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Community hub Open San Jose ready for its grand opening

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:11 GMT

After more than four years of construction, COVID-19 delays and a few months of preview events, Open San Jose is ready for its grand opening on Saturday. The 18,000 square-foot community hub in downtown San Jose is home to CreaTV San Jose and six other anchor nonprofits including three arts organizations, Chopsticks Alley Art, Works/San Jose and Mosaic America.But CreaTV San Jose CEO Chad Johnston says the space is meant to be much more, with tech-ready spaces available for groups to use for workshops, retreats, film screenings, rehearsals and art exhibitions. “We want everyone and anyone to come use this space,” he said.Open San Jose, a community media hub driven by nonprofit CreaTV and involving seven partner organizations including Chopsticks Alley gallery and the performing arts group Mosaic America, in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) When CreaTV began planning a move from its old studio space on West Julian Stree...

Sale closed in Saratoga: $2.5 million for a three-bedroom home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:11 GMT

20301 La Paloma Avenue – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 20300 block of La Paloma Avenue in Saratoga was sold on May 25, 2023 for $2,475,000, or $1,620 per square foot. The house, built in 1942, has an interior space of 1,528 square feet. The property features three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a garage, as well as a pool in the backyard and one parking space. The unit sits on a 9,536-square-foot lot.Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include:In March 2023, a 1,009-square-foot home on Oak Place in Saratoga sold for $2,000,000, a price per square foot of $1,982. The home has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms.On Aloha Avenue, Saratoga, in May 2023, a 2,213-square-foot home was sold for $3,609,000, a price per square foot of $1,631. The home has 3 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.A 2,829-square-foot home on the 14000 block of Loma Rio Drive in Saratoga sold in November 2022, for $3,450,000, a price per square foot of $1,220. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms...

Ankle-monitor wearing parolee committed Livermore robberies, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:11 GMT

LIVERMORE — A 21-year-old ex-convict from Fremont has been charged in the robbery and attempted robbery of two women at gunpoint last month at a shopping center here — crimes allegedly done while he was wearing an ankle monitor as a condition of his parole, according to authorities and court records.The suspect, who was paroled from prison in January after serving a brief term for shooting into an inhabited dwelling, was charged June 1 with second-degree robbery, attempted second-degree robbery, assault with a semi-automatic firearm, carrying a concealed firearm and two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm.He has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing June 13. He also faces a parole revocation hearing that day. He is being held at Santa Rita Jail in lieu of $340,000 bail.According to authorities and the documents, about 5 p.m. May 21 Livermore police responded to numerous reports of an altercation in the parking lot of the Arro...

Five hospitalized after walkway collapse in Texas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:11 GMT

Associated PressSURFSIDE BEACH, Texas — Nearly two dozen teenagers from a summer camp were injured when an elevated walkway collapsed Thursday in a beachside city in Texas, with five flown to the hospital by helicopter.None of the injuries were expected to be life-threatening, Brazoria County officials said. The cause of the walkway collapse in Surfside Beach, a small city on the Gulf of Mexico, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) south of downtown Houston, was under investigation.Surfside Beach Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Justin Mills said his department responded to an emergency call at 12:34 p.m. and set up landing areas for the medical helicopters.Sharon Trower, public information officer for Brazoria County, said all of the victims were between 14 and 18 years old and from the Bayou City Fellowship summer camp. Six were taken to hospitals by ambulance, and about 10 more were taken to hospitals by private vehicles, Trower said.Aerial video from TV station KTRK showed th...

How long can Warriors’ Steph Curry stay elite? His father believes it’ll be ‘several more years’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:11 GMT

Dell Curry remembers what he felt like when he was 35 years old in the NBA.That’s why he can marvel better than anyone at what his son Steph is able to do on the floor — and why he thinks Steph can stay among the NBA’s elite for years still to come.“I don’t see him slowing down,” Dell Curry said. “I remember how I felt at 35 and I didn’t have the mileage he has, but his work ethic in the summer gets him ready for the grind and what he has to go through.”Steph Curry made his ninth All-NBA team in 2022-23, finishing the regular season with 29.4 points (on 49.3% shooting and 42.7% 3-point shooting), 6.3 assists and 6.1 rebounds per game. He arguably was even better in the postseason, leading the Warriors to their first round win over their NorCal rival Kings with a 50-point effort in Game 7 at Sacramento.When he’s performing like this even after turning 35 in March, it makes it hard to think he can’t keep up this level – especially for those close to him, like Dell.“I don’t want to put...

