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Mission Peak Village creates new Bay Area housing and intergenerational connections

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:22 GMT

Homebuyers in 2023 are questioning whether conventional neighborhoods work well for them. Many are now more acutely sensitive to isolation from neighbors — the possibility of living among people you rarely see or interact with. It’s hard to know if a prospective community will be friendly.Mission Peak Village members gather to play soccer over the weekend. Members of Mission Peak Village believe finding a home should be more than a real estate transaction; it is a lifestyle choice. Residents are their own developers with an active role in building homes on a site that meets their own rigorous criteria. Mission Peak Village hired an experienced development consultant, bought land and selected an architect. By move-in time, they will already be a connected community of intergenerational neighbors.Mission Peak Village didn’t invent this approach. The group adopted an intentional community model called cohousing, introduced to North America in 1988 by architects Kathryn McCamant an...

The 10 most expensive homes reported sold in Alameda, Piedmont and Oakland in the week of May 22

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:22 GMT

A house in Piedmont that sold for $5.7 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Alameda, Piedmont and Oakland in the past week.In total, 38 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $2.3 million. The average price per square foot ended up at $828.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of May 22 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $2.5 million, single-family home in the 6700 block of Elverton DriveThe sale of the single family residence in the 6700 block of Elverton Drive in Oakland has been finalized. The price was $2,500,000, and the new owners took over the house in April. The house was built in 2007 and has a living area of 5,531 square feet. The price per square foot was $452. The house features four bedrooms and five bathrooms.Elverton Drive9. $2.5 million, single-family house in the 5900 block of Bruns Cou...

Letters: Protect ridgeline | Spend prudently | Warning to voters | Safe roads

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:22 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Protect the PittsburgCNWS ridgelineImagine waking up one day to see development on the ridgeline of the Concord Naval Weapons Station, right behind the new Thurgood Marshall East Bay Regional Park. That will happen if we don’t speak up now. The Seeno-owned ridgeline property is in the process of being quietly approved by the Pittsburg City Council and developed.In 2023 we should at the very least save our ridgelines from development, especially this ridgeline that will be seen by neighboring cities.What can you do? Contact the Pittsburg City Council and ask them to be a good neighbor and preserve at least the ridgeline. Support Save Mount Diablo in their efforts to preserve open space, including this ridgeline.Kathy GleasonConcordTransit agencies mustspend money prudentlyTransit has fallen on hard times. Thanks to COVID and the resulting changes in travel patterns, transit ridership and farebox returns h...

Murraya? Cernuous? Here’s how long ago these National Spelling Bee winning words were trending

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:22 GMT

Several Bay Area kids are slated to compete Thursday night in the grand finale of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland.If you’ve ever watched the Spelling Bee, you’ve probably asked yourself: Where in the world do they come up with these words?Case in point: Have you ever heard of the word “murraya” before? Pronounced: mr·ai·uh. That’s M-U-R-R-A-Y-A. Apparently it describes a certain type of tropical Asiatic and Australian tree.If you got that wrong, that’s entirely understandable, since in 2019 it only appeared 0.0000000499% of the time compared to all other words in English language books stored on Google. According to our analysis of the data, Murraya was a much more commonly-used word back in the 1800s, but has fallen out of fashion over the last 223 years.And that is not the only National Spelling Bee winning word that’s fallen out of favor. 2019 winner erysipelas, which refers to a skin condition, peaked back ...

Dog dies after falling off a cliff at Sutro Baths in SF

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:22 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A dog that fell off a cliff at the Sutro Baths in San Francisco suffered fatal injuries, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. The dog was playing in the area when it ran off a cliff. Bystanders pulled the dog out of the surf in an area not easily accessible by foot, according to the fire department. Salinas police kill heavily-armed suspect in 8-hour standoff Fire officials retrieved the dog with "care and compassion," the department said. However, the first responders from Coastal Rescue Unit 34 confirmed that the injuries were fatal."Our crews stayed with the family and assisted them with final words and remembrances," the fire department said. "Our heartfelt condolences go out to the human companions of this dog."

