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Single-family residence sells in Danville for $2.2 million

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:52:30 GMT

22 Woodside Drive – Google Street ViewA 2,560-square-foot house built in 1997 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the first block of Woodside Drive in Danville was sold on Oct. 31, 2023, for $2,200,000, or $859 per square foot. The layout of this two-story house consists of three bedrooms and four baths. In addition, the house features an attached two-car garage, providing ample room for vehicles and storage needs.Additional houses that have recently changed hands close by include:On Mattos Court, Danville, in September 2023, a 2,676-square-foot home was sold for $2,200,000, a price per square foot of $822. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 3,246-square-foot home on the first block of Foothill Court in Danville sold in August 2023, for $3,000,000, a price per square foot of $924. The home has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.In September 2022, a 2,236-square-foot home on Camino Tassajara in Danville sold for $5,200,000, a price per square foot of $2,326. The home h...

Five takeaways from a sweeping report on climate change in the US

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:52:30 GMT

Zahra Hirji | (TNS) Bloomberg NewsA major U.S. government report published today describes how intensifying climate change is disrupting lives and businesses nationwide, even as communities in every state ramp up their response to the crisis.Over some 2,000 pages, the Fifth National Climate Assessment provides a climate-themed tour of the country, identifying the impacts plaguing every region, how communities are increasingly protecting themselves and how much more action is needed to ensure a safer future. Mandated by Congress and led by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, hundreds of climate experts, from both inside and outside of government, contributed to this assessment. The fifth edition of the report follows the fourth edition, which was published in phases in 2017 and 2018; the first assessment appeared in 2000.Here are the report’s five main takeaways:1. Climate impacts are here, getting worse and costing a lot of money.The first sentence of Chapter 1 summarizes the n...

Obama Presidential Center museum director aims for history, context

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:52:30 GMT

A.D. Quig | Chicago Tribune (TNS)CHICAGO — The tower of the Obama Presidential Center is getting a lot of attention as it rises in Jackson Park on the South Side. Meanwhile, Louise Bernard is trying to build the centerpiece museum’s interior: balancing former President Barack Obama’s philosophy and his namesake foundation’s mission with historical accuracy in a time of corrosive partisanship.While plans for the center’s outer shell have been known (and litigated over) for years, its insides — and the narrative Obama’s team plans to present over four floors of distinct exhibits — have largely been unknown.The woman leading that narrative charge is Bernard, a native of the United Kingdom who was named museum director in the spring of 2017.During an exclusive interview, Bernard said she has grappled with how to approach Obama’s history and the controversies and challenges from his two terms in office, and present them at an institution critics worry will turn into yet another of ...

APEC street closures: How to navigate traffic, closures, and tow away zones

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:52:30 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Street closures across San Francisco are in effect as the APEC conference gets into high gear on Tuesday. According to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, more than 20,000 people are expected to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Twenty-one world leaders are expected to join the summit as well.Most APEC activities will take place in the South of Market and Nob Hill neighborhoods, however, due to the larger amount of occupants this may impact other parts of San Francisco as well.The bulk of the APEC events will take place at the Moscone Center. Streets and freeway ramps around the Moscone Center will be closed from Nov. 14 through 19. Biden in San Francisco for APEC: Timeline of president’s visit Street closures are expected to start Nov. 13 and last through Nov. 19. These closures will result in significant traffic impacts.APEC San Francisco Traffic MapMap: SFMTAAPEC SF road closuresThe following streets and freeway ramps in ...

Timeline: Rain forecast for Bay Area this week

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:52:30 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Rain overnight Monday gave way to morning showers in parts of the Bay Area Tuesday, impacting the morning commute for some. Widespread and prolonged periods of moderate rain are expected from late Monday through Friday this week, according to the National Weather Service.While most of the Bay Area was dry as of 10 a.m. Tuesday, the NWS said it was still tracking showers over the coastal waters and the North Bay, where there have been off and on showers since last night."Get ready for some November rain," said KRON4 Meteorologist Kyla Grogan. "As we head to work on Tuesday morning, scattered showers will move through the Bay Area providing some much-needed rain."  "As we move into the afternoon, the precipitation looks to be more concentrated in the North Bay but unsettled conditions will leave the possibility of a shower across all of the bay," Grogan added.  APEC traffic, wet storms, protests: San Franciscans brace for rough week Expected rain t...

