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In the week of Sep. 25 top 10 list: Best home deals in Los Gatos

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:22 GMT

A house in Los Gatos that sold for $1.6 million tops the list of the most affordable real estate sales in Los Gatos in the past week.For comparison, the overall average price of real estate in the area during that time was $2.7 million. The average price per square foot ended up at $1,183. A total of 14 home sales were recorded for the period with an average square footage of 2,249 square feet, 3 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms.For the purpose of this top 10 list, we included real estate that sold for between $10 and $10,000,000.Please note that the prices in the list below are for real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of Sep. 25, even if the property may have been sold earlier.1. $1.6 million, single-family home in the 24100 block of Summit Woods DriveThe sale of the single family residence in the 24100 block of Summit Woods Drive in Los Gatos has been finalized. The price was $1,600,000, and the new owners took over the house in September. The house was built in...

Workers at Mack Trucks go on strike after rejecting tentative contract deal

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:22 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Union workers at Mack Trucks went on strike Monday after voting down a tentative five-year contract agreement that negotiators had reached with the company. The United Auto Workers said 4,000 unionized workers walked out at 7 a.m., adding to labor turmoil in the industry that has ensnared all three big Detroit automakers. Union President Shawn Fain said in a letter to Mack parent company Volvo Trucks that 73% of workers voted against the deal in results counted on Sunday.The UAW represents Mack workers in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Florida. Union leaders had reached a tentative agreement on the deal on Oct. 1. The deal included a 19% pay raise over the life of the contract with 10% upon ratification. There also was a $3,500 ratification bonus, no increase in weekly health care contributions, increased annual lump sum payments for retirees and a $1,000 annual 401(k) lump sum to offset health care costs for employees who don’t get health insurance after retirement.Fain ...

France defense hit by injuries ahead of European qualifier against the Netherlands

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:22 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Malo Gusto and Axel Disasi have been called up as injury replacements ahead of France’s match against the Netherlands in qualifying for the European Championship.The two players replace defenders Jules Kounde and Dayot Upamecano, the French soccer federation said on Monday as the French squad gathered at the team’s training camp outside Paris.France takes on the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Friday. Les Bleus will then host Scotland in a friendly game in the northern city of Lille on Oct. 17.Kounde picked up a left knee injury while playing for Barcelona in the Spanish league on Sunday. Upamecano injured his left hamstring this weekend with Bayern Munich.Their withdrawals follow that of Arsenal defender William Saliba, who was replaced Sunday by Jean-Clair Todibo in France’s squad.France leads Group B and will qualify for the tournament hosted by Germany next year if it beats the Netherlands, or if they draw and Greece loses against Ireland.___AP soccer:...

Una estadounidense gana el premio Nobel de Economía

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:22 GMT

Claudia Goldin, profesora de la Universidad de Harvard, ganó este lunes el Nobel de Economía por sus estudios sobre la brecha de género en el mercado laboral.Hans Ellegren, secretario general de la Real Academia Sueca de las Ciencias, anunció el premio en Estocolmo. Goldin es apenas la tercera mujer entre los 92 premiados en la categoría de economía.“Comprender el papel de la mujer en el mercado laboral es importante para la sociedad. Gracias a la pionera investigación de Claudia Goldin, ahora sabemos mucho más sobre los factores subyacentes y qué barreras pueden tener que abordarse en el futuro”, explicó Jakob Svensson, presidente del Comité del Premio en Ciencias Económicas. La hija de la Nobel de la Paz presa: “llevo 8 años sin verla y más de un año sin hablar con ella” Otorgan el Nobel de Paz a la activista iraní Narges Mohammadi, detenida desde el 2022 Goldin no ofrece soluciones, pero su investigación permite a los legislado...

A ‘Ring of Fire’ solar eclipse will cross the US this weekend. Here’s what you need to know

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:22 GMT

FILE - An annular eclipse appears at a waterfront park in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Monday, May 21, 2012. Tens of millions in the Americas will have front-row seats Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023 for a “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun. What's called an annular solar eclipse _ better known as a ring of fire _ will briefly dim the skies over sections of the western U.S. and Central and South America on Saturday. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)(AP/Shuji Kajiyama) FILE - An annular eclipse appears at a waterfront park in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Monday, May 21, 2012. Tens of millions in the Americas will have front-row seats Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023 for a “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun. What's called an annular solar eclipse _ better known as a ring of fire _ will briefly dim t...

Former St. Jude patient moves to Memphis, gives back

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:22 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (KDVR) — FOX31 and Channel 2 have officially sold out of tickets for the St. Jude Dream Home giveaway. With each $100 ticket sold, viewers like you helped raise $2.4 million towards St. Jude's mission, this year alone.In the last 13 years, Denver raised more than $16.6 million for St. Jude with the Dream Home Giveaway tickets.FOX31’s Nicole Fierro took a trip to St. Jude’s campus in Memphis, Tennessee to learn firsthand what that money is funding, not just for children but for St. Jude survivors who are now adults. Revisiting the hospital where you fought for your life against cancer could be a scary experience. However, former St. Jude patient Bess said the opposite. St. Jude researcher helps raise survival rate to 90% for certain leukemia When Bess was 11 years old, she noticed a lump on her clavicle. After visiting numerous doctors, a biopsy was done revealing cancer.“It was tumors inside, blood vessels inside the bone, and I had over 30 tumors,” Bess s...