Ulta Beauty theft suspect arrested 11 days later at different Ulta location

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:22 GMT

(KRON) -- A woman was arrested after she was accused of stealing more than $1,000 worth of items from a San Mateo Ulta Beauty store on May 19. She was taken into custody in the parking lot of another Ulta location in Fremont. The theft happened on May 19 at about 7:45 p.m., the San Mateo Police Department said. A male suspect and a female suspect put various items in a shoulder bag and purse, police said. Alameda County judge robbed at gunpoint in Oakland: sheriff The store's general manager approached the woman and asked her if she planned to purchase the items. The suspects ignored the employee and walked out, per SMPD.The suspects left in a black Kia near the front of the store. Police said the stolen items were worth about $1,245. The same vehicle was seen in the parking lot of a Fremont Ulta Beauty on Tuesday. SMPD said Fremont Police Department officers detained two males in the car and a woman in the store. KRON ON is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: rela...

Parolee with ankle monitor commits more crimes in Livermore: chief

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:22 GMT

(KRON) -- When 21-year-old Colby Berry was released from state prison, he was ordered to obey all laws and wear a GPS tracking ankle monitor. The convicted Fremont felon was also assigned a probation officer.With his new freedom, Berry continued committing new crimes, police said. "It’s disturbing that Mr. Berry had already been released from prison after shooting at a residence in 2021," said Livermore Police Chief Jeramy Young. "While wearing an ankle monitor, he committed several violent crimes in Livermore."On a Sunday afternoon, May 21, several 911 callers reported that a man was attacking women and trying to steal their purses in the parking lot of Arroyo Shopping Center in Livermore.Berry attempted to grab one woman's purse and violently attacked her, police said. The woman fought back. "The suspect then attacked a second woman and stole her purse at gunpoint. Both victims are in their 20’s, one from Livermore and the other from Discovery Bay. The suspect took off in a getawa...

Nova Scotia wildfires grow, prompt air quality warnings as far south as Virginia

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:22 GMT

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — The largest wildfires ever recorded in Canada’s Atlantic Coast province of Nova Scotia continued to grow Thursday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of more people and prompting air quality warnings in U.S. regions as far south as Virginia and Maryland.In all, there were four wildfires in the province burning out of control on Thursday, including the massive Barrington Lake fire in Shelburne County, which grew to more than 200 square kilometers (77 square miles) despite a constant bombardment of water and fire retardant from a fleet of water bombers and air tankers.A much smaller fire that started Wednesday received immediate attention after it prompted evacuations south of Shelburne, which is home to 1,300 people. Within hours, the local Roseway Hospital was evacuated and residents started preparing to leave.“It jumped up pretty quick with the high winds, low (humidity) and high temperatures,” Dave Rockwood, a spokesman for the Department of Natural Res...

Saban goes to Washington: Alabama coach set to lead SEC contingent on lobbying trip

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:22 GMT

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — Alabama’s Nick Saban is among a contingent of coaches and administrators from the Southeastern Conference scheduled to meet with lawmakers in Washington next week to make a case for a federal assistance in regulating how college athletes can earn money off their fame.The SEC confirmed the trip to Capitol Hill on Thursday as it was winding down spring meetings on the Florida Gulf Coast. Commissioner Greg Sankey will lead a group that is expected to include university presidents, athletic directors and lobbyists.“There’s a lot that goes on between our campuses and D.C. And so this is an opportunity to focus on athletics and some of the pressures that we’re facing. To communicate that, given the realities in college athletics, Congress is the place that can fix the issues we have,” Sankey said.The SEC is scheduled to host a reception for lawmakers and congressional staffers on Wednesday night before visiting individually with representatives and senators from ...

Legisladores de Connecticut proponen el uso de la palabra “latine” en los documentos oficiales del gobierno

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:22 GMT

(CNN) — Varios legisladores demócratas en Connecticut están presionando para que se apruebe un proyecto de ley que podría ordenar a las agencias estatales a usar el término de género neutro “latine” en los documentos oficiales del gobierno.La legislación, llamada House Bill 6909, avanzó al Senado estatal la semana pasada. Si es aprobado y firmado por el gobernador, el proyecto de ley aprobaría el uso de “latine”, “latino” y “latina” en los documentos estatales. La actual sesión legislativa finaliza el 7 de junio.El representante Geraldo Reyes, un demócrata que es uno de los principales patrocinadores del proyecto de ley, dijo que la legislación “refleja los intereses de la abrumadora mayoría de los latinoamericanos en nuestro estado y en el resto del mundo”.Pride: ¿por qué es junio el mes del orgullo LGBTQ?, ¿cuál es su origen y cómo se celebra?A principios de este año, Reyes presentó otro proyecto de ley que prohibiría el uso de “Latinx”, u...