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Five-bedroom home sells in Pleasanton for $2.3 million

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:25 GMT

8354 Moller Ranch Drive – Google Street ViewA spacious house located in the 8300 block of Moller Ranch Drive in Pleasanton has new owners. The 3,339-square-foot property, built in 1998, was sold on March 15, 2023. The $2,275,000 purchase price works out to $681 per square foot. The property features five bedrooms, three baths, a garage, and three parking spaces. It sits on an 8,407-square-foot lot.These nearby houses have also recently changed hands:A 2,056-square-foot home on the 8100 block of Moller Ranch Drive in Pleasanton sold in January 2023, for $1,460,000, a price per square foot of $710. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Knollbrook Drive, Pleasanton, in September 2022, a 2,003-square-foot home was sold for $1,550,000, a price per square foot of $774. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In July 2022, a 4,337-square-foot home on Laurel Creek Drive in Pleasanton sold for $3,100,000, a price per square foot of $715. The home has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. 

Renee Fleming, Rhiannon Giddens, Brad Mehldau headed to UC Berkeley

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:25 GMT

Appearances by opera stars Renee Fleming, Christine Goerke and Jakub Józef Orliński; the return of pianist Mitsuko Uchida; and dance works including Pina Bausch’s “The Rite of Spring” are among the highlights of arts presenter Cal Performances’ 2023-24 season, announced by company executive and artistic director Jeremy Geffen.The new season also includes a new work by Americana music icon Rhiannon Giddens and the Silkroad Ensemble exploring the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad; and a big anniversary celebration for the Kronos Quartet.The season, running Oct. 1 to May 4, 2024 on and around the UC Berkeley campus, includes attractions in recital, orchestral and chamber music, early music, new music, dance, theater, jazz, vocal, and family events.Fall 2023 highlights include soprano Goerke in “A Celebration of the American Diva” (Oct. 8); the Los Angeles Master Chorale brings “Music to Accompany a Departure,” a work on loss and grief directed by Peter Sellars, set to a score b...

Buckingham Palace’s Coronation Quiche recipe

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:25 GMT

News broke this week that Coronation Chicken has been dethroned, replaced by Coronation Quiche as King Charles’ entree of choice.The curry-tinged chicken salad was served at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation luncheon in 1953, and it’s still extremely popular. But the coronation recipe released by Buckingham Palace — complete with social media campaign, videos, Prue Leith sightings and much hashtagging — is a royal-approved, veg-forward tart filled with spinach, broad beans and fresh tarragon.Like all House of Windsor decisions, this one is already stirring controversy, which seems a bit much. But so far, the criticisms include: That’s too much tarragon. Broad beans are a pain to peel. Tarragon — seriously? The pastry has lard! No tarragon!! And this is not a quiche, it’s spinach pie.Here’s the recipe, courtesy of Buckingham Palace, which describes it as “a deep quiche with a crisp, light pastry case and delicate flavours of s...

At Home: 9 tips for staging a small condo to sell

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:25 GMT

My youngest daughter has called Nashville home for five years. When Marissa moved there for grad school, my husband and I helped by buying a small, one-bedroom condo near campus. Now she’s ready to move on. And you know what that means: Call the broker and spiff up the place.I called Suzanne McMillan, the Fridrich & Clark Realty broker who sold us the property in 2018. She revisited the 620-square-foot condo, which is on the ground floor of a 70-year-old building. We’d painted the dingy beige walls a cool white (Sherwin-Williams Alabaster), added recessed can lights and refreshed the window treatments.“Although the rules for staging a 600-square-foot condo to sell aren’t much different from those for a larger home, in some ways they matter more,” she said when we got on the phone to strategize. “A small place gives no grace. Every inch must pull its weight.”Although the condo was already in a desirable neighborhood close to campus, we still wanted to give the place its best shot...

Arrest made in SF Muni egg hate crime attack caught on video

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:25 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Back in February, a man was caught on video (above) throwing eggs and yelling racial slurs at an Asian woman on the 38 Muni bus in San Francisco. VIDEO: Man throws eggs in racist attack on SF Muni bus An arrest has now been made in what authorities investigated the Feb. 16 incident that happened around 9:30 a.m. as a hate crime. Joseph Benjamin, 44, was arrested last Friday, the San Francisco Police Department announced Thursday in a press release.One of the victims was Michelle Young. "So he said stupid Chinese ****h and then I believe he repeated himself and we didn’t respond,” Young, who was visiting San Francisco, told KRON4. According to SFPD, Benjamin is believed to have been involved in at least two more incidents on Muni -- making it a total of three he is linked to. Another Muni rider says Benjamin threw food at her back last December. The victim also claims the suspect made derogatory comments about her ethnicity and gender. SFPD also reported on ...

