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San Jose hotel along transit line is bought amid feeble lodging market

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:45 GMT

SAN JOSE — A hotel along a light rail line in San Jose has landed local buyers, a reminder that some hotel sales are being completed in the face of a feeble Bay Area lodging market.Caravelle Inn & Suites, a hotel at 1310 North First Street in San Jose, was purchased for $3.8 million, according to documents filed on Sept. 2 with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office.The 50-room hotel is two stories and is near the interchange of Interstate 880 and North First Street.The San Jose-based ownership group, which operates as District Eleven LLC, bought the property through an all-cash deal, the county records show.This transaction marks one of the few hotel purchases in the Bay Area so far in 2023 — and one of the very few in Santa Clara County.During the first six months of 2023, only eight hotels were bought in the Bay Area, including two in Santa Clara County, according to a survey by Atlas Hospitality Group, which tracks the lodging market in California.Of the ...

Woman trapped under AV after possible SF hit-and-run

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:45 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A woman was sent to a hospital Monday night after being struck by a possible hit-and-run driver followed by a Cruise autonomous car, the San Francisco Police Department confirmed to KRON4.Authorities said they found the victim trapped under the autonomous car after arriving on scene at about 9:30 p.m. on 5th Street, just south of Market Street. A human-driven vehicle "may have been initially involved in the collision" before the Cruise car struck the pedestrian, according to police.Firefighters were able to secure the Cruise car and free the woman who was suffering "traumatic injuries," the San Francisco Fire Department said. SFPD officers rendered aid before the woman was hospitalized. SF Fleet Week 2023: schedule, events, what you need to know The Cruise car was uninhabited at the time of the collision and remained at the scene. In a statement to KRON4, Cruise said its vehicle "braked aggressively to minimize the impact" and also suggested there was an in...

OPD investigating possible shooting 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:45 GMT

(KRON) – The Oakland Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred on Oct. 1,  in the 1100 block of 7th Street. The shots occurred around 10:45 p.m. Officers were sent to investigate after being alerted by a ShotSpotter activation in the area. According to police, officers did not observe any signs that a shooting occurred.  Thieves targeting drivers at gas stations, East Bay police agency warns This is an ongoing investigation.Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oakland Police Department Felony Assault Unit at (510)-238-3426.

Oakland police investigating fatal Sunday night shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:45 GMT

(BCN) -- Oakland police are investigating a shooting Sunday night that killed a man.Around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, officers were alerted to a shooting in the 7800 block of Arthur Street. Upon arrival, officers saw a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to a hospital, police said. Another Oakland business to close, citing ‘rising crime’ While on scene, officers tried to pull over a vehicle linked to the shooting, but the driver fled. A man and woman, both Oakland residents, were taken into custody in Pleasant Hill following a chase, police said.The victim died hours after the shooting, according to Oakland police. His identity is withheld pending notification to next of kin.Those with relevant information are asked to contact the Oakland Police Homicide Section at (510) 238-3821 or a tip line at (510) 238-7950. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Cinco terremotos consecutivos de hasta 6.2 de magnitud sacuden India, Nepal y Afganistán

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:45 GMT

NUEVA DELHI – El Centro Nacional de Sismología de la India (NCS, en inglés) registró este martes cinco seísmos consecutivos de entre 2.7 y 6.2 de magnitud con epicentro en localidades de la India y Nepal, donde se han reportado algunos daños materiales.El tercero, el de mayor magnitud, se produjo a las 2:51pm hora local (09:21 GMT) con epicentro en el oeste de Nepal, según el NCS. Otro temblor de 4.6 de magnitud de profundidad se registró media hora antes en la misma ubicación, mientras que otros dos de 4.3 y 3.0 de magnitud se registraron en los estados norteños indios de Uttarakhand y Assam, respectivamente, reportó la agencia india.La NCS también registró otro seísmo a las 4:29 pm hora local (10:59 GMT) de 4,7 de magnitud en la ciudad de Fayzabad, en el oeste de Afganistán.Sin embargo, el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS) reportó sólo dos seísmos casi simultáneos de 4.9 y 5.7 de magnitud con epicentro en la ciudad nepalí de Dipayal Silgadhi, en el oeste de Nepal. ...

