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Single family residence in San Jose sells for $2.5 million

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:54:47 GMT

759 Finchwood Way – Google Street ViewA 2,465-square-foot house built in 1980 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 700 block of Finchwood Way in San Jose was sold on June 8, 2023, for $2,500,000, or $1,014 per square foot. The property features five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a garage, and two parking spaces. It sits on an 8,025-square-foot lot, which also has a pool.Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include:On Finchwood Way, San Jose, in September 2022, a 2,465-square-foot home was sold for $2,335,000, a price per square foot of $947. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 3,032-square-foot home on the 700 block of Finchwood Way in San Jose sold in August 2022, for $2,450,000, a price per square foot of $808. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In October 2022, a 2,465-square-foot home on Seawood Way in San Jose sold for $1,740,000, a price per square foot of $706. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.Related ArticlesHousing | ...

Man accused of 2 Bay Area mass shootings remains jailed after preliminary hearing in Santa Cruz

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:54:47 GMT

SANTA CRUZ — A man wanted in connection with an Oakland homicide and San Francisco mass shooting was held to answer Thursday on local felony weapons charges after he allegedly fled police early this month.Javier Campos, 22, of Richmond, trailed an increasing parade of mostly unmarked law enforcement vehicles June 14 as he reportedly drove a white Ford Escape through Watsonville and north on Highway 1, according to police allegations. During a brief preliminary hearing before Judge Gary Paden, California Highway Patrol officer George Vieira testified that he had to maneuver around numerous undercover vehicles with their lights and sirens on, in order to take over the highway pursuit.Vieira said his portion of the pursuit lasted for about six minutes, for an estimated seven miles at speeds reaching as high as 88 mph, until a spike strip laid across the highway forced Campos to roll to a stop near the Morrissey Boulevard exit. Campos, he said, then was taken into custody without resist...

Convicted Santa Cruz County bank robber leads own defense in cockfighting, illegal guns case

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:54:47 GMT

SANTA CRUZ — A Watsonville man acting as his own defense counsel was ordered this week to stand trial in a cockfighting and felony weapons possession case.Brett Kenneth Miller, 58, was arrested after animal control officers searched his Ranport Road property Feb. 16 and discovered a pile of dead roosters under a tarp, a cache of weapons and ammunition and an alleged cockfighting ring. Among guns recovered from large storage containers on the property were three “black powder” firearms, considered by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to be antique guns. Among the five additional firearms was an “AK-style” machine gun with a 75-round capacity drum magazine, according to preliminary hearing testimony by Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office deputy Jeff Eisner.Miller, a convicted felon on several cases dating back to the mid-1980s, is prohibited from owning or having control of any firearms.Also charged in the case was 21-year-old Angie Michelle Gonzalez, of W...

Central Coast is California’s ‘hottest’ housing market

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:54:47 GMT

The Central Coast — which encompasses San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties — was the only major California region to see its median price increase last month vs. May 2022.The California Association of Realtors’ latest home sales and price report also found May was the first time in six months the Central Coast’s median price registered a positive year-over-year growth. But while median home prices and sales in some areas rose, Realtors warned the local housing market could start to tighten even further for buyers who can’t pay top dollar.San Luis Obispo Realtor Graham Updegrove said continued inventory problems are likely to be the “new normal” locally due high interest rates.“Everybody that has a 3% mortgage, depending on what happens going forward, have little incentive to move,” Updegrove said. “There’s a fear factor built in.”How did Central Coast’s relatively ‘hot’ housing markets compare in May? Well, according to the report …Look across California,...

As World Cup approaches, work remains for gender equity in women’s soccer

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:54:47 GMT

LOS ANGELES — With less than a month until the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the excitement from fans is real.The popularity of women’s soccer has exploded in the past decade, but for many within the sport, there is still work that needs to be done in order for women’s players to reach an equitable space with their male counterparts.On Thursday, BMO hosted a gender equity in soccer panel at BMO Stadium that included Angel City forward Christen Press, former USWNT head coach and current president of the San Diego Wave FC Jill Ellis and BMO head of loyalty and sponsorship marketing Sonya Kunke. Former USWNT defender Danielle Slaton moderated the discussion.The panel discussed the issues surrounding women’s soccer and the strides that have been made to make the sport more global.Women’s soccer at the national level has sustained viewership growth in the past decade, but viewership of domestic leagues in the United States has grown dramatically.According to a report by Samba TV, viewersh...

