bay FC goalkeeper Jordan Silkowitz, who wears number 29, was nominated for the 2026 NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year award alongside Ann-Katrin Berger of NJ/NY Gotham FC and Jane Campbell of the Houston Dash. Silkowitz recorded 115 saves during the regular season—the second-highest single-season total in NWSL history and making her only the seventh goalkeeper in league history to reach 100 saves in a single campaign—while ranking second in the league in goals prevented at 5.71. Fan voting closed at 5 p.m. PT on November 11, and the winner will be unveiled during the NWSL Awards broadcast on November 18 on ESPN2.

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Oakland's Crybaby Set to Close as PG&E Issues El Niño Outage Warning

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