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Single-family residence sells in San Jose for $1.9 million

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:09 GMT

6149 Royal Acorn Place – Google Street ViewA house located in the 6100 block of Royal Acorn Place in San Jose has new owners. The 1,900-square-foot property, built in 1975, was sold on March 30, 2023. The $1,949,000 purchase price works out to $1,026 per square foot. The property features four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a garage, and one parking space. The backyard also has a pool. The unit sits on an 8,030-square-foot lot.These nearby houses have also recently been sold:On Paseo Pueblo Drive, San Jose, in August 2022, a 2,204-square-foot home was sold for $1,620,000, a price per square foot of $735. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In January 2023, a 2,191-square-foot home on Fleetwood Drive in San Jose sold for $1,570,000, a price per square foot of $717. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 1,986-square-foot home on the 1200 block of Juli Lynn Drive in San Jose sold in September 2022, for $1,980,000, a price per square foot of $997. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathr...

Officer who killed Daunte Wright to be released from prison

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:09 GMT

By Steve Karnowski and Jim Salter | Associated PressMINNEAPOLIS — A white former police officer convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a Taser and fatally shooting Black motorist Daunte Wright in suburban Minneapolis in 2021 is set to be released from prison Monday.Minnesota Department of Corrections spokesman Andy Skoogman announced Friday that former officer Kim Potter was to be released after serving about 16 months of her two-year sentence. He said the exact timing of her departure Monday from Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee won’t be disclosed for security reasons.“Our criminal investigative analysts are working closely with law enforcement to monitor the situation to ensure Kim Potter, like all incarcerated persons, is safe as she leaves our facility,” Skoogman said in a statement.The shooting happened April 2021 as Derek Chauvin was on trial in Minneapolis on murder charges in George Floyd’s killing. Wright’s death spar...

Google stays committed to downtown San Jose, mayor and tech titan say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:09 GMT

SAN JOSE — Google and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan both said Friday the search giant remains fully committed to its ambitious new neighborhood in downtown San Jose although the project’s timeline is still being reassessed.Speculation about the company’s ongoing development plans in Silicon Valley emerged ahead of the tech titan’s conference call, scheduled for next week on April 25.The tech titan, as it has been doing for several months, continues to reassess the timeline for the vast development near the Diridon train station and SAP Center in downtown San Jose, a Google spokesperson said Friday.“There is actually no news, which is good news,” Mayor Matt Mahan said Friday afternoon during a meeting with this news organization and other media outlets to discuss the current status of the project, which is known as Downtown West.The mayor said he was in contact with key officials at Google on Friday to get the latest regarding Downtown West.“Goog...

Victim shot in Vallejo robbery, 3 arrested

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:09 GMT

(KRON) -- Three people have been arrested in connection with a robbery and shooting that took place Tuesday in Vallejo, the Vallejo Police Department said. Authorities identified the three arrested as Brandon Ejchorszt, Jimmylee Davis and a juvenile. Middle school student who allegedly had loaded handgun at school taken into custody in San Jose The incident took place at about 6:30 p.m. on the 2100 block of Springs Road. Officers arrived at the scene and found a man with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. He was hospitalized, and he told police he was shot in an attempted robbery. VPD said that the vehicle suspected to have been used in the incident was also involved in two other robberies that happened before the shooting. Patrol officers found the vehicle, arrested the three suspects and recovered a firearm. Davis and Ejchorszt were booked into Solano County Jail. The juvenile was booked into the Solano County Juvenile Detention Facility for felonies including armed robbery ...

Familiares de exfuncionario venezolano que murió mientras lo investigaban por corrupción piden protección y explicaciones

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:09 GMT

(CNN Español) — Los familiares de Leoner Azuaje Urrea, fallecido en prisión tras ser imputado en una supuesta trama de corrupción en la estatal Cartones de Venezuela, pidieron este viernes protección al Gobierno del presidente Nicolás Maduro y dijeron sentir miedo en dos videos publicados en Twitter.En uno de los audiovisuales, publicado en la cuenta @justiciaLeoner2, creada en abril de 2023, dos mujeres, Rosalía Urrea y Mónica Azuaje Urrea, que se identifican como la madre y la hermana de Azuaje, aseguraron que él era “un hombre intachable”, que “no era un corrupto” y que todo lo ocurrido “fue producto de una equivocación”Según la versión de sus familiares, Azuaje, quien presidía Cartones de Venezuela, fue “sacado de su casa el 14 de abril y lo dejaron detenido”. “Estuve seis días sin saber de mi hijo”, afirmó Rosalía Urrea.En otra cuenta de la misma red social, @justiciaparaLeoner, Claudia Pimentel, una mujer que se presenta como la compañera de Azuaje, también solicitó prot...

