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Deal that tops $50 million might preserve affordable Berkeley housing Most units in residential complex will become low-cost (Google Maps) 94-unit, five-story apartment complex at 651 Addison St. in southwestern Berkeley, in a July 2024 image capture. Most units in a Berkeley residential complex in Berkeley would become affordable as a result of a new deal. Originally Published: December 12, 2024 at 2:50 PM PST

OAKLEY — With the help of an area nonprofit, several families and individuals will get a new lease on life by moving into income-based affordable rental homes meant to help them as they find their footing and become self-sufficient. Through efforts by the Yellow Roof Foundation, families are expected to move into these homes at the Gonsalves Landing community – named after major contributor Steve Gonsalves – on Teakwood Drive by the end of the year. The nonprofit was founded by Dave and Lori Sanson, owners of Concord-based DeNova Homes. Each of the four rental single-family homes are about 740 to 1,475 square feet, with one- and three-bedroom plans. Each unit also has an accessory dwelling unit to house families. Yellow Roof worked closely with the city of Oakley to make the homes a reality, purchasing surplus land from the city and partnering with building industry professionals to build them. Lori Sanson said the average cost to build an affordable housing unit in the Bay Area is almost $700,000, but because of the generosity of the various industry professionals, the homes provided by Yellow Roof

Steve Kerr was extremely upset about a foul call late in the Warriors’ NBA Cup quarterfinal loss to the Rockets Wednesday night, and the NBA on Thursday confirmed the official’s call. Jonathan Kuminga was called for a foul during a loose ball situation near the free-throw line on the Warriors’ offensive side of the court with 3.5 seconds left and Golden State leading by a point. In a chaotic moment, Steph Curry took and missed a 3-pointer with 9 seconds left on the shot clock and 12 seconds to play, then Gary Payton II and Fred VanVleet went to the ground for the ball before Payton pushed it toward Kuminga near the free-throw line. Jalen Green cut in front of Kuminga to pounce on the ball and Kuminga made what appeared to be common contact with his shoulder as he reached to tie up the ball before the Rockets wing could take a timeout. Referee Bill Kennedy called a foul on Kuminga, Green sunk both free throws and Jabari Smith Jr. blocked Brandin Podziemski’s last-second 3-point attempt to advance the Rockets to the NBA Cup

(Google Maps) Research and office building at 300 Holger Way in north San Jose. By George Avalos | gavalos@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: December 12, 2024 at 12:50 PM PST Nvidia has signed a lease for a big San Jose building, marking an expansion for the tech company. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here.

Alexandar Georgiev’s time with the San Jose Sharks might be relatively brief. But for however long he’s with the Sharks, Georgiev will likely get several opportunities to prove he can still be a full-time NHL goalie. Georgiev will debut with his new team on Thursday night. The Sharks and Georgiev will face the St. Louis Blues at the Enterprise Center to finish a six-game, 13-day road trip. Georgiev, a pending unrestricted free agent, was acquired from Colorado on Monday as part of the multi-player, multi-draft pick trade that sent fellow goalie Mackenzie Blackwood to the Avalanche. Georgiev made his last start for the Avalanche two days before the trade, as he stopped 29 of 30 shots in Colorado’s 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings. In his last 12 appearances for the Avalanche, Georgiev was 7-3-0 with a .897 save percentage. For the season, he has an 8-7-0 record in 18 games with a subpar .874 save percentage. Undoubtedly, he was under tremendous scrutiny in Colorado, which hopes to make a deep playoff run and challenge for its second Stanley Cup in four years. But

Bay Area Home Report 4815 Volterra Drive – Google Street View The spacious property located in the 4800 block of Volterra Drive in Dublin was sold on Sept. 9, 2024. The $2,450,000 purchase price works out to $777 per square foot. The house, built in 2013, has an interior space of 3,153 square feet. This two-story home presents a roomy floor plan, featuring five bedrooms and four baths. In addition, the home includes a two-car garage, offering generous space for vehicles and storage requirements. The lot of the property is substantial, measuring 7,282 square feet. These nearby houses have also recently changed hands: In August 2024, a 2,310-square-foot home on Haggerty Drive in Dublin sold for $1,990,500, a price per square foot of $862. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. On Volterra Court, Dublin, in June 2024, a 3,903-square-foot home was sold for $2,830,000, a price per square foot of $725. The home has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. A 2,692-square-foot home on the 2000 block of Haggerty Drive in Dublin sold in August 2023, for $2,023,000, a price per square foot of

