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Sale closed in Fremont: $1.9 million for a four-bedroom home

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:22:33 GMT

170 Espada Place – Google Street ViewA 2,166-square-foot house built in 1978 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 100 block of Espada Place in Fremont was sold on Oct. 11, 2023. The $1,920,000 purchase price works out to $886 per square foot. This two-story house offers a capacious living environment with its four bedrooms and three bathrooms. Outside, the home presents roofing composed of wood shake roofing / shingles materials. Inside, a fireplace adds character to the home. In addition, the house provides a two-car garage, granting ample space for parking and storage purposes. The property’s backyard also boasts a pool.Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include:In September 2023, a 1,696-square-foot home on Zacate Place in Fremont sold for $1,825,000, a price per square foot of $1,076.On Queso Court, Fremont, in September 2022, a 1,785-square-foot home was sold for $1,500,000, a price per square foot of $840. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 b...

Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state, dead at 100

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:22:33 GMT

By Nancy Benac | Associated PressFormer Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100.With his gruff yet commanding presence and behind-the-scenes manipulation of power, Kissinger exerted uncommon influence on global affairs under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, earning both vilification and the Nobel Peace Prize. Decades later, his name still provoked impassioned debate over foreign policy landmarks long past.Kissinger’s power grew during the turmoil of Watergate, when the politically attuned diplomat assumed a role akin to co-president to the weakened Nixon.“No doubt my vanity was piqued,” Kissinger later wrote of his expanding influence. “But the dominant emotion was a premonition of catastrophe.”A Jew who fled Nazi Germany with ...

BART service restored between San Francisco and Oakland

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:22:33 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO – BART service was stopped between San Francisco and Oakland for roughly 1½ hours Wednesday night after a person entered the trackway, according to the transit agency.Related ArticlesTransportation | 3 people found dead at BART stations in San Francisco, Oakland Transportation | Man shot while walking to car from Oakland BART station Transportation | 400-plus homes are eyed near San Jose BART station site Transportation | Submit your own name idea for San Jose’s BART extension tunneling machine Transportation | VTA purchases $76 million tunnel boring machine for BART’s San Jose extension The person entered the trackway just before 5 p.m., spurring a shutdown of the Transbay Tube, BART spokesperson Anna Duckworth said in a recorded message around 6:20 p.m.“At this point, police have determined that the person has left the trackway,” she said. “We are now in the process of restori...

Student, 14, stabbed at Santa Rosa high school, taken to hospital

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:22:33 GMT

(KRON) -- A Santa Rosa High School student was stabbed after a fight involving two students on campus Wednesday morning, Santa Rosa High School Principal Dr. Mark Ryan said in a letter. The stabbing happened before classes began.Two Santa Rosa High School students were fighting near the football and baseball fields, and one of them was carrying a large kitchen knife in his waistband, according to the letter. The argument escalated, and the student stabbed the other student in his side and back. The victim suffered lacerations to both sides of his torso, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department.SRPD believes this stabbing was an isolated incident and the two parties involved were from rival gangs. SF residents warned about Vanilla gift card scam amid holiday shopping season The suspect, 16, carrying the knife was seen on school surveillance cameras leaving campus. As of Wednesday afternoon, that student has not been found, according to the principal.The victim, 14, called a fa...

BART service resumes between SF and East Bay after major delays

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:22:33 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- There were major delays on BART Wednesday due to a person in the Transbay Tube, BART said on social media. Transbay Tube service was halted for more than an hour, but it resumed after 6:15 p.m., BART said. BART service was impacted in the SFO, Millbrae, Daly City and East Bay directions. The red, yellow, blue and green lines were all affected. Trains headed to the East Bay were being turned back at the Embarcadero station. Transbay commuters were being advised to get across the bay on a ferry or bus. The San Francisco Bay Ferry plans to run extra Oakland service as BART recovers. These ferries will leave Gate G at 7 p.m., 7:35 p.m. and 8 p.m. BART first posted about the delay just after 5 p.m. BART police went to the scene to inspect the tube. This is a developing story. Stick with KRON4 for updates.

Henry Kissinger, Top U.S. Diplomat Responsible for Millions of Deaths, Dies at 100

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:22:33 GMT

Henry Kissinger, National Security Adviser and Secretary of State under two presidents and longtime éminence grise of the U.S. foreign policy establishment, died on November 29 at his home in Connecticut. He was 100 years old.Kissinger helped to prolong the Vietnam War and expand that conflict into neutral Cambodia; facilitated genocides in Cambodia, East Timor, and Bangladesh; accelerated civil wars in southern Africa; and supported coups and death squads throughout Latin America. He had the blood of at least 3 million people on his hands, according to his biographer Greg Grandin. There were “few people who have had a hand in as much death and destruction, as much human suffering, in so many places around the world as Henry Kissinger,” said veteran war crimes prosecutor Reed Brody.A 2023 investigation by The Intercept found that Kissinger — perhaps the most powerful national security adviser in American history and the chief architect of U.S. war policy in Southeast Asia from 1969 ...

