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Detached house in Los Gatos sells for $3.6 million

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:51:03 GMT

120 Drysdale Drive – Google Street ViewA 3,276-square-foot house built in 1970 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 100 block of Drysdale Drive in Los Gatos was sold on Oct. 20, 2023, for $3,550,000, or $1,084 per square foot. This two-story home presents a roomy floor plan, featuring five bedrooms and four bathrooms. Outside, the home presents roofing composed of wood shake roofing / shingles materials. Inside, a fireplace adds character to the home. The property is equipped with a heating system and central A/C. In addition, the house is equipped with a two-car garage, accommodating vehicles and storage needs efficiently.Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include:A 1,994-square-foot home on the 15700 block of Shady Lane in Los Gatos sold in July 2023, for $2,100,000, a price per square foot of $1,053. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Quail Hill Road, Los Gatos, in January 2023, a 5,107-square-foot home was sold for $6,922,000, a pr...

Denver weather: Cooler and cloudy with rain, snow

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:51:03 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Highs along the Front Range Wednesday will be about 30 degrees cooler than Tuesday in the Denver weather forecast. Snow will fall along Interstate 70 throughout the day, and Denver could see light snow overnight.Weather today: Cooler with snow moving inLight snow will stick around the I-70 corridor and along the foothills Wednesday. Cloudy skies linger over the metro with much cooler temperatures in the middle 40s. Say goodbye to plastic bags, they may start disappearing soon In the afternoon, the Palmer Divide could see some light snow, while rain could fall in the metro. There could be a switch to snow in the metro around 10 p.m.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on Nov. 8 A winter weather advisory is along the foothills from 6 p.m. through midnight Wednesday night. Accumulation of 4-10 inches of snow will make for some slick roads.Pinpoint Weather: Winter weather advisories on Nov. 8 Weather tonight: Light metro snowLight snow is possible in the metro after 10 p....

Police investigating fatal shooting at Miami Gardens gas station

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:51:03 GMT

A shooting turned deadly in Miami Gardens, with police discovering the lifeless body of a man who fell victim to multiple gunshots. The incident unfolded shortly before midnight Wednesday at a gas station located along the 700 block of Northwest 183rd Street.Police surrounded the scene as they launched an investigation into the shooting, but the shooter had already fled the area after opening fire.Details surrounding this incident remain under investigation. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Warming Winds and Mostly Dry Conditions Rest of Week

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:51:03 GMT

High pressure has dominated our weather pattern so far this week, providing beautiful but warm conditions across South Florida. That pattern will hold the rest of this week and into this weekend, keeping our weather fairly quiet.This Wednesday, expect highs about the same as yesterday into the mid 80s, which is a few degrees above average. That will be paired with partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies and a spotty shower chance this morning, especially across Miami-Dade and the upper Florida Keys.The story will hold fairly similar Thursday and Friday too with sunshine and a stray shower chance, mainly during the morning hours.Low temperatures tonight will range from the low to mid 70s near the coast and across the Keys, with some pockets of upper 60s inland.Winds will continue to gradually veer, shifting from the east today to the southeast by this weekend. This will instigate a slight uptick in temperatures, rising from the mid 80s today to the upper 80s late-week and into the Vetera...

Crunch time for EU conservatives’ push to kill nature law

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:51:03 GMT

Europe’s conservatives are at it again. After attempting to kill off a major pillar of the EU’s Green Deal earlier this year, the center-right European People’s Party has come back to the negotiation table and is trying to weaken key targets in ongoing closed-door negotiations, according to the bill’s defenders. That’s leading to frustration across political groups in the European Parliament and in EU countries, as they try to hash out a final deal on the contentious EU proposal to boost nature restoration across the bloc. The third, and likely last, round of talks takes place on Thursday and is expected to last well into the night.The conservative group — which carries significant heft, as it’s the largest in the Parliament — has long fought against the new legislation aimed at restoring the bloc’s degraded land, arguing that it will take agricultural land away from farmers and undermine the bloc’s food security. The opposition is part of a broader cons...

