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Sale closed in Pleasanton: $3.2 million for a three-bedroom home

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:58:13 GMT

6120 Sanctuary Lane – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 6100 block of Sanctuary Lane in Pleasanton was sold on March 31, 2023. The $3,180,000 purchase price works out to $1,147 per square foot. The house, built in 2011, has an interior space of 2,773 square feet. The property features three bedrooms, four baths, a garage, and three parking spaces. It sits on a 2.1-acre lot.Additional houses have recently been sold nearby:A 2,200-square-foot home on the 900 block of Happy Valley Road in Pleasanton sold in July 2022, for $2,000,000, a price per square foot of $909. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Romeo Court, Pleasanton, in March 2023, a 3,456-square-foot home was sold for $2,727,000, a price per square foot of $789. The home has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.In October 2022, a 8,004-square-foot home on Happy Valley Road in Pleasanton sold for $5,400,000, a price per square foot of $675. The home has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. 

Review: ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ remake is a flagrant foul against the original 1992 hoops comedy classic

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:58:13 GMT

toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's Jason Fraley reviews the remake of 'White Men Can't Jump' $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); ga('send', 'event', 'Audio', 'play', audio_filename); }); }); Certain sports movies are so perfect that they should never be remade — and filmmaker Ron Shelton made two of them in a span of four years. After the iconic baseball film “Bull Durham” (1988), he directed the basketball flick “White Men Can’t Jump” (1992), which was one of S...

Panthers outlast Hurricanes in 4th OT in 6th-longest game in NHL history

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:58:13 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers seemed determined to keep playing. And playing. And playing.The teams opened their Eastern Conference final playoff series with Florida’s 3-2 victory in four overtimes early Friday, with the game ranking as the sixth-longest game in NHL history.Matthew Tkachuk’s goal came at the 19:47 mark of the fourth OT to end this one, which marked the 15th four-overtime game in NHL history and the longest game in franchise history for each team. The longest game in NHL history came on March 24, 1936, when the Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Maroons 1-0 in the sixth overtime on Mud Bruneteau’s goal at 116 minutes, 30 seconds of extra play.Florida’s previous record for longest game was 104:31 in Game 4 of the 1996 Stanley Cup final against Colorado. Carolina’s previous record was 114:47 for Game 3 of the 2002 Stanley Cup final.The only good news for the teams is they had an extended break before this ser...

Top contenders for U.S. Senate appear together at Democratic Party function in Montgomery County

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:58:13 GMT

This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today.The top three Democrats who’ve announced their intentions to run for U.S. Senate appeared together at a Maryland Democratic Party event Wednesday.Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D), Montgomery County Councilmember Will Jawando (D) and Rep. David Trone (D-6th) gave brief remarks before a packed crowd at the New Fortune Restaurant in Gaithersburg. The one-hour program celebrated Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, with featured guests including Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller (D), the first South Asian woman elected lieutenant governor in the United States, and the first Indian American lieutenant governor in Maryland history.“It speaks a lot to the importance of the Asian community,” said Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich (D). “In this room are people whose connections are a lot deeper than what we see ...

América se acerca a la final de la Liga MX: gana el clásico a Chivas con la mínima diferencia

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:58:13 GMT

GUADALAJARA – Con un solitario gol anotado a los 59′ por Alejandro Zendejas, el América impidió este jueves el festejo que las Chivas anticipaban ante su público, en el Estadio Akron, y dieron un paso sólido en su camino a la Final de la Liga Mx.Pese a todo, las Chivas aún tienen la oportunidad de reivindicarse el domingo cuando correspondan a la visita, en el partido de vuelta, en el Estadio América, en la capital mexicana.El América, comandado por Fernando Ortiz, supo sobreponerse a un errático primer tiempo, donde las Chivas fallaron varias oportunidad de gol, además de que se toparon con un imponente arquero águila, Luis Malagón, que se convirtió en la figura del encuentro al atajar al menos cinco tiros a gol.Aun cuando el azulcrema Pedro Aquino, que ingresó al terreno de juego ante la lesión inesperada de Álvaro Fidalgo, contribuyó a la pérdida de proyección de las Águilas en la media cancha, los integrantes del Rebaño no supiseron traducir las jugadas emocionantes ...

