It’s an annual tradition for the Cal band to visit The Chronicle newsroom ahead of the weekend’s Big Game. “Big treat,” my friend and former colleague reporter Peter Fimrite wrote on his Facebook page, while offering a video of this afternoon’s visit. It was a welcome relief from the barrage of fire reporting. (Our son’s school is closed tomorrow, along with others in Northern California because of the smoke from the fires).
The video is HERE. An older YouTube version (for those who don’t use Facebook) is HERE.
Jeff Pelline's Sierra Foothills Report 
Cal-Stanford game postponed for a week due to poor air quality: https://www.sfchronicle.com/collegesports/article/Big-Game-postponed-for-first-time-in-55-years-13399490.php