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Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Great America will close after a 2027 Farewell Season

Plus, San Jose declares an El Niño emergency and the PWHL team gets its name, the Sea Lions.

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California's Great America will close for good after a 2027 Farewell Season

Great America's final season follows a 2022 land sale

  1. March 1976California's Great America opens in Santa Clara.
  2. 2022 buys the park's land for $310 million and leases it back.
  3. 2024Cedar Fair and merge.
  4. Nov. 6Six Flags announces 2027 will be the Farewell Season.
  5. March 2027The park will reopen for its Farewell Season.
  6. Sept. 2027The park's final day of operation will be Labor Day.

Sources: The Korea Daily, Local News Matters

If Great America is on your someday list, someday is next summer. announced Friday that 2027 will be the Santa Clara park's Farewell Season, and the final day of operation will be Labor Day, Sept. 6.

The park's 112 acres were sold in 2022 to for $310 million, and the park has leased the land since. Six Flags decided against extending that lease, which was set to expire in mid-2028.

Great America sits on 112 acres that sold for $310 million

$310 million
paid for the park's land in 2022
112 acres
of land the park sits on
9
roller coasters
40+
attractions in all

Sources: The Korea Daily, Local News Matters

  • Farewell Season opens: March 2027
  • Water park: included among the more than 40 attractions
  • Lease extension option: mid-2033, which Six Flags won't use
  • Farewell Season event schedule: not released yet

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San Jose declares a state of emergency ahead of El Niño

If you've been eyeing the forecast, the city has too. The San Jose City Council declared a state of emergency ahead of El Niño, which lets the city activate resources and preparedness efforts before storms arrive.

“It's a matter of getting ahead of the situation, rather than being behind it.”

Ray Riordan, director of San Jose's Office of Emergency Management

Cal Fire, the Red Cross, PG&E and the city's emergency office met Tuesday. Nobody knows yet when or how big the storms will be. Cal Fire Unit Chief Marcus Hernandez said the South Bay did not see any big fires this summer that could have created burn scars. PG&E meteorologists said the region had 15 atmospheric rivers in a two-and-a-half month period in 2023.

15atmospheric rivers in a two-and-a-half month stretch in 2023

PG&E meteorologists gave the count, and officials at the roundtable pointed to the 2023 season as a lesson.

Sources: ABC7 Bay Area, NBC Bay Area

  • City response levels: 1, 2 or 3, with 24-hour staffing
  • PG&E forecasting: four days and 10 days out
  • Red Cross: says volunteers will be critical

Four agencies are preparing for El Niño in their own ways

AgencyWhat it said
San Jose Office of Emergency ManagementResponse plans for major departments
PG&ECrews and resources staged for outages
Cal Fire Santa Clara UnitNo big South Bay fires this summer
Red CrossVolunteers will be critical

Sources: ABC7 Bay Area, NBC Bay Area

News Notes

Hockey

San Jose's new team is now the San Jose Sea Lions, unveiled Tuesday. The team's first home game at SAP Center is Dec. 5. "I don't know what it is about San Jose and naming our hockey teams after sea creatures," Mayor Matt Mahan joked at the event. The league grows from eight to 12 teams, with Detroit, Vegas and Hamilton also joining. NBC Bay AreaKRON4

Sharks

In Monday's 3-2 shootout win over the New York Islanders, Yaroslav Askarov stopped all eight Islanders shootout attempts, a franchise record. The old mark was seven, set by Martin Jones on Nov. 19, 2019. The Sharks had lost five in a row heading into Monday. They host the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight at 7 p.m. at SAP Center, and tickets start at $49. San Jose Hockey NowSharks Hockey DigestVivid Seats

Askarov's eight shootout saves topped the old Sharks record of seven

Source: San Jose Hockey Now

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Jones, Nov. 19, 20197 saves

Soccer

Bay FC's Jordan Silkowitz is one of three nominees for NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year. Her 115 saves are the second most ever in a single season. ABC7 Bay Area

Waymo

Waymo is expanding further into the South Bay, spokesperson Mark Lewis said, as part of the company's effort to serve more riders across the Bay Area. SFGATE

PG&E

PG&E has assembled a task force to analyze potential severe winter weather impacts. Tyler Gayski oversees electric operations across Milpitas, San Jose and Gilroy, an area serving 1.4 million customers. CBS San Francisco

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Cleaning out the attic usually turns up old holiday decorations. Alice Cooper's version is the Alice's Attic Tour, which lands at San Jose Civic on Wed., Nov. 18. His catalog runs from "School's Out" and "Billion Dollar Babies" to "Poison," and last year's album reuniting the original band's surviving members for the first time on a full-length since 1973. Class is never dismissed.

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  3. Tues., Nov. 1049ers beat the Raiders 38-17 as Great America sets its final season
  4. Mon., Nov. 9Great America will close for good after Labor Day 2027
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Great America will close after a 2027 Farewell Season

Plus, San Jose declares an El Niño emergency and the PWHL team gets its name, the Sea Lions.

The TLDR

  1. Great America will close for good after a 2027 Farewell Season
  2. San Jose declares a state of emergency ahead of El Niño
  3. San Jose's PWHL team is officially the Sea Lions
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