Fire-damaged LA freeway repairs will take three to five weeks, Gov. Newsom says

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:52:30 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It will take at least three weeks to repair a Los Angeles freeway damaged in an arson fire, the California governor said Tuesday, leaving the city already accustomed to soul-crushing traffic without part of a vital artery that serves hundreds of thousands of people daily.But things could have been worse. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said officials have determined the elevated section of Interstate 10 will not need to be demolished after analysis of core samples taken from the freeway.About 100 columns burned in the Saturday blaze that spread over 8 acres (3 hectares) under I-10, tearing through wood pallets, cars and other construction materials being stored under the freeway. No injuries were reported but at least 16 homeless people living there were taken to shelters. APEC Bay Bridge lane closure begins Tuesday No arrests have been made and Newsom said Monday that investigators are trying to determine if more than one person was involved in the arson. He provi...

Man charged for allegedly molesting woman after offering ride

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:52:30 GMT

(BCN) -- A San Francisco man this week was charged on suspicion of physically assaulting and molesting a woman after he offered her a ride, prosecutors said.Monroe Palmer, 53, was charged with one count of sodomy by force, assault with intent to commit a felony, sexual battery by restraint, one count of assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury, and one count of false imprisonment, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office said in a statement. Walnut Creek robbery suspect arrested Palmer, who was arraigned Monday, pleaded not guilty to these charges. He also denied the allegation in the criminal complaint alleging that he personally caused great bodily injury to the victim, the District Attorney's Office said.Prosecutors alleged that on Aug. 30, Palmer sexually and physically assaulted a woman in his home after offering her a ride to a nearby BART station. He was arrested Nov. 9.Palmer will attend a preliminary hearing on his case on Nov. 28. Prosecutors said they ...

Man on felony probation arrested in Concord for vehicle theft 

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:52:30 GMT

(KRON) – The Concord Police Department arrested a man who allegedly stole a vehicle after recklessly driving. At 5:15 a.m., a Concord police officer observed a silver Honda SUV without license plates driving recklessly in the Downtown District on Nov. 12. According to police, the officer attempted to stop the driver. However, the driver decided not to stop. A pursuit ensued and eventually ended on Almond Way when the driver slowly rolled into the front yard of a residence, police said.  APEC: How to navigate traffic, street closures, and tow away zones According to police, the driver proceeded to flee on foot. Concord police apprehended the suspect. According to the police investigation, the vehicle was determined to be stolen after being taken during a commercial burglary. Methamphetamine and a firearm magazine with live rounds of ammunition were located in the vehicle, police said.The driver was identified as 43-year-old Clenton Fugate. Fugate is a convicted felon...

Defendant in 2021 mass shooting at Colorado supermarket pleads not guilty by reason of insanity as case moves to trial

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:52:30 GMT

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Defendant in 2021 mass shooting at Colorado supermarket pleads not guilty by reason of insanity as case moves to trial.Source

In just 69 seconds, the Colorado supermarket shooting suspect killed 8 of 10 victims, detective says

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:52:30 GMT

DENVER (AP) — It took just over a minute for the gunman in a 2021 mass shooting to kill most of his victims at a Colorado supermarket, where he targeted individuals who were moving and continued firing at them until they were dead, a police detective testified Tuesday.Ten people including a police officer were killed in the attack at a crowded King Soopers store in the college town of Boulder. The first eight victims died within 69 seconds; all but one were shot multiple times and everyone who was shot was killed, Boulder Police Detective Sarah Cantu said Tuesday. “He found moving targets, pursued them and shot them until they stopped moving,” Cantu said as prosecutors laid out their case against a mentally ill man recently deemed competent to stand trial in the March 22, 2021, shooting. The hearing was to decide if there was enough evidence for defendant Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, who has schizophrenia, to go on trial in the shooting about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of Denver. ...