Under-20 World Cup kicks off in Argentina for future soccer stars

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:58:13 GMT

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina will play on the opening day of the Under-20 World Cup on Saturday just over a month since it replaced Indonesia as tournament host and participant. After such a dramatic race to the start line, 24 competing teams and soccer’s international governing body can breathe a sigh of relief. Four cities in Argentina will feature some of the sport’s best young prospects while the South American nation is still celebrating Lionel Messi and his national team’s 2022 World Cup triumph in Qatar.Protests in Muslim-majority Indonesia against hosting the Israel team forced FIFA into a very late switch of venues. Indonesia does not have formal diplomatic relations with Israel.Defending champion and war-torn Ukraine will not take part, which makes continental champions England, Brazil and Senegal favorites to lift the title. Argentina, the record six-time champion, failed to qualify initially but FIFA decided it should take the guaranteed spot as tournament host.Coached ...

Rishi not so rich: Sunak and wife slide down UK wealth list as multimillion fortune takes a hit

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:58:13 GMT

LONDON — Rishi Sunak and his wife lost an average of £500,000 per day over the past year as the value of their shared fortune took a tumble, according to the latest Sunday Times’ rich list.The list — annually ranking Britain’s wealthiest people — calculates that the stake Sunak’s wife holds in her father’s IT firm, Infosys, is now worth £481.2 million. That’s down £208.8 million on its value last year.But the shareholding in Infosys, an Indian tech giant set up by Murty’s father, remains the couple’s most valuable asset, according to the paper. The pair have an estimated combined fortune of £529 million this year, down from £730 million in 2022. The pair are now ranked 275th on the list, falling from 222nd last year.Sunak and Murty’s fortune pales in comparison to figures at the top of the Sunday Times’ list. Gopi Hinduja and family — owners of a conglomerate with interests including manufacturing and finance — top the list with ...

Arab leaders, joined by Syria’s Assad at summit in Saudi Arabia, look to resolve other conflicts

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:58:13 GMT

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Arab leaders, joined by Syrian President Bashar Assad for the first time in more than a decade, were holding an annual summit Friday in Saudi Arabia, with a focus on Sudan and other conflicts.The meeting comes as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pursues regional diplomacy with the same vigor he previously brought to the oil-rich kingdom’s confrontation with its archrival Iran and regional proxies. In recent months, Saudi Arabia has restored diplomatic ties with Iran, is ending the kingdom’s yearslong war against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen and has led the push for Syria’s return to the Arab League, 12 years after its membership was suspended over Assad’s bloody crackdown against Arab Spring protests.The Saudis have even offered to mediate between Ukraine and Russia, following a prisoner exchange deal they brokered last year.As leaders from the 22-member league meet in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, attention is expected to shift to Sudan. T...

Australian police use Taser on 95-year-old with dementia who held steak knife

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:58:13 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Police shocked a 95-year-old woman with a stun gun as she approached them with a walking frame and a steak knife in an Australian nursing home, sending her to the hospital.The extraordinary police takedown of dementia Clare Nowland, who has dementia, in the New South Wales state town of Cooma on Wednesday has prompted a high-level police internal investigation. Nowland was in critical condition Friday.It has also sparked debate about New South Wales state police use of stun guns, widely known as Tasers after a major manufacturer. They are a less lethal option than firearms, but have occasionally proved more dangerous than other policing options.Two police officers went to Yallambee Lodge, a nursing home that specializes in residents with higher care needs including dementia, after staff reported that Nowland had taken a serrated steak knife from the kitchen.Police Assistant Commissioner Peter Cotter declined to say whether he thought a police officer with ...

G7 leaders discuss new punishment for Russia over Ukraine, Zelenskyy to attend summit on Sunday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:58:13 GMT

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies huddled Friday to discuss new ways to punish Russia for its 15-month invasion of Ukraine, days before President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joins the Group of Seven summit in person on Sunday.Zelenskyy will be making his furthest trip from of his war-torn country as leaders are set to unveil new sanctions on Russia for its invasion. Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, confirmed on national television that Zelenskyy would attend the summit.“We were sure that our president would be where Ukraine needed him, in any part of the world, to solve the issue of stability of our country,” Danilov said Friday. “There will be very important matters decided there, so physical presence is a crucial thing to defend our interests”. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats against Ukraine, along with North Korea’s months-long barrage of missile tests and China’s rapidly expanding...