​Green Day’s caffeine-fueled homecoming weekend in the Bay Area
Sunday marked the Oakland neighborhood’s 29th Day of the Dead street fair.
Photos: Estefany Gonzalez Text: Natalie Orenstein 
For The Oaklandside ​
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Alissa Ortiz, 15, right, waits for Green Day to arrive at 7-Eleven on Pinole Valley Road in Pinole on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

Fans wait for Green Day to arrive at 7-Eleven on Pinole Valley Road in Pinole on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

People sit and stand on top of their cars in the parking lot next to the 7-Eleven on Pinole Valley Road in Pinole on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

The members of Green Day greet their fans at 7-Eleven on Pinole Valley Road in Pinole on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

Billie Joe Armstrong speaks at 7-Eleven on Pinole Valley Road in Pinole on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

Christina Kellens, 26, center, and friend Whitney Boyle, 34, cheer as Pinole Mayor Maureen Toms presents Green Day with the Key to the City of Pinole at 7-Eleven on Pinole Valley Road in Pinole on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

Mike Dirnt strikes a pose as a commemorative plaque reading "At the center of the earth in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven….Billie, Mike and Tre were here," is unveiled at 7-Eleven on Pinole Valley Road in Pinole on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

Mike Dirnt, left, speaks outside of 7-Eleven on Pinole Valley Road in Pinole on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

The members of Green Day spin a mural with spray paint at 7-Eleven on Pinole Valley Road in Pinole on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

Angela Moore, 31, holds out a “Dookie” record as she spots the members of Green Day approaching the barricade at 7-Eleven on Pinole Valley Road in Pinole on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

Mike Dirnt, right, autographs a sign Lucymarie Olivares made at 7-Eleven on Pinole Valley Road in Pinole on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. Olivares, 15, traveled from Fresno with her family to attend the event.