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Sale closed in Milpitas: $1.7 million for a five-bedroom home

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:04:44 GMT

245 Silvera Street – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 200 block of Silvera Street in Milpitas was sold on Aug. 18, 2023 for $1,686,000, or $879 per square foot. The house, built in 1959, has an interior space of 1,918 square feet. This two-story house boasts a generous living space with five bedrooms and three bathrooms. Inside, there is a fireplace. Additionally, the home includes a two-car garage, offering generous space for vehicles and storage requirements.These nearby houses have also recently been purchased:In December 2022, a 1,160-square-foot home on Smithwood Street in Milpitas sold for $1,229,000, a price per square foot of $1,059. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Barker Street, Milpitas, in July 2023, a 1,095-square-foot home was sold for $1,300,000, a price per square foot of $1,187. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 1,370-square-foot home on the 300 block of Smithwood Street in Milpitas sold in May 2023, for $1,490,000, a price per square ...

Map: 5.0 earthquake in Northern California

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:04:44 GMT

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 was recorded Friday morning in Shasta County, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The quake, at 10:24 a.m., was centered about 7 miles northeast of the town of Burney.The USGS Did You Feel It? website got more than 600 responses from southern Oregon to Chico, including more than 200 from Redding.It was the strongest quake in Northern California since a 5.2 at Lake Almanor on May 11.In Southern California, a 5.1 was recorded near Ojai on Aug. 20.Related ArticlesEnvironment | Meet the volcano scientist protecting us from the next California eruption Environment | Maui was criticized for not using sirens during wildfires. Does the Bay Area have a smarter approach? Environment | Magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits Southern California Environment | Earthquake rattles East Bay on Tuesday morning

Flood rescues continue in Greece as death toll rises to 10

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:04:44 GMT

By Elena Becatoros | Associated PressATHENS, Greece — The death toll from severe flooding in central Greece rose to 10 people Friday, while another four remained missing, the country’s civil protection minister said. Rescue crews in helicopters and boats ferried hundreds of people from inundated villages to safety.Flooding triggered by rainstorms also hit neighboring Bulgaria and Turkey, killing a total of 22 people in all three countries since the rains began Tuesday.In Greece, the rainstorms turned streams into raging torrents that burst dams, washed away roads and bridges and hurled cars into the sea. Authorities have said some areas received twice the average annual rainfall for Athens in the space of just 12 hours.Although the rainstorms had ebbed by Friday, floodwater continued to rise after the Pineios River burst its banks near the city of Larissa, one of Greece’s largest cities with a population of around 150,000, triggering evacuation orders for several areas.&...

San Mateo hit-and-run driver arrested

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:04:44 GMT

(KRON) -- A driver who police say hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene Thursday has been arrested and charged with felony hit-and-run, according to the San Mateo Police Department. Officers received a report at around 4:57 p.m. regarding a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of East Hillsdale Boulevard and Curtiss Street.Officers arrived at the scene and located the victim, a 41-year-old man, who had sustained multiple injuries. The driver of the vehicle did not stop and fled the scene in a white Toyota Tacoma, police said. Rifle painted like Nerf gun seized by San Leandro PD The victim was transported to the trauma center for treatment. They are currently listed in critical condition. Police were able to obtain a description and license plate number for the vehicle from witnesses. The vehicle was spotted heading north on El Camino Real moments later. San Mateo PD officers stopped the truck and arrested the driver, 47-year-old Zachary Edwards of Rio Vist...

Kaiser hospitals to pay $49 million after medical waste, private information dumped

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:04:44 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Three Bay Area district attorneys and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals to resolve allegations that the healthcare provider unlawfully tossed hazardous waste, medical waste, and confidential health information into dumpsters. The $49-million settlement is the result of undercover inspections conducted by Alameda, San Francisco, and San Mateo district attorneys' offices focused on dumpsters located at Kaiser facilities. During the undercover inspections, district attorney investigators dug into unsecured dumpsters destined for disposal at publicly accessible landfills. They found hundreds of items of hazardous and medical waste -- syringes, medical tubing with body fluids, aerosols, sanitizers, batteries, electronic wastes, and pharmaceuticals -- and over 10,000 paper records containing the information of over 7,700 patients, according to Bonta's office."As the largest hea...

