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California lets Allstate hike rates — but insurer still won’t write new home policies

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:32 GMT

Allstate has received California’s blessing to raise homeowner insurance premiums 4%, but the state’s fifth largest home insurer said it has no plans to reverse its decision last fall to stop writing new policies.That will mean higher bills for Allstate’s existing customers, and no relief for other homeowners in the state who are losing their coverage in areas ravaged by recent destructive wildfires, floods and landslides. For homeowners desperately seeking new policies, the news isn’t goo: State Farm, California’s largest home insurer, said in late May it also would stop writing new policies, igniting fears of an insurance market collapse.Allstate said it had applied for the rate increase in April 2021 because prices were too low. That was before inflation hit last year, sending prices for new shingles, wood, insulation and labor soaring. With Proposition 103, the 1988 California initiative that requires the state to review and approve rate increases, ...

$30 million soccer fields, now double in price, to be built in phases

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:32 GMT

A proposed $30 million field sports complex moved forward with the Brentwood City Council on Tuesday approving the conceptual plan to begin designing the first phase, which includes tournament-level, artificial turf soccer fields.Early cost estimates to build the 30-acre Sand Creek Sports Complex were $15 million, but by April of this year those estimates had ballooned to more than $30 million after the city met with the design firm, Verde Design. The Granite Bay firm has designed the initial concept for the city-owned 14.5-acre parcel, with plans to add more fields to the adjacent 19.5-acre Contra Costa Flood Control detention basin down the road.Bruce Mulder, director of Brentwood Parks and Recreation, said the first phase is now estimated at $19.2 million, with additional funding to come partly from the general fund – $1,621,091 – (from the proceeds of the sale of the city’s former Education and Technology Center), as well as unallocated bond refinance savings, repurposed bond pr...

Football recruiting: Stanford gets commitment from Bay Area’s top prospect

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:32 GMT

The Bay Area’s top football prospect in the class of 2024 is set to stay close to home for his college career. Four-star outside linebacker Naki Tuakoi, a 6-4 and 222-pound edge rusher from Fremont-Oakland who is the region’s highest-ranked recruit according to 247Sports, has committed to Stanford. Tuakoi, who was named all-Oakland Athletic League as a junior, officially committed to the Cardinal on June 12. The Cardinal’s 2024 class is now ranked No. 10 in the country by 247Sports, after Dylan Stephenson, a four-star pass-rusher from Columbus-Miami, committed to Stanford.“I have been blessed with life-changing opportunities and am grateful for it all,” Tuakoi wrote on his personal Instagram page. “This was not an easy decision but is one that I felt presented me with amazing opportunities both on and off the field.”The talented defender also held offers from USC, Oregon, Notre Dame, Tennessee and other Power 5 schools. Related ArticlesHigh School Sports | College W...

Lyten launches San Jose pilot production for cutting-edge batteries

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:32 GMT

SAN JOSE — Lyten said Wednesday it has launched a pilot production line for lithium-sulfur batteries in San Jose, an endeavor it hopes will revolutionize the battery sector and usher in new kinds of Silicon Valley innovations.The company believes its batteries which are based on lithium-sulfur technologies can provide a lightweight, low-cost, green and energy-efficient choice for an array of industries, including electric vehicles, electric aircraft and mobile devices.San Jose-based Lyten said Wednesday that its work and endeavors in lithium-sulfur batteries could result in less expensive electric and mobile products — that are also homegrown in Silicon Valley.The company’s pilot production line is located at its north San Jose campus at 145 Baytech Parkway.These kinds of batteries could be produced wholly in the United States and not have to be shipped from suppliers based in Asia, in the view of Dan Cook, Lyten’s chief executive officer and co-founder. Lyte...

Penn. using tons of recycled glass to rebuild collapsed I-95

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:32 GMT

By Marc Levy | Associated PressPennsylvania will truck in 2,000 tons of lightweight glass nuggets to help quickly rebuild a collapsed section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia and crews will work 24 hours a day until they can reopen the critical commercial artery, officials said Wednesday.Instead of rebuilding the overpass right away, crews will use the recycled glass to fill in the collapsed area to avoid supply-chain delays for other materials, Gov. Josh Shapiro said.But Shapiro repeatedly declined to estimate how long it will take to get traffic flowing again on the busy East Coast highway.“We’re going to get this job done as quickly as possible,” Shapiro said at a news conference near the site, over the sounds of heavy machinery working to clear wreckage. He said the work would be done with union labor.Investigators continued to look into why a truck hauling gasoline went out of control on an off-ramp and flipped on its side, igniting a fire early Sunday that ca...

