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Plenty of reckless motorists out there, and over-75 drivers say don’t put it all on us: Roadshow

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:28:36 GMT

Q: I would volunteer for the over-75 driving test. November marks 60 years with my drivers license without ever hitting someone. On the way to our 53rd wedding anniversary dinner recently, I avoided a young guy doing donuts on his bike in the middle of the road. I helped stop traffic in both directions until he tired of his insane stunt.Dana Charles, San JoseA: A reader suggested that drivers 75 and older be required to take a driving test when renewing their driver’s license. Dana was the only person to agree. Others thought driving tests would be misplaced if focused on older drivers, as they feel the most dangerous drivers are reckless drivers of any age.Q: Have you noticed the new patches on Highway 4 leading up the hill toward Bay Point, just before the Willow Pass exit? The patches are worse than the holes!!! Do they plan to smooth these out?Jennifer WalligA: Caltrans has just started a new project to rehab this stretch of highway. The project will take a little over a y...

Single family residence sells for $3.6 million in Palo Alto

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:28:36 GMT

2614 Kipling Street – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 2600 block of Kipling Street in Palo Alto was sold on June 8, 2023. The $3,618,000 purchase price works out to $1,611 per square foot. The house, built in 1958, has an interior space of 2,246 square feet. The property features five bedrooms, two bathrooms, a garage, and two parking spaces. There’s also a pool in the backyard. The unit sits on a 5,175-square-foot lot.Additional houses have recently been sold nearby:A 1,263-square-foot home on the 400 block of Marion Avenue in Palo Alto sold in September 2022, for $2,500,000, a price per square foot of $1,979. The home has 3 bedrooms 1 bathroom.On Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto, in October 2022, a 1,856-square-foot home was sold for $3,200,000, a price per square foot of $1,724. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In March 2023, a 1,371-square-foot home on Waverley Street in Palo Alto sold for $6,000,000, a price per square foot of $4,376. The home has 3 bedr...

Letters: 4-year track | Farewell Ellsberg | Help homeless | Come together | Trans survivor

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:28:36 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.4-year track shouldn’tdiscourage studentsRe: “Still not enough of CSU students finish in 4 years” (Page A6, June 22).While seemingly beneficial, a program that provides incentives for students to graduate in four years from California State Universities primarily benefits students who come from “better” high schools and have better financial support from home. Coincidentally, such are the very areas that state Sen. Steve Glazier represents.There can be great life-long rewards from graduating from a state university, even though it takes longer than four years to do so. Many young people are simply not ready or able to complete that task in four years, which, for most, would require working part-time, plus taking some summer school courses.Don’t be fooled by incentives to reward students who are best-prepared and able to complete four-year college degrees … at the expense of others.Georg...

How a year without Roe shifted American views on abortion

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:28:36 GMT

For decades, Americans had settled around an uneasy truce on abortion. Even if most people weren’t happy with the status quo, public opinion about the legality and morality of abortion remained relatively static. But the Supreme Court’s decision last summer overturning Roe v. Wade set off a seismic change, in one swoop striking down a federal right to abortion that had existed for 50 years, long enough that women of reproductive age had never lived in a world without it. As the decision triggered state bans and animated voters in the midterms, it shook complacency and forced many people to reconsider their positions.In the year since, polling shows that what had been considered stable ground has begun to shift: For the first time, a majority of Americans say abortion is “morally acceptable.” A majority now believes abortion laws are too strict. They are significantly more likely to identify, in the language of polls, as “pro-choice” over “pro-life,” for the first time in two decades...

Who's still left on the Warriors' 2022 championship team?

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:28:36 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A lot has changed for the Golden State Warriors since they won the 2022 NBA Finals 373 days ago -- their fourth title in eight years. In the front office, GM Bob Myers, a two-time executive of the year, stepped down in May.As for the roster, the Warriors traded for Chris Paul on Thursday but had to pay a price to acquire the 12-time All-Star. Golden State traded away Jordan Poole (who had just signed a four-year $140M extension a year earlier), along with draft picks. Poole is one of many players no longer a part of the Warriors' 2022 championship roster. As of Friday, only seven players (listed in bold below) from the Warriors 2022 title roster are under contract for the 2023-24 season. Some of these players left via free agency, trade, etc. A’s ‘SELL’ t-shirts to go to Baseball HOF in Cooperstown Warriors 2022 NBA Championship RosterAndre IguodalaAndrew WigginsChirs ChiozzaDamion LeeDraymond GreenGary Payton IIJames WisemanJonathan KumingaJordan PooleJua...