Review: Disneyland delivers the Marvel musical you didn’t know you wanted or needed

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:54:47 GMT

If you’re a fan of musical theater and Marvel superheroes, then you’re going to absolutely fall in love with the new “Rogers: The Musical” coming to the Hyperion Theater at Disney California Adventure.If you love one but not the other, then you’ll still be thrilled at the audacity and absurdity of smashing the two strange bedfellows together. If you don’t like either, then you should probably go ride the Incredicoaster — because “Rogers: The Musical” caters to two very big niche audiences, but probably won’t appeal to Broadway or Marvel novices.Megan Heneghan poses for a picture outside Rogers: The Musical inside Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, June 29, 2023. Rogers: The Musical is a fictional Broadway musical in the Marvel Cinematic Universe centered on the life of Steve Rogers / Captain America. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Nathan Marco Ruiz poses for a picture outside Rogers: The Musical inside Disney California Adventure in Anahei...

Bayern Munich to play Werder Bremen in Bundesliga season opener

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:54:47 GMT

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Bayern Munich will start its title defense at Werder Bremen in the opening game of the new Bundesliga season, continuing one of Germany’s longest-running rivalries, after the schedule was announced Friday.The game on Aug. 18 will be the 113th time that Bayern and Bremen have met in the Bundesliga, the most frequent fixture between two clubs since the league began in 1963. Before that, Bayern hosts German Cup winner Leipzig in the Super Cup on Aug. 12.Borussia Dortmund, which lost out to Bayern on goal difference for the title last season, starts its new campaign at home to Cologne on either Aug. 19 or 20.The first “Klassiker” of the season between Bayern and Dortmund will be played at Dortmund’s stadium on either Nov. 3, 4 or 5, according to the schedule. The second “Klassiker” in Munich is listed for either March 30 or 31.Newly promoted Heidenheim’s first-ever top-division game will be at Wolfsburg on Aug. 19 or 20. The other promoted tea...

Fourth of July 2023: What’s open and what’s closed in the DC area

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:54:47 GMT

There’s no better way to “party in the USA” than to celebrate Independence Day in the nation’s capital.Here’s a look at what’s open and what’s closed across the D.C. area Tuesday, in observance of the Fourth of July.Public transitBoth Metrorail and Metrobus will operate on a Sunday schedule. To see specific route information, check the Metro website.Metrorail, Metrobus and MetroAccess will be free to access Tuesday from 5 p.m. until close, with frequent service to the National Mall and other celebrations throughout the D.C. area.Frequent service will be provided on all Metrorail lines all day, with service increasing after 4 p.m. to accommodate crowds traveling to firework displays and other nighttime events.The MARC train will run on a Saturday schedule, with service on the Penn Line only.There will be no VRE service Tuesday.D.C.Government offices, public libraries and Department of Motor Vehicles locations will be closed across the Distric...

Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier and his son detained in racism probe, Nice prosecutor says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:54:47 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier and his son detained in racism probe, Nice prosecutor says.Source

UN nuclear agency chief to visit Fukushima plant to see final preparations for release of wastewater

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:54:47 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — The chief of the U.N. nuclear agency will visit Japan next week to meet with Japanese leaders and see final preparations for the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, officials said Friday.Japan’s government hopes the visit by International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Mariano Grossi will add credibility to the discharge plan. It has been strongly opposed by local fishing groups and by neighboring South Korea, China and some Pacific Island nations over safety concerns.Grossi will visit Japan July 4-7, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said. He is expected to meet with Hayashi, Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and visit the Fukushima plant, which was damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011.“Japan attaches great importance to the efforts of the IAEA, which serves an important role in promoting nuclear nonproliferation and peaceful uses of nucle...