Colorado landlord succeeds in evicting Twitter over unpaid rent

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:32 GMT

A Boulder, Colorado, landlord succeeded in obtaining an order to evict Twitter over unpaid rent, according to recent court documents.A judge for Boulder County’s district court permitted law enforcement to evict the tenant on May 31, directing the tech giant to evacuate its suites at 3401 Bluff St. in Boulder and return them to the owner and landlord, Lot 2 SBO LLC.On May 12, Lot 2 SBO — a Delaware limited liability company related to Chicago’s The John Buck Company — filed a complaint against Twitter, alleging unpaid rent.Twitter and the landlord signed a lease for four building suites in February 2020, but the corporation failed to pay its rent, according to court documents.The landlord issued a default notice to Twitter, which went ignored. Through the end of March, Lot 2 SBO instead used a letter of credit deposited by Twitter for $968,000 to pay the rent, “which serves as security for Tenant’s performance under the Lease.”Twitter was then required to replenish the letter of cre...

Yastrzemski delivers in clutch as SF Giants finish sweep of Cardinals

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:32 GMT

Mike Yastrzemski tied it with a two-out, two-run ninth inning home run and the Giants scored three in the 10th Wednesday to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-5 and finish a three-game road sweep.The free runner in the top of the 10th inning, Yastrzemski scored the lead run on a one-out single by Thairo Estrada against losing pitcher Steven Matz, and Wilmer Flores followed with another run-scoring single after Estrada had stolen second base.With two outs, LaMonte Wade Jr. delivered another run-scoring single to give the Giants a three-run lead. Camilo Doval then recorded his 18th save with the tying run at the plate with Tyler Rogers getting his first win against four losses.Down to their final strike in the ninth inning against closer Giovanny Gallegos, Yastrzemski worked the count to 2-2 before unloading a 417-foot home run to tie score 5-5. The blow scored Wade, who opened the inning with an eight-pitch walk and was Yastrzemski’s eighth of the season and second in two days.It w...

Man dies in head-on collision in Monterey County

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:32 GMT

(KRON) -- A man died after two vans collided head on near Aromas on Wednesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. Family loses livelihood after teens steal $100,000 in equipment CHP determined that a 2018 Chevrolet Express van was heading westbound on San Juan Road towards Murphy Road around 5:18 a.m. At the same time, a 2010 Chrysler Town and County van was heading east on San Juan Road and it crossed the double yellow lines. The two vans crashed directly into each other. The driver of the Chrysler was declared dead at the scene by emergency medical responders. He was identified as a 67-year-old man from Salinas by the Monterey County Coroner's Office. KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }The Chevrolet van had 13 occupants, incl...

KRON4 to become CW affiliate this fall

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:32 GMT

WPHL-TV, KRON-TV, and WTTA-TV Will Carry CW’s Primetime Entertainment, Live Sports, and Special Event Programming in Three of the Nation’s Top-15 MarketsIRVING, TX (June 14, 2023)—Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST), today announced that its owned and operated television stations in three of the nation’s top-15 television markets, including WPHL-TV in Philadelphia (DMA #4), KRON-TV in San Francisco (DMA #10), and WTTA-TV in Tampa (DMA #13), will become affiliates of The CW Network on September 1, 2023.  All three stations will begin carrying the network’s primetime entertainment, live sports, and special event programming at that time.“The addition of these Nexstar-owned stations as affiliates will bring the number of Nexstar and partner-owned CW stations to 40, covering 38% of U.S. TV Households—equivalent to or greater than the local owned and operated station presence of any of the other major network owners,” said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar’s broadcasting divi...

BART ridership Tuesday second highest since March 2020

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:32 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- BART ridership numbers for Tuesday were the second-highest since before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency confirmed to KRON4. Ridership yesterday was reported to be 189,716, second only to the Golden State Warriors victory parade in June of last year.Ridership Tuesday was largely driven by a fan-organized "reverse boycott" to protest the Oakland Athletics' proposed move to Vegas at the Oakland Coliseum and a K-pop concert at the adjacent Oakland Arena. BART recorded 12,699 exits at Coliseum Station, amounting to 7% of Tuesday's ridership. San Jose family loses livelihood after thieves steal $100K worth of stage equipment Attendance at Tuesday night's game, in which the A's extended their winning streak to seven games with a win over the Tampa Bay Rays, was 27,759, according to MLB.Tuesday's spike in ridership comes at a time when BART and SF Muni have warned that they are in danger of going off a "fiscal cliff" without state funding. Transit...