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California house payment hits record $4,332 a month

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:31 GMT

“Numerology” tries to find reality within various measurements of economic and real estate trends.Buzz: California’s homebuying is comparatively frozen as sales run near record lows because a typical buyer’s house payment hit $4,332, a record high.Source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the June homebuying report for existing single-family houses, crafted by the California Association of Realtors, and included 33 years of history for perspective.Fuzzy math: How can prices be rising when few are buying? Or is it, who can afford to buy with mortgage rates and prices so high?ToplineHow cold? June marked the 20th-slowest homebuying pace since 1990s, or among the bottom 5%.Yes, the 277,490 annual sales volume is up 15% in six months amid a modest springtime house-hunting revival. But purchasing is down 20% over 12 months and is off 34% since February 2020, the last month before the pandemic era began.Historically speaking, sales are down 32% vs. the 33-year average of 409,000 a year. Home...

Preparing for Taylor Swift concerts at Levi's Stadium

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:31 GMT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (KRON) -- Fans are flocking to Santa Clara to see Taylor Swift perform both Friday and Saturday night at Levi's Stadium. Swifties started lining up on Thursday, sleeping overnight outside of the stadium. The City of Santa Clara has welcomed Taylor Swift with open arms. They have renamed the city to "Swiftie Clara" in anticipation of her performances and even named her honorary mayor. Here's what you need to know ahead of Friday and Saturday night:Time frameParking at Levi's Stadium will open at 2 p.m. with gates opening at 4:30 p.m. The concert is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. with Swift expected to take the stage at 8 p.m. She will be performing 45 songs which should take around a total of three hours. Elon Musk wants to turn tweets into ‘X’s’. But changing language is not quite so simple TransportationTraffic and delays are expected and fans are strongly encouraged to take public transportation. Caltrain is offering additional post-event trains and the Santa Clar...

Police investigating man's death after shooting in East Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:31 GMT

(KRON) -- A man is dead after being shot Thursday night, east of Oakland International Airport, according to police. Officers responded to the 9700 block of Edes Avenue around 8:30 p.m. after receiving reports of a shooting. They located a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound(s). Rally to demand justice after San Leandro officer killed man The victim was transported to a local hospital where he later died, police said.OPD's Homicide Section is currently investigating the incident. Anyone with information is asked to contact them at 510-238-3821.

Rally to demand justice after San Leandro officer killed man

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:31 GMT

(KRON) -- People in Oakland are rallying Friday to demand justice for a man who was shot a killed by a San Leandro police officer in 2020.Steven Taylor died at a Walmart when former officer Jason Fletcher shot him after he was allegedly stealing merchandise. Taylor's family said that Steven was suffering from a mental health crisis when the shooting happened. $2K worth of merchandise stolen from Children’s Place in Brentwood, suspects arrested Fletcher has since been charged with manslaughter. The rally will begin at 9 a.m. outside of the Alameda County Courthouse ahead of Fletcher's hearing.

Kansas City Life: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:31 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Life Insurance Co. (KCLI) on Friday reported net income of $4.5 million in its second quarter.On a per-share basis, the Kansas City, Missouri-based company said it had net income of 46 cents.The insurance company posted revenue of $124 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on KCLI at https://www.zacks.com/ap/KCLISource

Mike McDaniel confident in Dolphins’ CB depth amid Jalen Ramsey injury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:31 GMT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Jalen Ramsey, set for surgery on Friday, addressed his Miami Dolphins teammates a day earlier about the injury and told them not to worry or feel sorry for him.The six-time Pro Bowl cornerback suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee at the end of Thursday’s practice and is expected to miss the start of the regular season. But he vowed — bragged a little — that he could beat whatever timeline for return doctors give him.“It really moved a lot of people,” Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said Friday. “He first let everybody know how much he appreciated this team, how this team has accepted him, how he has been in the league a little bit and how he knows what we’re doing here, in his opinion, is special, for his position group not to waiver, and exuded all the confidence that he had in that position group.”McDaniel said Ramsey will have surgery Friday afternoon to repair the tear and his timeline for return won’t be known until the procedure i...

Oil pipeline construction in Minnesota ruptured an aquifer. Officials say it’s the 4th time

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:31 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A fourth aquifer breach has been confirmed in northern Minnesota stemming from a Canadian oil company’s construction of an oil pipeline replacement in the region, state officials said.Officials with Enbridge Energy and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources confirmed to the Minneapolis Star Tribune that the breach occurred near Moose Lake in Aitkin County. Officials said Enbridge is working to fix the rupture, in which the layer of earth above an aquifer is punctured, causing the water to leak to the surface and possibly introducing pollutants.It’s the fourth confirmed breach along the Line 3 pipeline route, which started operating in the fall of 2021 and generated fierce opposition from environmental activists and Native American tribes. Last October, state regulators announced that Enbridge would pay more than $11 million for water quality violations and the three previous aquifer breaches.An aquifer is a natural underground reserve of fresh water cap...

Can the Pac-12 survive? Conference of champions faces murky future after Colorado bolts for Big 12

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:31 GMT

The conference of champions appears to be in crisis.Colorado’s announcement Thursday that it will return to the Big 12 comes a little more than a year after Southern California and UCLA said they were ditching the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten. The departure of all three next year leaves the league that has won more NCAA championships than any other facing an uncertain future.Still without a media rights contract to replace ones that expires next summer, Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff keeps promising that all will be well. It is becoming harder to sell that no news on a deal is good news.“We are focused on concluding our media rights deal and securing our continued success and growth,” the Pac-12 said in a statement after CU’s announcement. “Immediately following the conclusion of our media rights deal, we will embrace expansion opportunities and bring new fans, markets, excitement and value to the Pac-12.”Pac-12 presidents and chancellors, athletic directors and Klia...

Former Olympic pole vault champion Thiago Braz suspended for positive doping test

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:31 GMT

MONACO (AP) — Former Olympic pole vault champion Thiago Braz has been suspended after testing positive for doping, track and field authorities said Friday.The Athletics Integrity Unit said Braz was notified of an allegation he tested positive for ostarine. No more details were published.Braz won a surprising gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics with a jump of 6.03 meters that still stands as the Olympic record.The 29-year-old Braz took bronze at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. He competed in two Diamond League meets in Europe this month ahead of next month’s world championships in Budapest, Hungary.Braz has been provisionally suspended while the AIU prosecutes his case. He faces a ban of up to four years.Ostarine is a selective androgen receptor modulator that can help muscle growth. It was the substance that cost the British men’s 4×100-meter relay team a silver medal at the Tokyo Games after Chijindu Ujah tested positive.___AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports...

Fort Belvoir renames Lee Road in ceremony honoring historic executive order

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:31 GMT

This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today.In honor of the 75th anniversary of a presidential executive order prohibiting segregation in the military, Fort Belvoir held a ceremony this week to announce the renaming of Lee Road to EO 9981 Road.Executive Order 9981, signed by President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1948, declared it essential that U.S. armed forces maintain the highest standards of democracy, with equality of treatment and opportunity for all those who serve.Lee Road’s name change came from a decision made by the congressional naming commission created in 2021 to study and make recommendations on renaming military assets with names linked to the Confederate Army in the Civil War.Former Judge Rohulamin Quander, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeffery C. McKay, Mount Vernon District Supervisor Dan Storck, Command Sgt. Maj. Garth D. Newell an...