Rohde scores 13, Virginia clamps down on D to beat No. 14 Texas A&M 59-47

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:22:33 GMT

Andrew Rohde scored 13 points and Virginia took command with a 17-2 run spanning the halves and beat No. 14 Texas A&M 59-47 on Wednesday night.Rohde, a transfer from St. Thomas and the Summit League’s top freshman last year, made three of Virginia’s nine 3-pointers, including one he banked in to beat the shot clock during the surge. All five starters for Virginia (6-1) scored in double figures, with Reece Beekman, Ryan Dunn and Jake Groves all scoring 12.Henry Coleman III led Texas A&M (6-2) with 16 points and 14 rebounds. The Aggies’ point total was their lowest this season; they arrived averaging 79.3.The Cavaliers led through most of the first half before the Aggies went ahead briefly. Dunn got Virginia the lead back with a 3-pointer to make it 27-26 at halftime, and the basket started what became the 17-2 run to put the Cavaliers ahead 41-28. Groves and Rohde both added 3-pointers in the run.BIG PICTURETexas A&M: The Aggies played without injured No...

Thornton scores 25 points to lead Ohio State to an 88-61 victory over Central Michigan

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:22:33 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Bruce Thornton scored 25 points to lead five in double-figure scoring and Ohio State beat Central Michigan 88-61 on Wednesday night. Felix Okpara added 14 points and nine rebounds for Ohio State (6-1). Jamison Battle scored 12 points and Roddy Gayle Jr. and Devin Royal each had 11.Ohio State never trailed and pulled away on a 15-7 surge to end the first half for a 41-29 advantage. Thornton scored 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting and made three 3-pointers, and Okpara put up 10 points as the Buckeyes shot 15 of 27 (56%) by the break. Ohio State opened the second half on a 20-2 run and had a 30-point lead with 12:18 remaining. Jemal Davis scored 15 points to lead Central Michigan (2-5). Brian Taylor and Paul McMillan IV added 12 points apiece. The Buckeyes were coming off winning the Emerald Coast Classic, beating then-No. 17 Alabama and topping Santa Clara 86-56 in the championship game. Ohio State will look for its sixth straight win on Sunday in a Big Ten opener ag...

Loudoun Co. nonprofit raises money to help a 16-year-old Blessing see again

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:22:33 GMT

For years, doctors believed Blessing Amuga, 16, suffered from keratoconus, a condition in which the cornea of the eye becomes thinner and takes the shape of a cone. The condition leads to a person being very light sensitive.“It’s very painful when it (light) goes into my eyes, it’s really hard for me to read,” Amuga said.Her education is important to her, but for this 11th grader, the condition has made it difficult for her to do required reading because she has to take frequent breaks to keep the pain and headaches at bay.Her mother, Mercy Amuga, said the migraines that come with the condition can be debilitating and have resulted in several emergency room visits for the young girl.“The headache affects her so that she can’t do anything, and she becomes numb,” her mother said.Treatment involves expensive surgery on each eye. Living at a homeless shelter, Blessing’s mother said they needed a miracle to get her the surgery.That miracle came from a Loudoun Coun...

Rivers helps No. 5 North Carolina State beat Vanderbilt 70-62

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:22:33 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Saniya Rivers scored 22 points as No. 5 North Carolina State topped Vanderbilt 70-62 on Wednesday night in the ACC/SEC Challenge.Rivers shot 8-of-14 from the floor and grabbed eight rebounds as the Wolfpack (8-0) remained unbeaten while handing the Commodores (7-1) their first defeat. River Baldwin added 12 points and nine rebounds for N.C. State, Aziaha James chipped in 14 points, and Zoe Brooks had 10 points, four assists and four steals.Jordyn Cambridge powered Vanderbilt with 15 points, while Sacha Washington added 14 points and seven boards.The Commodores kept things close in the first half and led by a point after Cambridge swished her third 3-pointer of the night with 7:42 remaining in the second quarter. But the Wolfpack then broke off an 11-0 run, punctuated by a 3-pointer from Rivers, to take a 10-point advantage.N.C. State put more cushion between itself and Vanderbilt by outscoring the Commodores 19-10 in the third quarter. Back-to-back 3-pointers fr...