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What Do Christmas and the New Year have in Common with Pest and Your Home?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:05 GMT

During the holiday season, while people focus on spreading cheer and creating memories, the last thing on their minds is the invasion of unwanted guests—rodents and termites. However, these pests can infiltrate homes, causing havoc and posing health risks to inhabitants. Pacific Coast Termite, California’s Largest Orange Oil Company, understands the importance of safeguarding homes against these invaders and offers a free detailed inspection* to help homeowners identify and tackle potential infestations.Rodents, beyond being a nuisance, pose a significant threat to households. These critters are carriers of more than 35 diseases and can wreak havoc on critical parts of your home. From gnawing on electrical wires to contaminating food supplies, their presence is not only unpleasant but potentially hazardous. Therefore, taking proactive measures to prevent rodent infestation is crucial, especially during the holiday season when the warmth and abundance of food inadvertently attr...

The 10 most expensive reported home sales in Los Gatos the week of Dec. 4

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:05 GMT

A house in Monte Sereno that sold for $11.8 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Los Gatos in the past two weeks.In total, 13 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past two weeks, with an average price of $2.8 million. The average price per square foot was $1,577.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded from the week of November 27 to the week of Dec. 10 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $1.3 million, condominium in the 100 block of Escobar CourtThe property in the 100 block of Escobar Court in Los Gatos has new owners. The price was $1,315,000. The condominium was built in 1972 and has a living area of 1,494 square feet. The price per square foot is $880. The condominium features two bedrooms and two bathrooms.Escobar Court9. $1.4 million, condominium in the 600 block of Pennsylvania Ave.A sale has been finalized for the condominium in the 600 block of P...

An Alameda brewery day trip takes in sea haggis, plum beer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:05 GMT

My Bay Area brewery day trip rounds recently took me back to Alameda, where I discovered a new taproom and an older brewery with some really interesting Filipino-inspired beer. (You can read about my previous trip, which included stops at Faction Brewing, Almanac and The Rake at Admiral Maltings, here.)Humble Sea Brewing, AlamedaWhen I visited Alameda last June, the team at Humble Sea Brewing had just announced plans to expand to the island. Three childhood friends — Frank Scott Krueger, Nick Pavlina and Taylor West — opened the original brewery in Santa Cruz in 2015, and since then have added taprooms on the Santa Cruz Wharf and in Pacifica.Humble Sea Brewing Co. employee Austin Miller, left, and customer Chris Butler, of San Leandro, drink a Surfsloth and Rye the Whales beer at Humble Sea Brewing Co. in Alameda, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) The Alameda outpost opened its doors in late August offering an airy and modern ambia...

Fatal crash on Highway 1 in Santa Cruz snarls traffic

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:05 GMT

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) -- Heavy rain was pouring over Santa Cruz during Wednesday morning's rush-hour commute when a deadly crash happened on Highway 1. The California Highway Patrol issued a traffic alert and told drivers to expect delays on Highway 1 near the Morrissey Boulevard exit. As of 9:45 a.m., the far right southbound lane remained closed with no estimated time for reopening. The crash happened around 7:43 a.m. when a driver lost control, their car went up an embankment, and the car flipped, according to the CHP's traffic incident website. CHP officers confirmed that one person was killed in the wreck. Officers are still on scene investigating.

Barring Speakers Under U.S. Sanctions Puts Ideas Off-Limits, Say Free Speech Advocates

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:05 GMT

A lawsuit filed Wednesday says the U.S. government violated the First Amendment when it prevented a U.S.-based organization from hosting people sanctioned by the U.S. as speakers at a conference earlier this year. The suit, if successful, could have far-reaching implications for placing federal limits on freedom of speech when sanctioned or otherwise designated people or groups are involved.The complaint, filed by Columbia University’s Knight First Amendment Institute, argues that the decision made by the Office of Foreign Assets Control could have consequences for public discourse, including whether news outlets could publish interviews with individuals designated under U.S. sanctions law.For the lawyers bringing the suit, the current curtailment of speech based on sanctions amounts to the policing of thought. “The question at the core of the case is what control the U.S. government has over the American mind and whether it can effectively insulate Americans from ideas and peo...