Yeah, we did it: Ukraine admits car-bomb killing of pro-Russia politician

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:51:03 GMT

Mikhail Filiponenko, a pro-Russian lawmaker and ex-militiaman in occupied eastern Ukraine, walked over to a car outside his house on Wednesday morning … and was promptly blown to smithereens, Russian media reported. Ukraine’s Military Intelligence immediately claimed responsibility for the assassination. “Yeah, it was our operation,” Andriy Cherniak, representative of Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Directorate, also known as GUR, told POLITICO in a phone conversation about the car bomb attack.Military intelligence worked together with local Ukrainian partisans to prepare to assassinate Filiponenko, GUR said in a statement.Filiponenko was born in Luhansk and studied in Kyiv. However, in 2014 he joined Russian-backed mercenaries who seized power and helped President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin to establish its rule over the occupied territories of Luhansk and Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine. “He was involved in the organization of torture camps in ...

Lung cancer death rates decreasing but still biggest cancer killer, report says

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:51:03 GMT

A new report says lung cancer death rates in Canada have declined significantly over the past several years.It says deaths from lung cancer have decreased by about four per cent per year since 2015.Canadian Cancer Society epidemiologist Jennifer Gillis says those rates show progress in getting people to stop smoking, as tobacco is a factor in about 70 per cent of lung cancer cases.But Gillis says that another critical intervention is early detection and treatment. Related: Ontario to consider new job-protected leave for workers facing critical illnesses like cancer Wickenheiser raising awareness for lung cancer with new campaign Despite the progress, lung cancer is still the leading cause of cancer deaths in Canada.The annual report is issued by the Canadian Cancer Statistics Advisory Committee, along with the Canadian Cancer Society, Statistics Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Royal pomp and ceremony planned for South Korean president’s state visit to the UK

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:51:03 GMT

LONDON (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will be greeted with royal pomp and ceremony before commemorating the sacrifice of British soldiers during the Korean War when he travels to the U.K. for a state visit later this month.King Charles III and Queen Camilla will formally welcome the president and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, on Nov. 21 during a ceremony at Horse Guards Parade in London, where the South Korean leader will inspect a guard of honor, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday.The president and first lady will later take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Korean War Memorial to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. They will then visit Westminster Abbey, where the president will lay a wreath at the grave of the Unknown Warrior.The president will address members of both houses of Parliament before attending a state banquet at Buckingham Palace.Yoon will also attend a business forum on Nov. 22, and then hold talks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at No. 10 ...

Edmunds: The midsize trucks you need to know about for 2024

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:51:03 GMT

Midsize trucks are a viable option for truck shoppers looking for something that’s smaller and less expensive than a full-size truck. But a lot is happening right now that potential truck buyers will want to know about. Popular models such as Chevrolet Colorado and Toyota Tacoma are fully redesigned, while others such as the Jeep Gladiator receive significant new features and capabilities. Edmunds experts report on which trucks are the most intriguing for 2024. TOYOTA TACOMA The best-selling Tacoma receives a complete overhaul for the 2024 model year. It flaunts a more muscular design and an improved interior fitted with a big optional center touchscreen. Under the hood is a new turbocharged four-cylinder engine that replaces both the previous Tacoma’s underpowered base engine and its optional V6. The new engine comes in three different power outputs headlined by a new hybrid powertrain called i-Force Max. It produces an impressive 326 horsepower and 465...

Anuja Varghese wins Governor General’s literary award for fiction

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:51:03 GMT

TORONTO — Anuja Varghese has won the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction for her debut short story collection.She took home the $25,000 prize for “Chrysalis,” a collection that blends elements of Hindu folklore with modern diasporic life. The book, published by House of Anansi Press, is also nominated for the Writers’ Trust’s Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers.The Governor General’s Awards, founded in 1936, are among the country’s oldest literary honours. English and French awards are handed out in seven categories with the winners receiving $25,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, which administers the prizes.This year’s non-fiction prize went to Kyo Maclear for “Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets,” a memoir published by Knopf Canada about the author’s discovery that the dad who raised her was not her biological father. Hannah Green won the poetry award for her debut collection, ...