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For Thanksgiving this year, let’s be grateful for the optimists

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:39:35 GMT

As I was reflecting on 2023, I couldn’t believe how fast this year has flown by. That’s OK, though, since after the last few years, we’d probably all like a brighter future to arrive as fast as it can.With that in mind, here’s my annual Thanksgiving list of people and things I’m grateful for, which has more than a hearty helping of people who are optimistic about the days ahead:• San Jose State President Cynthia Teniente-Matson, whose mantra since she arrived on campus in January has been that SJSU and San Jose are the “epicenter of the future.” And when it comes to optimistic Spartans, how about football coach Brent Brennan? He and his players rallied from a dismal start this season to move into bowl contention and head into this weekend’s game with UNLV with the wind at their backs.• Sisters Valerie Lewis and Monica Holmes, who after 44 years have let go of Hicklebee’s bookstore in Willow Glen but are confident that new owner L...

Struggling Warriors starters should take inspiration from bench players

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:39:35 GMT

PHOENIX — The Warriors’ core needs a little bit of whatever the bench unit had cooking in Wednesday night’s loss to the Phoenix Suns.Golden State’s starters looked downright stuck trying to climb out of a 23-point deficit fueled by a heated Chris Paul ejection at rival Scott Foster’s direction and a second-quarter turnover-fueled collapse. Those motion offense gears that usually hum jammed up in the half-court against the Phoenix Suns — as it has against most opponents without Draymond Green pushing the pace. Klay Thompson had a season-high 23 points, but there just wasn’t enough juice for the Warriors to control the pace.Then mid-way through the third quarter, when it appeared coach Steve Kerr was waving the white flag on this Thanksgiving holiday mess, magic started to happen. The mop up crew pulled the Warriors to within six points with plenty of time to go for a win in the fourth quarter.In striking distance, all eyes were on the bench t...

The top seven most expensive home sales in Palo Alto, reported the week of Nov. 13

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:39:35 GMT

A house that sold for $4.3 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Palo Alto in the past week.In total, eight residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $1.9 million. The average price per square foot ended up at $1,371.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of Nov. 13 even if the property may have been sold earlier.7. $707K, condominium in the first block of Newell RoadThe property in the first block of Newell Road in East Palo Alto has new owners. The price was $706,500. The condominium was built in 1973 and has a living area of 1,060 square feet. The price per square foot is $667. The condominium features two bedrooms and two bathrooms.Newell Road6. $995K, single-family house in the 2300 block of Pulgas Ave.The 1,370 square-foot single-family house in the 2300 block of Pulgas Ave., East Palo Alto, has been sold. The transfer...

Antioch man arrested for hit and run that killed pedestrian on Hwy 4

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:39:35 GMT

(KRON) -- Police arrested an Antioch man on Wednesday in connection to a fatal hit and run earlier this month that killed a pedestrian on Highway 4 near Discovery Bay, according to California Highway Patrol Contra Costa.Javier Dominguez Ramirez, 32, was allegedly driving on westbound Highway 4 on Nov. 11 when he struck a pedestrian and did not stop, fleeing the scene, police said. The pedestrian suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead by medical personnel at the scene. Parents of San Jose toddler who died of fentanyl toxicity charged with murder Ramirez was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility for felony hit and run and is being held on a $50,000 bail, CHP said.

Some of the longest emergency room wait times in Maryland can stretch almost a whole day

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:39:35 GMT

With increased risks of food poisoning, burns from cooking, car accident injuries and the rise of wintertime ailments like the flu, the holiday season can result in more trips to emergency rooms.But in Maryland, higher rates of emergency room visits may exacerbate an existing issue: it can take hours or close to a day between arriving at the emergency room and actually receiving care. State and local officials are trying to determine why emergency room wait times are so long in Maryland.Wait times in the state are longer than the national average, according the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission, which oversees and regulates hospital rates in the state.According to September data, the shortest median wait time, from arrival to inpatient admission, was about 3.3 hours, or just over 200 minutes, at Atlantic General in Berlin on the Eastern Shore. In 2020, the median emergency room wait time in the United States was 286 minutes, or 4.7 hours, according to U.S. News.Septemb...

