Robin Williams, Metallica, Huey Lewis, Nancy Pelosi and a long list of other Bay Area cultural and political figures will be inducted into the 2026 California Hall of Fame.
The 20th class of inductees consists of artists, athletes, business leaders, activists and entertainers, with a particularly strong local contingent. That includes former San Francisco Giants star Barry Bonds, civil rights advocate Betty Reid Soskin, San Francisco chef Dominique Crenn, artist Shepard Fairey, author Maxine Hong Kingston and Esprit and North Face co-founder Susie Tompkins Buell, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced Thursday, Nov. 12.
The honorees will be formally inducted in December at a ceremony at the California Museum in Sacramento…