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Piedmont border home

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:42:56 GMT

This light-filled home on the Piedmont border comes with a separate one-bedroom in-law apartment. Enjoy three bedrooms and a spacious office/bonus room in the single-level house upstairs.Admire the canyon and hill views from this home’s decks. The open floor plan features abundant windows and sunshine, remodeled kitchen with quartz countertops, formal dining room, and living room with fireplace. French doors from the kitchen open to extensive south-facing decks that take advantage of the spectacular canyon and hill views. There is a large, flat yard and additional terraces for gardening. This expansive property features outdoor living at its best.There is a large basement with ample storage and workshop area. Laundry room with locked access for both house and in-laws. Tandem parking for up to three cars, including a covered carport. All systems are in excellent condition. The downstairs apartment is non-conforming, and the full square footage of the property is not on record wi...

Detached house in San Jose sells for $1.7 million

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:42:56 GMT

6666 Pomander Place – Google Street ViewA 2,240-square-foot house built in 1969 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 6600 block of Pomander Place in San Jose was sold on Feb. 17, 2023. The $1,705,000 purchase price works out to $761 per square foot. The property features four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a garage, and two parking spaces. The unit sits on a 10,672-square-foot lot.These nearby houses have also recently been sold:In September 2022, a 2,240-square-foot home on Bitterroot Place in San Jose sold for $1,930,000, a price per square foot of $862. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Bubblingwell Place, San Jose, in December 2022, a 1,882-square-foot home was sold for $1,530,000, a price per square foot of $813. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 2,080-square-foot home on the 6800 block of Trinidad Drive in San Jose sold in September 2022 for $1,827,000, a price per square foot of $878. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

Opinion: More toxic derailments will happen if we don’t rein in plastics

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:42:56 GMT

Images of dead fish floating in murky water and menacing plumes of gray smoke are haunting the nation’s front pages. Interviews with distressed residents are interspersed with exasperated talking heads on our television screens. More than month after the train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, America continues to bear witness to the community’s suffering.Though any fiery train wreck is hazardous, this one was particularly catastrophic given the chemicals onboard. Chief among them was cancer-causing vinyl chloride gas, which officials intentionally released into the surrounding air to avoid an explosion. Residents were evacuated during this operation, but long-term pollution and exposure concerns remain.For East Palestine, the story is just beginning, and the following chapters are likely to be grim. We know because the same chemical contaminated — and eventually destroyed — several towns in Louisiana decades ago.Morrisonville, La., was founded after the Civil War by free...

Word Game: March 14, 2023

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:42:56 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — UNICORNS (UNICORNS: YOO-nih-korns: Mythical horselike beasts with a single horn.)Average mark 19 wordsTime limit 30 minutesCan you find 24 or more words in UNICORNS? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — RAVAGED rage ravage rave read adage agar aged area aver gave gear grad grade grave dare dear dragTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at [email protected].

Horoscopes March 14, 2023: Billy Crystal, trust your intuition

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:42:56 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Betsy Brandt, 50; Megan Follows, 55; Billy Crystal, 75; Quincy Jones, 90.Betsy Brandt (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) Happy Birthday: Slow down, seize the moment, enjoy what life offers and do whatever it takes to not waste your energy on trivial matters and emotional arguments. Trust your intuition and promote your creative ideas. Expand your mind and make personal and spiritual growth your journey. Protect your home, family and reputation from anyone who makes you look bad or bullies you. Your numbers are 3, 16, 20, 27, 31, 39, 46.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Stick to the truth, question anything that sounds fictitious and verify information before passing it along. You’ll have plenty of opportunities, but not all will have long-lasting effects. Don’t overload your to-do list; pick what makes you happy and proceed. 5 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Say no to joint ventures, lending or borrowing, or paying for someone else̵...

Bridge: March 14, 2023

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:42:56 GMT

It amuses my friend the English professor when quotes are misattributed. For example, “There’s nothing new under the sun” sounds Shakespearean; it’s from Ecclesiastes.Today’s declarer put all his eggs in one basket. (What’s the source of that saying?) At 3NT, he led a heart to dummy’s king at Trick Two and passed the jack of clubs. When West won to continue spades, South was sunk. He had only eight tricks, and when East took the ace of diamonds, the defense ran the spades.LEAKYSouth had only one basket, and it was leaky. He must lead a diamond from dummy at Trick Three. When East’s ace appears, South has four diamonds, two spades, two hearts and one club.If East played a low diamond and South’s queen won, South could shift to clubs for nine tricks. And if West had the ace of diamonds, South would succeed if dummy’s king dropped the jack or the club finesse won.“It is the part of a wise man to not venture all his eggs ...

Teenage boy shot near elementary school in Southeast DC

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:42:56 GMT

A teenage boy is in the hospital after being shot near an elementary school in Southeast D.C. on Monday afternoon.Around 2:15 p.m., D.C. police reported to 14th Street SE near the DC Prep Anacostia Elementary Campus where they found the boy suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg.More Local NewsMore DC NewsThe boy was taken to a hospital, according to police. His current condition is unknown.Police don’t have a suspect in custody.Police are asking anyone with information to contact the department at (202) 727-9099 or by texting 50411.Below is a map of the area where the shooting took place. Source

Caleres Inc.: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:42:56 GMT

ST LOUIS (AP) — ST LOUIS (AP) — Caleres Inc. (CAL) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $40.8 million.On a per-share basis, the St. Louis-based company said it had net income of $1.13. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were 65 cents per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 64 cents per share.The footwear wholesaler and retailer posted revenue of $696.4 million in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $698.1 million.For the year, the company reported profit of $181.7 million, or $4.92 per share. Revenue was reported as $2.97 billion.Caleres Inc. expects full-year earnings to be $4.10 to $4.30 per share.Caleres Inc. shares have increased roughly 3% since the beginning of the year. The stock has climbed 17% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automate...

AP PHOTOS: Objects of war become new normal in Kyiv

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:42:56 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — There are sandbags around the statues and anti-tank obstacles by the side of the streets, trenches in the nearby forests and land mine warnings in the woods. Signs painted on walls point to the nearest shelter, while air raid sirens occasionally wail across the city, which still sometimes comes under missile attack.But against this backdrop of war, residents of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, are living their lives as normally as they can while Russia’s invasion of their country continues into its second year.Although many fled in the opening stages of the war, residents have gradually returned to their homes as Russian forces were pushed back from north of the city last year, and the conflict became centered mainly in the eastern and southern parts of Ukraine.Shops, restaurants and bars are open — even if customers have to wrap up their evenings early and rush home in time for the 11 p.m. curfew. Nobody pays attention to the angular steel anti-tank hedgehogs by th...

Biathlon great Marte Olsbu Roeiseland retires

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:42:56 GMT

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Marte Olsbu Roeiseland, who made history with five medals in biathlon at the Winter Olympics last year, announced her retirement on Tuesday.The Norwegian won three gold medals and two bronze in Beijing in biathlon. Olsbu Roiseland matched the record for most medals at one Winter Games by any athlete and became the first female biathlete to achieve the feat. She also won two silver medals at the 2018 Olympics and completed a historic clean sweep at the 2020 world championships as the first biathlete with medals in all seven events. The International Biathlon Union said 32-year-old Olsbu Roiseland would retire after her home World Cup this week in Holmenkollen, Norway.___More AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource