Metallica are going into the California Hall of Fame

Metallica are going into the California Hall of Fame. Governor Gavin Newsom named the band in the hall's 20th class in November 2026. The ceremony is in December at the California Museum in Sacramento. Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt and Huey Lewis are in the same class. Metallica formed in Los Angeles in 1981, then moved to the Bay Area. L.A. band or Bay Area band? Sources: Blabbermouth (https://blabbermouth.net/news/metallica-to-be-inducted-into-california-hall-of-fame), Consequence (https://consequence.net/2026/11/metallica-california-hall-of-fame/), Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica) Photo: Mark Wainwright, CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/, edited