Gerry Turner is opening up about his divorce and his cancer diagnosis. The “Golden Bachelor” star reflected on his divorce with Theresa Nist, who he married on the hit ABC dating show in January. But just three months after tying the knot, Turner and Nist announced their divorce, a decision Turner says was influenced by factors he’s never spoke about, until now. “There’s a topic that I haven’t wanted to talk about until now,” he told People. “I think it’s time, also because it probably will clear up a lot of mystery around what happened back in February, March and April.” “As Theresa and I were trying very hard to find our lifestyle and where we were going to live and how we were going to make our life work, I was unfortunately diagnosed with cancer,” he revealed. In mid-March, the retired restaurateur shared the news with his then wife. “Certainly, it was hard for me,” he explains. “But the conversation was brief and I think she was a little bit awestruck by the news. So understandable.” Turner continued: “I wanted my life to continue

DUBLIN — A Hayward man is set to be formally sentenced next week for killing a 67-year-old neighbor in a 2022 stabbing with no clear motive. Chad Williams, 27, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter with a knife enhancement in exchange for dropped murder charges and a 12-year prison term. Williams remains in custody at Santa Rita Jail and will be formally sentenced on Dec. 20, according to court records. Williams will get credit for the two years he has spent behind bars since being arrested for the July 24, 2022 killing of Thomas Boyd. Police at the time said that Williams’ girlfriend told them Williams was having a “mental breakdown.” He and Boyd lived in the same Hayward apartment complex on the 24000 block of Amador Street but didn’t know each other, authorities said. Boyd was found stabbed to death near the complex’s pool. At the time, Williams was on probation for assault, though the underlying charges in the prior case involved allegations that he and three others sexually assaulted a group of teens at a get-together in Berkeley. Originally charged with oral copulation

LAS VEGAS — Arizona and Arizona State are expected to lose 140 combined roster positions across their sports teams if the settlement terms of a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the NCAA are approved this spring. Wildcats athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois and her ASU counterpart, Graham Rossini, revealed the downsizing moves on Wednesday during a seminar in Las Vegas. Each stated their department would lose 70 participants — not scholarship athletes but participants. That’s an important distinction competitively but doesn’t make either athletic director feel better about the situation. They aren’t alone. Schools across major college football will be in similar situations in the 2025-26 competition year. “We have to approach the first year of (settlement) implementation with empathy and grace,” Reed-Francois said during the Sports Business Journal’s forum on intercollegiate sports. Longstanding NCAA rules set limits on the number of scholarship athletes per sport but no cap on the total number of participants, including walk-ons. But the settlement terms of the House v NCAA lawsuit will change the math dramatically by increasing the number of scholarships while capping the rosters. Reed-Francois cited men’s basketball as

Milpitas is looking to build a new park near the Great Mall as part of the city’s ongoing plans to turn industrials sites into thriving residential spaces. The four-acre park site, temporarily named Tango Park, will be split into two adjacent outdoor areas near 1831 Tarob Court and 1700 Sango Court, about a five minute drive from the mall. The first park site will be located next to Sango Apartments, a 102-unit affordable housing complex that opened in August. The second will be built across from Sango and expand on the existing Augustus Rathbone Park, a 0.75-acre area situated between Expedition Lane and Jubilee Drive. City staff are currently meeting with residents to gather feedback for the park’s design, a process expected to take approximately 18 to 24 months to complete. The final design should be finalized by spring or summer of next year. Construction will start sometime in 2027, according to City Engineer Michael Silveira “Right now we’re still in that fact finding mode,” Silveria said. “The community input and feedback really dictations what type of improvements they are looking for or activities they