Elizabeth Holmes' ex-boyfriend begins serving prison sentence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:25 GMT

(KRON) -- Former Theranos executive Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani began serving a prison sentence Thursday for his role in a fraud conspiracy that rocked Silicon Valley. U.S. District Judge Edward Davila sentenced Balwani to serve 155 months in prison -- nearly 13 years -- for defrauding Theranos investors and patients. Balwani's sentence is two years longer than that given to his co-conspirator and former lover, Elizabeth Holmes.Balwani remained out of custody throughout his trial. But his freedom vanished Thursday when he reported to prison. "We can confirm, Ramesh Balwani, is in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Terminal Island in San Pedro, California," Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson Donald Murphy told KRON4.Sunny Balwani and Elizabeth Holmes were in a romantic relationship until an investigation was launched into their company. (Getty Images / File) Holmes, who recently gave birth to her second child, was or...

LIST: Bay Area bars showing Tank Davis-Ryan Garcia fight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:25 GMT

(KRON) -- In a clash of undefeated young stars, Gervonta 'Tank' Davis and Ryan Garcia's fight this Saturday is one of the biggest events boxing has to offer. Davis (28-0, 26 KOs) and Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs) will garner millions of eyes as the two will square off on April 22 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis ready for bout with Ryan Garcia With a hefty pay-per-view price of $84.99, people looking to watch this fight might want to head to a bar instead. KRON4 compiled a list of Bay Area bars showing the sport's biggest fight of the year. San FranciscoRumorsGolden Gate Tap RoomCondor ClubWestwoodClub 26 MixAbbey TavernGold ClubOaklandThe Athletic Club*Hometown Heroes (Emeryville)**San JoseThe Brit - Sports Pub & PatioTequila's Bontanero Rookies Sports Lodge***Other Bay Area CitiesGraton Casino (Rohnert Park)Fuego Sports Bar & Club (Sunnyvale)O'Sullivan's Sports Bar (Newark) Straw Hat Pizza (Hayward)840 Wine Bar & Cocktail Lounge (Redwood City)DB Stea...

Oklahoma Court: We Want Richard Glossip Dead and Evidence Be Damned

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:25 GMT

Two weeks after Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond asked the Court of Criminal Appeals to vacate Richard Glossip’s conviction, the court rejected Drummond’s request, clearing the way for Glossip’s execution on May 18.“This court has thoroughly examined Glossip’s case from the initial direct appeal to this date,” the court’s five justices wrote. “Glossip has exhausted every avenue and we have found no legal or factual ground which would require relief in this case.”The court’s move is a rebuke not only to the attorney general, who ordered a review of Glossip’s case earlier this year, but also to dozens of conservative Oklahoma legislators who have been fighting to stop Glossip’s execution over fears the state would kill an innocent man. The independent counsel who reviewed the case concluded that Glossip should receive a new trial — and that pushing for his execution did not “serve the interests of justice.”Glossip was sentenced to death for the 1997 murder of Barry Van Trees...

Sword attack killer gets another 55-year prison sentence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:25 GMT

ROCKVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who viciously and randomly attacked two people with a Samurai-style sword, killing one and severely wounding the other, was sentenced Thursday to 55 years in prison, the same sentence he received for a fatal shooting and kidnapping that occurred two days after the attack.Peter Manfredonia struck 62-year-old Ted DeMers in the head with the sword, completely severed his right hand, sliced off his left thumb and index finger and repeatedly slashed his back during the attack in Willington on May 22, 2020. Manfredonia then wounded 80-year-old John Franco, who had severe injuries to his hands and wounds to his head and neck. DeMers was pronounced dead en route to the hospital.Manfredonia, now 26, who was a University of Connecticut senior in 2020 studying finance and mechanical engineering, later held another local man hostage for 24 hours. He then drove across the state to Derby, fatally shot a school classmate and kidnapped that victim’s girlfri...

Connecticut pauses prison commutations amid uproar

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:25 GMT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut has paused all prison commutations in the wake of an uproar over a drastic rise in the number of inmates having their sentences reduced, the governor announced Thursday.Conservative lawmakers and victims’ rights advocates had called for the suspension of commutations and a review of the state’s Board of Pardons and Paroles policies after it was revealed that 71 commutations were granted in 2022. Just three were approved between 2017 and 2021. Those getting sentence reductions included 44 convicted murders, who had an average of 15 years shaved off their sentences, according to lawmakers.Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, last week replaced the chairman of the parole board and on Wednesday met with leaders of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee to discuss how the commutations were being handled.“During the meeting, the leadership of the board informed participants that it has paused the commutation process pending an expeditious review of it...