Warren Buffett’s company dumps another 5 million shares of printer maker HP

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:45 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investors soon won’t be able to follow Warren Buffett’s every move in HP’s stock if the billionaire’s company keeps selling off shares of the printer and computer maker.Berkshire Hathaway’s ownership of HP Inc. is about to drop below 10% after it sold nearly 5 million shares, according to a regulatory filing by Buffett’s company late Monday. The Securities and Exchange Commission requires investors who own less than 10% of a company to report their company holdings only on a quarterly basis rather than big investors who must disclose their actions closer to the time of a so-called “triggering” event, which can mean buying or selling shares. Many investors do watch Buffett’s moves closely because of his extremely successful track record over the years.Not that long ago, Berkshire owned more than 12% of HP’s stock before it started to trim its stake last month. Now it’s down to 10.2% after several stock sales of the Palo Alt...

Woodruff’s shoulder injury leaves Brewers down a starter against Diamondbacks in Wild Card Series

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:45 GMT

One of Milwaukee’s biggest strengths just got a little weaker on the eve of the postseason.Right-hander Brandon Woodruff, slated as a potential Game 3 starter, will miss the NL Wild Card Series with a shoulder injury, leaving the Brewers without one of the top arms against the Arizona Diamondbacks.“It’s tough to have one of your better arms go down,” Brewers Game 1 starter Corbin Burnes said on Monday. “Obviously we don’t know the extent of what’s going on and how long it’s going to be. But it means that it’s another opportunity for another guy to step up and fill his shoes and try to replicate what he would do out there on the mound.”When Milwaukee and Arizona last met, the Diamondbacks were atop the AL West and the Brewers were scuffling, barely above .500 at 38-36.That was June. The Brewers found the right gear, going 54-34 the rest of the way to win the NL Central by eight games.The Diamondbacks went through a few difficult stretches after the series in Milwaukee, finally ...

From the Avalanche down, there’s ‘never an easy night’ in the NHL’s Central Division

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:45 GMT

Nathan MacKinnon didn’t feel right about how last season went for the Colorado Avalanche. Sure, they shook off their Stanley Cup hangover and won the Central Division but something was off. “I just don’t think we had the team to win last year,” MacKinnon said. “Just didn’t really feel like we really had it.”With extra rest from a first-round exit and the additions of Ryan Johansen, Miles Wood and Tomas Tatar filling some major voids, the Avalanche go into the season as favorites to win the Cup again. Just to get out of the Central, they will have to fend off Dallas coming off a trip to the Western Conference final and retooled Nashville, St. Louis and Winnipeg — and handle games against Chicago and Arizona that won’t be as easy as they were last year.“There’s never an easy night at the Central,” Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey said. “It’s a tough division to play. It’s always a grind. The games are physical.”The Avalanche are more physical with Wood, deeper down the middl...

UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman wows some Conservatives and alarms others with hardline stance

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:45 GMT

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman railed against unauthorized migrants, human-rights laws and “woke” critics of her hardline policies Tuesday as she tried to secure her place as the flag-bearer of the Conservative Party’s law-and-order right wing.In her keynote speech to the governing party’s annual conference, Braverman called migration a “hurricane” that would bring “millions more immigrants to these shores, uncontrolled and unmanageable.”She said British governments had been “far too squeamish about being smeared as racist to properly bring order to the chaos.” But the Conservatives, she said, would give Britain “strong borders.”Braverman hailed the government’s moves to make it harder for migrants to seek asylum in Britain, including a law that requires anyone arriving in small boats across the English Channel to be detained and then deported permanently to their home nation or third countries.Despite being passed by Parliament earl...

Plans to accommodate transgender swimmers at a World Cup meet scrapped because of lack of entries

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:45 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Plans for the first “open category” swimming races to accommodate transgender competitors at a World Cup this weekend have been scrapped because of a lack of entries.World Aquatics said Tuesday it had received “no entries” for the open category events scheduled to take place at a World Cup starting Friday in Berlin.Swimming’s governing body, formerly known as FINA, had previously banned transgender competitors from major events like the Olympics and world championships, but said it was committed to creating an open category for all swimmers when it first adopted its “gender inclusion policy” last year during the worlds in Budapest, Hungary.The open category was supposed to make its debut on a pilot basis with 50-meter and 100-meter races in Berlin. Those races will not now take place.World Aquatics said its open category working group will continue its work.“Even if there is no current demand at the elite level, the working group is planning to look at the possibility ...