Violent home invasion being investigated by Sonoma County sheriffs

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:28:36 GMT

(KRON) -- The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office is investigating a violent home invasion that occurred in Sonoma Valley earlier this week. A 911 call came in just after 2 a.m. on Wednesday when a man called asking for medical help and police, according to a social post from Sonoma County Sheriffs.Deputies and emergency personnel were dispatched to the 1800 block of Park Tree Lane in El Verano. Deputies heard cries for help when they arrived. Through dispatch, they were given permission by the victim to break down the locked door. Why does illegal street vending in Mission District seem to go unpunished? SF police union explains Inside, deputies found a man who had been bound, beaten and stabbed multiple times. Parts of the home had been ransacked, according to police. Emergency medical personnel arrived and transported the victim to the hospital.An investigation into the incident was taken over by SCSO Violent Crimes and Crime Scene Investigation detectives. After processing the crim...

Tim Anderson returns to White Sox lineup at second base

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:28:36 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Tim Anderson has returned to the Chicago White Sox lineup at a new position, starting at second base on Friday night against Boston.Anderson left last weekend’s 4-3 victory at Seattle because of right shoulder soreness. The All-Star shortstop, who made his major league debut in 2016, was limited to one pinch-hitting appearance over the team’s next four games.Manager Pedro Grifol originally had rookie Zach Remillard at second for the opener of a three-game series against the Red Sox. But he changed his mind after conversations with Anderson and general manager Rick Hahn.“(Anderson) brought it up to me where I can play second if we need it,” Grifol said. “I asked him how do you feel with it, and he said, ‘I’d like to go over there to get in the lineup. I would like to be a part of this thing.’ We talked about it. Obviously got Rick involved and he’s going to play second base.”It was Anderson’s first big league appearance at second. But he played the po...

¿Qué fue lo que causó la implosión del sumergible Titan?

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:28:36 GMT

Un día después de que se dio a conocer que el sumergible Titan implosionó, agentes revisaron el lecho marino en busca de evidencia y se enfrentaron el viernes a preguntas sobre quién o quiénes serán los responsables de investigar la tragedia.De momento no se ha abierto una investigación formal debido a que las agencias marítimas siguen ocupadas revisando la zona donde el sumergible implosionó, informó el viernes la Guardia Costera de Estados Unidos.Había escombros a unos 12,500 pies de profundidad, a varios pies de distancia del sitio donde se encuentran los restos del Titanic, a dónde se dirigía. “Farsa de pesadilla”: director de “Titanic” dice que la búsqueda del sumergible prolongó la agonía de las familias Tragedia del sumergible: ¿qué es una implosión y en qué se diferencia a una explosión? La Guardia Costera de Estados Unidos dirigió la primera búsqueda y misión de rescate.“Sé que también hay muchas preguntas sobre cómo, por...

Pirates bring up infield prospect Nick Gonzales, who was drafted 7th overall in 2020

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:28:36 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — The skidding Pittsburgh Pirates called up another first-round draft pick Friday, selecting touted infielder Nick Gonzales from Triple-A Indianapolis.Gonzales made his major league debut Friday night, starting at second base and batting seventh against the Miami Marlins. He became the second player chosen in the first round by Pirates general manager Ben Cherington to get called up this week. Henry Davis, the top overall pick in 2021, was promoted Monday from Indianapolis and hit his first big league homer Thursday in a 6-4 loss at Miami that marked Pittsburgh’s 10th straight defeat.The 24-year-old Gonzales was Pittsburgh’s top pick and seventh overall in 2020 out of New Mexico State. Before his promotion, he batted .257 with six homers and 27 RBIs in 57 games with Indianapolis.“He was swinging the bat well and we’ve talked about when we think guys are at the point where they’re ready or close to being ready, we’re going to bring them to the big leagues if we have ...

Wagner owner Prigozhin says his forces in Ukraine have driven into the Russian city of Rostov facing no resistance

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:28:36 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Wagner owner Prigozhin says his forces in Ukraine have driven into the Russian city of Rostov facing no resistance.Source