As part of a push to bring more attention and resources to the land beyond Silicon Valley’s tech-heavy metropolis, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a new office meant to coordinate business efforts outside of the county’s cities. Proponents say the effort could help offer an economic lifeline to a region and a population that has been historically left behind. “We really need to take advantage of our own backyard. “I’m hoping to really continue to elevate our south county,” said Supervisor Sylvia Arenas, who proposed the new office and whose district covers much of the southern, agricultural region of the county. “South county has been underserved. There needs to be more resources allocated to my district than other districts because we are so far behind.” The unincorporated regions of the county host over 20,000 jobs according to 2022 data from the US Census Bureau — similar to Los Gatos, and more than Gilroy or Morgan Hill, and agriculture in the county produced over $371 million in 2023. While most cities have an office dedicated to bolstering their economic development, the

Dougherty Valley plans to appeal NCS ruling Dougherty Valley’s Jalen Stokes (2) sits on the bench next to coach Mike Hansen while playing Moreau Catholic during the first half of the 2024 NorCal Ultimate Challenge held at San Leandro High School in San Leandro, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Dougherty Valley plans to appeal the NCS ruling, which comes months after Stokes’ transfer raised eyebrows in the East Bay prep basketball community. Originally Published: December 12, 2024 at 9:25 AM PST

De La Salle, Pittsburg, Amador Valley, Moreau Catholic head to Southern California in search of state football titles De La Salle celebrates their 10-7 victory over Pittsburg in a rainy NCS Open Division football championship, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) De La Salle, Pittsburg, Amador Valley, Moreau Catholic head to Southern California in search of state football titles. Originally Published: December 12, 2024 at 9:05 AM PST

Got your weekend plans? Between all the holiday excitement and the great stuff Bay Area has to offer in general, we have a lot of nifty ideas, from great holiday shows and concerts to bakery deliciousness. So let’s get to it, shall we? (As always, be sure to double check event and venue websites for any last-minute changes in health guidelines or other details.) Meanwhile, if you’d like to have this Weekender lineup delivered to your inbox every Thursday morning for free, just sign up at www.mercurynews.com/newsletters  or  www.eastbaytimes.com/newsletters . 1 HEAR: New holiday songs There are a bunch of great new holiday albums out this year by artists ranging from Jennifer Hudson to Lea Salonga to Tower of Power — here are 10 of our favorites. 2 DEVOUR: Baked deliciousness If you’re like us, a good bakery can turn an ordinary day into a cavalcade of bliss. So here are nine really good bakeries. Dorrance Dance, the acclaimed New York City-based tap company, brings its unique take on “The Nutcracker Suite” to UC Berkeley Dec. 14-15. (Christopher Duggan/Dorrance Dance)  3 SEE & HEAR: Great

The San José Chamber Orchestra is hosting a celebration on Dec. 29 with a program of music by Bach, Chopin and Debussy, and a new work for the new year by local composer Michael Touchi. The program features conductor Barbara Day Turner and pianist Jon Nakamatsu with clarinetists Jon and Alec Manasse. The works in “Celebration–Joys and Delights” are meant to mark the changing of the year. A reception and a sparkling toast will follow the performance, which starts at 3 p.m. at St Francis Episcopal Church, 1205 Pine Ave. Tickets are $15-$75 at sjco.org or 408-295-4416, with limited tickets available at the door. Last call for cider After seven years in business, co-owners Claudia Derp and Tracy Smith “made the difficult decision to close the Cider Junction.” The craft cider bar’s last day of operation was set for Saturday, Dec. 14, “unless you empty the taps before then,” Derp and Smith wrote in a Facebook post to their customers. “While this chapter is coming to a close, the connections we’ve built and the memories we’ve shared will always remain with us,” Derp and Smith

Live map: When will the next rain hit the Bay Area? Thursday’s first wave of rain let up before sunrise, and a second is expected in the afternoon. Light rain will arrive in the Bay Area around noon and continue until about 8 p.m., the National Weather Service said. The updating radar map above shows current areas of precipitation in green, with greater intensities indicated by yellow and orange. A winter weather advisory was in effect Thursday for the Lake Tahoe area, with the weather service predicting 6 to 10 inches of snow above 7,000 feet elevation and gusts as high as 90 mph on the ridges.