Industrial Killing of Civilians in Gaza Won’t Defeat the Armed Insurgency

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:05 GMT

An aerial view of a mass burial of Palestinians who were killed by Israeli attacks in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on Nov. 22, 2023.Photo: Mohammad Fayq/Anadolu via Getty ImagesConfronted with an endless list of well-documented Israeli war crimes, the Biden administration has responded with overwhelming support for a genocidal war of annihilation against the Palestinians of Gaza. For more than two months, the White House has engaged in a public campaign of gaslighting as it has feigned concern over the fate of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents while simultaneously maintaining the flow of weapons, intelligence, and political cover to an Israeli regime that has made clear its intent to “flatten” Gaza and force its intentionally dehumanized survivors into an ever-shrinking killing cage.President Joe Biden, facing historically low popularity heading into the 2024 election, reportedly now wants Israel to move to a “less kinetic” phase of its war by early next year. This is simply the latest effort by t...

News helicopter crashes in New Jersey forest, killing pilot and photographer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:05 GMT

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Investigators were looking for evidence Wednesday of what caused a news helicopter to crash in the New Jersey Pinelands the night before, killing the pilot and photographer on board.Chopper 6 from WPVI-TV in Philadelphia was returning from an assignment at the Jersey Shore when it went down Tuesday night in a section of Wharton State Forest in Washington Township, Burlington County, authorities said.The TV station said the crash occurred around 8 p.m. The New Jersey State Park Police said they were notified of a helicopter that had gone missing shortly before 11 p.m.The station did not identify the workers, saying family members were still being notified.But during a live report in which she choked up with emotion, reporter Maggie Kent told of speaking with colleagues of the crew members at Northeast Philadelphia Airport, where the chopper was based.“They are described as the best guys that you would want to know, on the job for decades,” she said. “...

Conoce a los enemigos de Aurelio Casillas en la nueva temporada de “El Señor de los Cielos”

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:05 GMT

La novena temporada de “El Señor de los Cielos” que se estrenará en febrero por Telemundo, promete una descarga de acción cuando el notorio Aurelio Casillas, protagonizado por Rafael Amaya, deba enfrentar a dos persistentes adversarios en su novena temporada: El Cabo, interpretado por Robinson Díaz, y Belén San Román, a cargo de la icónica actriz mexicana Itatí Cantoral.  Se soltó la bestia: nuevo tráiler de la novena temporada de El Señor de los Cielos Video: el primer adelanto de la nueva temporada de El Señor de los Cielos Ambos personajes inyectarán una nueva dosis de intriga y complejidad a la historia en la que se desatará la bestia que Aurelio Casillas lleva en la sangre. “EL CABO” (ROBINSON DÍAZ):Uno de los favoritos de la audiencia, el infame Cabo regresa para demostrar una vez más por qué es considerado el enemigo más despiadado de Aurelio Casillas. Tras su último ataque contra el clan Casillas, El Cabo ...

Poland’s new Cabinet moves to free state media from previous government’s political control

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:05 GMT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new pro-European Union government has begun to wrestle control of the country’s state media and some other state agencies from the conservative party that consolidated its grip on them during eight years in power.The Cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, which took office last week, said Wednesday it had fired the directors of the state television and radio outlets and the government-run news agency. It seeks to reestablish independent media in Poland in a legally binding and lasting way. Tusk’s government has made it a priority to restore objectivity and free expression in state media, which the previous government, under the Law and Justice party, used as aggressive propaganda tools, attacking Tusk and the opposition and spreading its euroskeptic views. During its rule, Law and Justice cut corners and ignored some procedures to gain control of the media supervisory bodies and of the key appointments as it tightened its grip.The new government...

Denver restaurant recognized nationally for having one of best dishes in US

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:05 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — There are an endless number of restaurants in the U.S. and even more delicious dishes, and yet, a Denver dish was named one of the best of 2023.The New York Times put together a list of "23 of the Best American Dishes of 2023." Every year, they send reporters and editors across the country to search for the best restaurants, and during their travels, they find one-of-a-kind dishes. 2 Denver restaurants make The New York Times’ best restaurant list "Each year as we travel the country to scout out candidates for our many best-restaurant lists — whether the big national listing in the early fall or the new 'best of' city lists we’ve begun rolling out — our reporters and editors eat hundreds of meals in dozens of states. Inevitably we come across that one dish that we almost wish we’d ordered two of, and wish we could find closer to home," said the New York Times.Hearth bread at BrutøThe New York Times said one dish at Denver's B...