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March miracle? California home prices rebound 7.6%

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:24 GMT

The “Looking Glass” ponders economic and real estate trends through two distinct lenses: the optimist’s “glass half-full” and the pessimist’s “glass half-empty.”Buzz: California home prices rebounded 7.6% in March, as recently lower mortgage rates gave house hunters some added buying power.Source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at the monthly sales report from the California Association of Realtors, which tracks closed transactions involving existing single-family houses. The association’s data reach back to 1990.Debate: Is the housing market finding a bottom after the California bubble burst last year?Glass half-fullMarch’s statewide median price was $791,490, up 7.6% from February. This price benchmark had fallen eight out of the previous nine months.But it’s no miracle turnabout. March is usually a strong buying month. Prices have averaged 5.7% gains in this month since 1990 – and jumped 10% in March 2022.Consider that March’s price is still off 6.8% in a ye...

Cupertino teens wanted for Safe Routes to School

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:24 GMT

Teens wanted for Safe Routes groupCupertino Safe Routes to School (SR2S) is recruiting students who will be in high school next year to serve on the SR2S Working Group and foster sustainable transportation at their campus.Teens in the group will be tasked with developing ideas about how to encourage fellow students to ditch the car drop-off line in favor of walking, biking, taking transit or carpooling. They’ll also address the transportation challenges of people in wheelchairs.This group is made up of Cupertino city staff, school staff, district administrators, parents, and community organizers, as well as two student representatives from each of the city’s high schools. Five of the six current SR2S high school student representatives are graduating this year—two at Monta Vista High, two at Homestead High and one at Cupertino High.Apply by Sunday, April 30 at cupertino.org/saferoutes/hsrep.Compost site reopensThe Cupertino Compost Site was set to reopen on Friday, April 21. C...

SF Giants issue statement on A’s, and a former Athletic talks Coliseum: ‘I loved every aspect of it’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:24 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO – Left-handed pitcher Sean Manaea remembers starting for the Oakland A’s in the 2019 American League Wild Card game against the Tampa Bay Rays, looking around, and seeing the Coliseum filled to near-capacity with a rabid crowd of 54,005 on hand.“That’s the crazy part,” Manaea said. “It’s usually never packed but when it is, it’s one of the coolest places in all of sports.”That’s what made the A’s announcement earlier this week, that they had reached a land deal in Las Vegas as a precursor to a potential move to that city, so heartbreaking for Manaea, who spent six mostly successful years in Oakland before he was traded to the San Diego Padres last April.The A’s could be out of the city by the end of next season when their lease at the Coliseum expires.“It’s very unfortunate,” said Manaea, now in his first full season with the San Francisco Giants. “It makes me sad thinking that they’re moving to Vegas. I mean, I love Oakland.”The Giants is...

Puppet service announcements: Threatened species share Bay Area county’s Earth Day message

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:24 GMT

Water gushes in the background while a guitarist strums and two plushy feet step into frame and land between a bright red plastic bottle cap, a cigarette butt and a crumpled lid near a creek bed.Related ArticlesCalifornia News | Looking back on early Jack Nicholson movie filmed around the East Bay California News | Watch 49ers Christian McCaffrey and Sam Darnold cheer on Steph Curry California News | A California county dismissed 1,700-plus criminal cases in 6 months. Who’s to blame? California News | 7 beautiful Mexican beach areas that won’t be mobbed California News | Ford’s F-150 leaves tough choices for buyers seeking EV tax credits Izzy, a foraging snowy egret puppet, goes for the red bottle cap and struggles to swallow it before a red-legged frog puppet named Fred races in from the right and discourages Izzy from eating plastic.“Oh yuck, I keep thinking that stuff is food,” Izzy says to Fred...

Digging into San Jose’s Fallon statue controversy

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:24 GMT

Tuesday morning my email and social media started popping with people asking if I had seen that removal of the Fallon statue had begun in downtown San Jose. Finally, I thought, our long civic nightmare is over.But the nightmare I was thinking of wasn’t the Fallon statue itself. It was having to talk about it for the past 35 years. With the statue’s impending removal from Julian Street, San Jose residents will finally get to put this issue to rest.I also was surprised by what I was hearing from people about the removal, including a lot of assumptions that were just plain inaccurate. Some argued that taking the statue down was like demolishing a historic building, which isn’t the case at all. While the statue depicted a key moment in San Jose history — the raising of the U.S. flag in the city during the Mexican-American War in 1846 — the statue itself wasn’t a historical artifact. The piece by sculptor Robert Glen, a beautiful sculpture if looked at...