One by one, the students took turns asking each other questions, whether they were at a table together or in a Zoom window at this College of Adaptive Arts’ “You Are Not Alone” class in Saratoga. Their goal: to foster a feeling of togetherness and support. If some were feeling glum, fellow students would respond with a heart gesture using their hands, and knew what else to ask to get their colleagues talking. “What’s your favorite snack?” Michael Odum asked. “What did you do this weekend?” Rowan Timmermann inquired. The class, otherwise known as YANA, was not created by an academic at the school, whose mission is to support adults with special needs who have not had access to a college education. Instead, it was the brainchild of Brighid Kohl, a student with autism and a stutter who has now transitioned into an associate professor role, showcasing the power of inclusive education and casting aside the limitations and perceptions of people with disabilities. Associate professor Brighid Kohl, center left (in hat), leads the “You Are Not Alone” class along with professor Paula Murray, center right, at

TODAY’S WORD — FOWLERS FOWLERS: FAU-lers: People who hunt wildfowl, such as wild duck or goose. Average mark 22 words Time limit 35 minutes Can you find 28 or more words in FOWLERS? The list will be published tomorrow. YESTERDAY’S WORD — ORDEAL: oared older oral rale read real redo reload road rode role dale dare deal dear doer dole earl adore aero alder aloe lade lard lead load loader lode lord lore To purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last! RULES OF THE GAME: 1. Words must be of four or more letters. 2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed. 3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible. 4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed. Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at kzsaxe@gmail.com.

Dear Eric: I just read the letter from the parent who was baffled by continued contact from a son’s former classmate. I offer some thoughts on behalf of someone who is still in touch with many of my son’s former classmates. One, they might genuinely enjoy you as a person. As they become adults, it’s a wonderful opportunity to form independent friendships. Two, some young people might see you as a parental figure that they don’t have. You might be seen as a resource for advice. Three, sometimes you’ve been the safe space in their life. Decades ago, I was a young person whose mother was deceased and whose father was abusive. I would have given anything just to have a safe adult to talk to. As an adult, I have been that safe space for some. You might be a combination of any of these. My son still considers all these people friends, but he doesn’t stay in close contact with all of them, due to the demands in his personal life. On the other hand, I hear from them, see them, and am

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have been fighting with my sister about her behavior around me and my family for years, and it’s reached a breaking point. I have two daughters, ages 7 and 9, and every time their aunt comes to visit, I’m left feeling frustrated and upset. My sister has a habit of using crude language, making inappropriate jokes and displaying poor manners, even when I’ve asked her repeatedly to tone it down around the kids. What makes this even more difficult is that my girls adore their aunt. They look up to her, and her behavior is starting to rub off on them. I’ve noticed my daughters repeating some of the language she uses or mimicking her attitude, and it’s creating issues at home and school. I’ve tried explaining this to my sister, but she brushes me off, saying I’m being uptight or overreacting. I don’t want to cut my sister out of our lives, but I’m struggling to set boundaries that she’ll respect. She doesn’t seem to understand how important it is for me to create a positive and respectful environment for my

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I visited my family with my newborn son, they could not stop talking about how handsome he was — and how much cuter than his sister (my first child, who is 3 years old). On that afternoon alone, I must have heard the words, “He looks much better than his sister” at least 15 times from my mom and my sisters. I was hurt and shocked they would say such negative things about a child, but I was just grateful my daughter was not with me. However, I doubt her presence would have stopped them. Miss Manners, how was I supposed to respond to their negative comments? How do I prevent it from happening again, especially when my daughter is with me? GENTLE READER: Grasp your new infant warmly, look deep into his eyes, and, with an appropriately silly expression, say, “They don’t mean it! Your sister was a beautiful baby, too! Yes she was! Yes she was!” After 15 repetitions on both sides, everyone will be exhausted and ready for some adult conversation. DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am new to