Man charged in South Bay crime spree a no-show again for arraignment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:11 GMT

SAN JOSE — The man blamed for a violent and indiscriminate crime spree last week that killed three people and injured seven others once again missed a court appearance to answer to 13 felony charges related to the three-hour rampage across San Jose and Milpitas.Kevin Parkourana, a 31-year-old San Jose resident, was initially scheduled to be arraigned on the charges Tuesday, but he refused transport to the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice — which is next door to the Main Jail where he was being held without bail — and Judge Elizabeth Peterson postponed the arraignment by two days. On Thursday, he was not transported to court again, and Peterson set the new arraignment date for next Tuesday.“I am working on it,” Lara Wallman, the deputy public defender who appeared on behalf of Parkourana, told Peterson of the efforts to get him in court.Santa Clara County Deputy Public Defender Lara Wallman, right, who is representing Kevin Parkourana, and Santa Clara County Deput...

Child bitten by snake at East Bay park and airlifted to hospital in stable condition

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:11 GMT

(KRON) -- A child who was taken to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after being bitten by a snake at a park is in stable condition, a state park ranger said Thursday. Crews were dispatched to Mount Diablo State Park around 4 p.m. Wednesday. The boy's mother carried him down to a parking lot on the north side of the park near Mitchell Canyon after the bite was reported.The 7-year-old boy was running on a trail -- believed to be the Bruce Lee Spring Trail -- and felt something hurt his lower leg, but never saw the snake. He later showed symptoms that were consisted with a rattlesnake bite and authorities determined the best course of action was to transport him by helicopter. https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/bay-area-real-estate-value-is-fastest-dropping-in-the-nation-report-says/ "The mom did a great job keeping her son calm," said Mt. Diablo supervising state park ranger, Cameron Morrison.The child was taken on a California Highway Patrol (CHP) chopper to John Muir Medical Cent...

Salesforce to donate $10 a day to charity for employees that come to office: reports

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:11 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- As efforts continue by tech companies to lure employees back to the office following three years of remote and hybrid work, one San Francisco tech company is reportedly trying to appeal to employees' charitable side. Business software giant Salesforce is offering to pay $10 a day to the charity of an employee's choice for each day they come into the office, according to a report in Fortune. Bay Area real estate value is fastest dropping in the nation, report says A separate report from Gizmodo said the program to incentivize workers to return to the office was being implemented globally and was known as "Connect for Good." Fortune cited an internal Slack channel in which it was detailed that each employee who comes into the office between June 12 and June 23 will make Salesforce donate $10 to a local charity.Under certain circumstances, the company will also donate $10 for employees who attend virtual Salesforce events. The company reportedly hopes to raise...

P.F. Chang's to close Bay Area location at end of month

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:11 GMT

(KRON) -- A popular Asian chain restaurant is closing one of its locations in the Bay Area. P.F. Chang's in Walnut Creek is closing by the end of the month.The location on 1205 Broadway Plaza's last day will be on Friday, June 23, a P.F. Chang's spokesperson confirmed to KRON4. The company cited its lease expiring as a reason for closing.The spokesperson did not disclose any further details about the location's closure. P.F. Chang's is located in the city's downtown shopping area, Broadway Plaza, and right across the street from Nordstrom. With the lone East Bay location closing, three P.F. Chang's remain in the Bay Area: Palo Alto, Pleasanton and Sunnyvale. KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }P.F. Chang's first opened in 1993 in Arizona ...

Two killed in plane crash near Rio Vista

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:11 GMT

(KTXL) -- Two people are dead after a plane crashed near Rio Vista on Thursday morning, according to the Rio Vista Police Department.At around 11:46 a.m., police and fire officials responded to reports of a plane crash, east of the airport in a rural unincorporated area of Solano County.Personnel noticed a plane circling in a "strange manner" and signaling to ground crews. A small-engine plane was located and two occupants were pronounced dead. The National Transportation Safety Board said that it is "investigating the crash of a Experimental Sky Bolt near Rio Vista."This article will be updated as more information becomes available.