¿Fue realmente un éxito el despegue del Starship de SpaceX?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:09 GMT

(CNN) — Después de que el primer lanzamiento de prueba de un cohete SpaceX Starship, el vehículo de lanzamiento más potente jamás construido, terminara en llamas sobre el Golfo de México este jueves, la empresa trató de enmarcar la misión como un éxito.“Con una prueba como ésta, el éxito viene de lo que aprendemos, y hemos aprendido muchísimo”, dice una publicación sobre el lanzamiento en el sitio web de SpaceX.El cohete Starship de SpaceX despega en vuelo de prueba inaugural, pero explota en el aireEse ha sido durante mucho tiempo el espíritu de la empresa, que la ha llevado a superar las explosiones de sus primeros vehículos de prueba “Grasshopper”, los intentos fallidos de aterrizar cohetes propulsores y los anteriores percances en las pruebas de Starship.¿Fue un éxito, un fracaso o una combinación de ambos?En el sector espacial, la misión de prueba de la Starship de este jueves no se consideró un fracaso absoluto, según Caleb Henry, director de inve...

Joe, Keller lead Pirates over Reds 4-2 for 5th straight win

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:09 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Connor Joe had three hits and reached base four times to back a strong start by Mitch Keller and lead the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 on Friday night.for their fifth straight win.At 14-7, the Pirates are off to their best start since 2002. Pittsburgh lost 101 games in 2021 and 100 last season.Cincinnati has lost four in a row and is 5-12 since opening the season by winning two of three from the Pirates. The Reds have five runs and 22 hits during the losing streak — 19 singles and two doubles. Acquired from Colorado in an offseason trade, Joe went 3 for 3 with a walk and raising his batting average to .377. He was selected by the Pirates in the first round of the 2014 amateur draft and traded to Atlanta three years later for infielder-outfielder Sean Rodríguez.Keller (2-0) gave up two runs and four hits in six innings with five strikeouts and one walk. He is unbeaten in five starts and pitched Pittsburgh’s 11th straight quality start.Robert...

Virginia State Police identify suspect who tried to flee traffic stop, swimming away

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:09 GMT

Virginia State Police identified one of the two suspects who attempted to swim away from police after fleeing a crashed vehicle Wednesday. The two were attempting to avoid a traffic stop in Arlington but were later taken into custody.Bryant R. Mayo, 26, of D.C., was charged with one felony count of eluding law enforcement and one felony charge of leaving the scene of a crash.In the predawn hours on Wednesday morning, a Virginia trooper attempted to conduct a traffic stop involving a two-door Chrysler that had the wrong license plates. Instead of stopping the car sped off.While in pursuit for nearly an hour, the car struck a police cruiser, causing both vehicles to spin out. The passengers in the Chrysler then fled the scene on foot and hid near Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary along the Potomac River.Around 2 a.m., the passengers, identified as Mayo and a 23-year-old woman, jumped into the water and began swimming across Roaches Run toward the George Washington Parkway. U.S. Park Pol...

Coach Prime's spring game to preview fresh-look Colorado

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:09 GMT

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders recently met his match on the football field in the form of an intimidating furry figure named Ralphie VI.By the end, Colorado's new coach had the roughly 800-pound buffalo mascot eating out of the palm of his gloved hand.Now that they've been formally introduced, Sanders can’t wait to see her run a lap around Folsom Field — weather permitting — before the spring game Saturday. Bandimere Speedway closing at end of drag racing season An expected capacity crowd can't wait, either, to see a preview of what’s in store under Sanders, the charismatic coach who has generated so much buzz that Colorado's season tickets have sold out for the first time since 1996.Sanders: 'You're going to be happy with the product'Sanders has a caveat: What everyone will see this weekend is far from a final version. It's merely a hint of what’s in store for the Buffaloes, who went 1-11 last season.“You’re going to be happy with the product that we place on ...

Bruins reclaim home-ice edge, top Panthers 4-2 in Game 3

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:09 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist, Linus Ullmark stopped 28 shots and the Boston Bruins topped the Florida Panthers 4-2 in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series on Friday night.Charlie Coyle, David Pastrnak and Nick Foligno also had goals for Boston, which reclaimed home-ice advantage and took a 2-1 lead in the series. Dmitry Orlov had a pair of long outlet passes that became assists for the Bruins.Alex Lyon stopped 23 of 26 shots for Florida, the Pastrnak goal with 11:28 remaining chasing him and having Florida send in Sergei Bobrovsky. And that suggests the Panthers have a big decision to make on a starting netminder before Game 4 in Sunrise on Sunday afternoon.Gustav Forsling and Sam Reinhart had goals for Florida, which didn’t get anything past Ullmark until 5:19 remained. Boston improved to 50-3-0 this season when allowing no more than two goals.The Bruins were again without captain Patrice Bergeron, out with an upper-body injury. H...