Digging to rescue 41 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India is in the final stretch

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:39:35 GMT

UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — The rescue of 41 construction workers from a collapsed highway tunnel in northern India could happen later Thursday after nearly two weeks of digging and delays.The drilling of the final stretch resumed following a six-hour delay due to a metal object in the debris damaging the blades of the drilling machine.“The machine has started operating again in full swing. So we are hopeful that it will finish early,” said Atul Karwal, chief of the state-run National Disaster Response Force. “We should be able to rescue them in today’s date,” Karwal told reporters at the site.The workers have been trapped since Nov. 12, when a landslide caused a portion of the 4.5-kilometer (2.8-mile) tunnel they were building to collapse about 200 meters (650 feet) from the entrance. Pushkar Singh Dhami, Uttarakhand state’s top elected official, visited the site on Thursday and spoke to some of the workers in the tunnel by walkie-talkie, Karwal said.As of Thursday evening, the ...

India wins toss and fields in first T20 match against Australia just 4 days after World Cup final

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:39:35 GMT

VISAKHAPATNAM, India (AP) — India won the toss Thursday and elected to field in the first Twenty20 international of the five-match series against Australia, which was taking place just four days after the countries met in the Cricket World Cup final.India will be led by Suryakumar Yadav, who was part of the team that lost the title match by six wickets in Ahmedabad on Sunday.Matthew Wade is captaining Australia after several members of the World Cup-winning squad flew back home, including captain Pat Cummins and opener David Warner.Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Prasidh Krishna are the three players who were part of India’s Cricket World Cup squad, with the T20 squad comprising players impressing at the Indian Premier League.Australia has included experienced middle-order batter Steven Smith, allrounder Marcus Stoinis and wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis as it goes into the opening game of the series with three fresh pacers — Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis and Jason Beherendorff.___Lineups...

Ben Stokes to skip the Indian Premier League in 2024 to manage workload after knee surgery

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:39:35 GMT

CHENNAI, India (AP) — England test captain Ben Stokes has made himself unavailable for the 2024 Indian Premier League “to manage his workload and fitness,” the Chennai Super Kings said Thursday.Stokes said during the recently completed Cricket World Cup that he would be undergoing left knee surgery after the tournament in an effort to be fit for England’s five-test tour of India, which starts Jan. 25.He also wants to play a part in England’s title defense of the Twenty20 World Cup in the United States and the Caribbean in June. That takes place after the IPL.“The Chennai Super Kings management is supportive of Ben in his decision to manage his workload,” the team said.Stokes was the five-time IPL champions’ most expensive purchase at the auction ahead of the 2023 season. He played just two games before ruling himself out of the rest of the season, ahead of playing for England in every test of the Ashes series against Australia.The Super Kings didn’t say if th...

These spots in Colorado have winter weather advisories in effect

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:39:35 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If you have plans in Colorado for Thanksgiving, snow might impact your holiday weekend.The National Weather Service put out winter advisories for most of the state, some starting as early as Thursday afternoon. Most of Colorado is either under a winter storm warning or a winter weather advisory beginning on Thanksgiving until early morning Saturday.Winter weather advisories (pictured below in purple) are when snow of 3 to 5 inches in 12 hours is expected. Meanwhile, winter storm warnings (pictured below in pink) are when at least 6 inches in 12 hours, or at least 8 inches in 24 hours, is expected. Denver weather: Cloudy Thanksgiving with snow and freezing temps on the way Weather advisories across the state on Nov. 23, 2023 (KDVR) What to expect from the Black Friday snowstorm in Denver Winter storm warningsThe winter storm warnings are in effect from Thursday at 4 p.m. to Saturday at 5 a.m. along the Northern Front Range Foothills.Warnings are issued for Boulde...

Greece’s main opposition party cracks up some more

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:39:35 GMT

ATHENS — Greece’s main opposition party Syriza continues to dissolve, with another exodus of members, accusing the party leader of “authoritarian behavior.”Nine lawmakers, including ex-ministers and senior party officials, announced on Thursday they are leaving the party, leaving Syriza with just 36 MPs in the 300-seat parliament, just four more than the third party, the socialist Pasok party.The radical left-wing Syriza party gained Europe-wide notoriety at the peak of the financial crisis in 2015, winning power on a promise to end and reverse the fiscal austerity imposed by the country’s creditors in exchange for bailout loans. A crushing election defeat in June sparked the resignation of Alexis Tsipras after 15 years as the party leader.The unlikely election of Miami expat and ex-Goldman Sachs banker Stefanos Kasselakis as Syriza leader in September infuriated a large segment of the party core, which sees him as out of touch with Greece and its left. Kasselakis has also failed to...