Shooting at hookah lounge causes road closure in Hayward

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:24 GMT

HAYWARD, Calif. (KRON) – An overnight shooting caused a road closure In Hayward early Saturday morning, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.A shooting occurred at the 21200 block of Mission Boulevard shortly after 1:30 a.m. at a hookah lounge. The lounge was previously shut down for failure to obtain proper permits to sell tobacco and alcohol, police said. Los Gatos Party Mom ‘tore my life apart,’ victim says The business has received several fines since being shut down but continuing to operate and removing all signage from the front of the building, police said. Police have since closed Mission Blvd. between Cherry Way and Grove Way and are advising drivers to use Montgomery Street as of 5:11 a.m.KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; heig...

Missing Pleasant Hill teen returned home safely

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:24 GMT

UPDATE: Candler has returned home safely, according to police.(KRON) -- The Pleasant Hill Police Department is searching for a teen who went missing Friday evening.Krysta Candler did not come home from school on Friday and may be headed toward Martinez, police said.Candler is 5 feet tall, 102 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black sweat pants and a school backpack.Anyone who sees Candler or knows where she is is asked to call Pleasant Hill police at (925) 288-4600.

Estas diminutas criaturas están perdiendo la batalla por sobrevivir. Esto es lo que podemos hacer para salvarlos

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:24 GMT

(CNN) — El colibrí rufo es mágico. La garganta iridiscente del macho brilla más que un centavo de cobre brillante y, como la mayoría de los colibríes, zumba por el aire con curiosidad, flotando justo en frente de los humanos que los contemplan. La primera vez que Mike Parr, presidente de American Bird Conservancy, vio uno, se alimentaba de las flores de un limonero en California.“Era solo uno de esos sitios de otro mundo. Fue casi como una experiencia religiosa”, dice Parr con asombro y reverencia.“Cuando simplemente giran la cabeza y de repente su garganta capta la luz, se ilumina con este color increíble. Es simplemente mágico, de verdad. Simplemente se ilumina como un faro”.Son uno de los colibríes más pequeños con poco más de 7 cm de largo, pero uno de los más luchadores.Vuelan unas asombrosas 6.200 km (de ida) desde Alaska, donde viven en el verano, hasta México, uno de los viajes migratorios más largos de cualquier ave en el mundo en comparación con el tamaño de su cuerp...

Today in Sports – Troy Aikman #1 pick in NFL Draft to Dallas

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:24 GMT

April 231903 — The New York Highlanders, later renamed Yankees, win their first game as a major league team, 7-2 over the Washington Senators.1939 — Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR.1946 — Ed Head of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitches a no-hitter against the Boston Braves 5-0 at Ebbets Field.1950 — The Detroit Red Wings edge the New York Rangers 4-3 in Game 7 to win the Stanley Cup.1950 — The Minneapolis Lakers become the first team to win back-to-back NBA championships by defeating the Syracuse Nationals 110-95 in Game 6 of the finals. George Mikan leads the Lakers with 40 points in a game marred by three fights, four Minneapolis players fouling out, and Nats coach Al Cervi being ejected for complaining too vociferously about a call.1954 — The NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock.1954 — Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers.1969 — Jerry West scores 53 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers over Boston 120-118 in the opening game of the NBA finals.1989 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar score...

Sports on TV for Sunday, April 23

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:24 GMT

(All times Eastern)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsSunday, April 23AUTO RACING8:30 a.m.CBSSN — ABB FIA Formula E: Round 8, Berlin (Taped)3 p.m.FOX — NASCAR Cup Series: The GEICO 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala.1 a.m. (Monday)CNBC — AMA Monster Energy Supercross: Round 14, East Rutherford, N.J. (Taped)BOWLING12 p.m.FOX — PBA: The WSOB PBA World Championship Finals, Wauwatosa, Wis.COLLEGE BASEBALL12 p.m.CBSSN — Army at NavyESPNU — Purdue at Maryland1 p.m.ESPN2 — Vanderbilt at Tennessee2 p.m.BTN — Minnesota at Illinois3 p.m.ESPNU — S. Illinois at Indiana St.7 p.m.PAC-12N — UCLA at Southern CalCOLLEGE GOLF (MEN’S)7:30 a.m.SECN — Southeastern Tournament: Finals, St. Simons Island, Ga.COLLEGE LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)12 p.m.ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech, First Round2 p.m.ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: Duke at Louisville, First RoundCOLLEGE SOFTBALL12 p.m.BTN — Northwestern at Michigan12:30 p.m.ESPN — Auburn at Alabama3 p.m.PAC-12N — Utah...