Petaluma suspected drunk driver arrested after car crash Friday night

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:04:44 GMT

(BCN)--Petaluma officers arrested a suspected drunk driver after a car crash occurred in the city Thursday night, according to police. The Petaluma Police Department said that shortly before 10:30 p.m. Thursday, an officer was driving in the area of East Washington Street and Ely Boulevard South, when he saw a vehicle that had been involved in a collision and was resting on its side. Police said the officer attempted to rescue the driver, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, but was unable to do so due to the major damage of the vehicle. Magnitude 5.0 earthquake shakes Northern California More officers arrived and they continued to try and get the driver out of the vehicle until Petaluma firefighters arrived on scene, police said. Firefighters then used hydraulic rescue tools and were able to create an opening to enable them to remove the driver from the vehicle. As officers continued to investigate the crash, they saw a large amount of alcohol inside the vehicl...

OSU, WSU ask court to prevent departing Pac-12 schools from standing in way of rebuilding conference

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:04:44 GMT

Oregon State and Washington State on Friday filed a complaint in Washington state court against the Pac-12 and Commissioner George Kliavkoff, seeking to prevent departing member schools from taking any actions that could stand in the way of the Pacific Northwest schools’ effort to rebuild the conference.The breach of bylaws complaint was filed in Whitman County and requests a temporary restraining order that would keep departing members of the Pac-12 board of directors from taking any action regarding the status or governance of the conference, according to a news release from Oregon State and Washington State.The Pac-12 currently has 12 members, but 10 of them are leaving next year: Southern California, UCLA, Washington and Oregon are leaving for the Big Ten; Stanford and Cal are leaving for the ACC; and Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah are leaving for the Big 12. Each school has cited the desire for more financial stability in abandoning the “Conference of Champions...

Investigators pinpoint house as source of explosion that killed 6 near Pittsburgh last month

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:04:44 GMT

PLUM, Pa. (AP) — Investigators said Friday the location of an explosion that killed six people and destroyed three houses near Pittsburgh last month was inside one of the homes, ruling out an outside cause.The Allegheny County fire marshal’s office said all potential outside factors were eliminated, including wells, pipelines and other utilities, pinpointing the source as a home on Rustic Ridge Drive in Plum Borough.The cause of the explosion remains under investigation, the office said, and there is no time frame for when the probe will be completed. The investigation at the scene of the explosion has been completed and the property is being returned to its owners, the agency said in a release. That house and two others were so badly damaged they must be demolished, and 10 others were not safe for residents in the weeks after the Aug. 12 blast about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Pittsburgh. All of the victims were found at the home. Officials have said one was found outsid...

‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’ inspires similar flavors at Mediterranean restaurant in Georgetown

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:04:44 GMT

toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's Jason Fraley highlights 1310 Kitchen + Bar (Part 1) $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); ga('send', 'event', 'Audio', 'play', audio_filename); }); }); In 2002, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” became one of the biggest surprise indie hits of all time, grossing $369 million on just a $5 million budget. It shocked Hollywood as a Top 5 grosser of the year, behind only “Spider-Man,” “Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones,” “Ha...

2 hospitalized after boat sinks near Matheson Hammock Park in Coral Gables

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:04:44 GMT

Two people were hospitalized after a boat sank in South Florida.Coral Gables Fire Rescue arrived at the scene near Matheson Hammock Park, located 9610 Old Cutler Road, Friday morning. According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, two people were on board the boat when the driver tried to turn, causing the boat to flip. The two boaters then swam to shore.Good Samaritans assisted the boaters as they made there way to shoreThey were transported to the hospital in critical condition. A friend of one of the boaters believes there was an issue with boat.“I think there was a malfunction ’cause Frankie knew what he was doing, you know, he wasn’t a rookie or nothing,” Joseu Rodriguez said. “It was just probably a malfunction with the trim or a tie bar, something went wrong there. The water’s pretty calm today.”To operate speed boats there has to be a throttle person.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is the lead investigator in this incide...