These Halloween costumes are expected to be the most popular

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:22 GMT

DEVER (KDVR) — You might not be as creative as you think you are. Google Frightgeist pulled the top 500 costume searches from Google Trends to determine the most popular Halloween costumes locally and nationally for 2023. Americans are spending more than ever on Halloween Here are the costumes you will probably see the most this year.Most popular costumes nationallyIf you want to wear a trending costume, one of these top 10 costumes is your best bet. If you're looking for something unique, you may have to try harder. WitchSpider-ManDinosaurStranger ThingsFairyPirateRabbitCheerleaderCowboyHarley QuinnSurprisingly, the most searched costumes aren't all that basic. While a witch is a classic costume, there aren't as many dinosaurs and "Stranger Things" characters roaming the street on Oct. 31. These Halloween pop-up bars are open in Denver The national list goes on to the top 100 costumes. If you need more ideas, or if you're looking for something that's not on the list, check out...

‘I heard only gunshots, screams and Arabic’: Last call from Israel festival attack

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:22 GMT

ASHKELON, Israel — Near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip, terror and confusion reign. As POLITICO arrives at the cataclysmic scene, parents hunt desperately for their missing children and demand retribution against the Hamas terrorists who perpetrated a bloodbath of monstrous proportions. Israel has been in a state of emergency since Iranian-backed Hamas militants stormed out of the Gaza Strip at dawn on Saturday and unleashed a lethal assault on civilians, leaving more than 700 Israelis confirmed dead and 2,150 wounded.It was the “largest civilian massacre” in Israeli history, army spokesman Doron Spielman tells POLITICO. Sunday morning, we fly aboard a Ryanair jet from Berlin into Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport on one of the few commercial flights to Israel that has not been canceled. Typically vibrant and bustling, the city — which has come under fire from Palestinian rocket attacks — has been turned into a ghost town. Driving south from Tel Aviv toward ...

Helicopter crashes shortly after takeoff in New Hampshire, killing the pilot

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:22 GMT

CROYDON, N.H. (AP) — A helicopter crashed in the woods shortly after taking off in Croydon, New Hampshire, killing the pilot, the only person on board, authorities said. The craft was reported as missing for at least several hours.The helicopter had taken off at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, but the pilot, who was working for JBI Helicopter Services, could not be tracked shortly after that, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said in a news release Monday. It was scheduled to fly to a job site in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, about 180 miles (289.6 kilometers) away.The Croydon Fire Department said it received a report of a missing aircraft at about 10:30 p.m., said deputy chief Zachary White.The helicopter was found several hours later in a heavily wooded area near the takeoff site, White said in an email Monday.“The pilot was the only occupant and he did pass away,” the email read.The pilot, Carl Svenson, 73, of Loudon, New Hampshire, was found dead in the heavily damaged helicopte...

Boston Herald weekly divisional/ISL football rankings

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:22 GMT

Here are the weekly Eastern Mass. rankings for each of the eight divisions as well as the ISL.DIVISION 11. St. John’s Prep (5-0)2. Xaverian (3-2)3. Lincoln-Sudbury (4-1)4. Methuen (4-1)5. Everett (4-1)6. Needham (4-1)7. Andover (4-1)8. Franklin (4-1)DIVISION 21. Catholic Memorial (4-1)2. King Philip (5-0)3. Barnstable (5-0)4. Peabody (5-0)5. Marshfield (3-2)6. Bishop Feehan (4-1)7. Belmont (3-2)8. Winchester (4-1)/North Andover (3-1)DIVISION 31. Billerica (5-0)2. Milford (5-0)3. Milton (5-0)4. Mansfield (2-3)5. North Attleboro (2-3)6. Dartmouth (5-0)7. Woburn (4-1)8. Lynn Classical (4-1)DIVISION 41. Duxbury (3-1)2. Tewksbury (4-1)3. Norwood (4-1)4. Somerset Berkley (4-1)5. Melrose (4-1)6. Middleboro (4-1)7. Scituate (2-3)8. Wakefield (3-2)DIVISION 51. Hanover (5-0)2. Foxboro (5-0)3. Shawsheen (5-0)4. Bishop Fenwick (4-1)5. Newburyport (4-1)6. Danvers (3-2)7. Wilmington (4-1)8. Archbishop Williams (3-2)DIVISION 61. Salem (5-0)2. Norwell (4-1)3. Abington (4-1)4. Fairhaven (5-0)5...