Ethiopians celebrate their new year, Enkutatash: Party like it’s 2018
Amensisa IfaBBC Africa , Addis Ababa Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images Ethiopia is celebrating the start of its new year – 2018. The country has its own unique calendar, meaning it is…
Danville property sale: Single-family residence sells for $2.4 million
2222 Creekview Place – Google Street View A spacious house in the 2200 block of Creekview Place in Danville has new owners. The 3,958-square-foot unit, built in 2005, was sold…
Ex-senator’s wife sentenced to 4.5 years in prison
The wife of former US Senator Robert Menendez has been sentenced to 4 and a half years in prison for aiding her husband in a bribery scheme involving stacks of…
Newsom, lawmakers reach a deal to inject $20 billion into bullet train
Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislative leaders on Thursday announced a deal to fund the state’s beleaguered bullet train project with $1 billion annually over the next 20 years. The…
South Africa’s Thabo Bester in court bid to block release of Nextflix documentary
Pumza FihlaniSouthern Africa correspondent, Johannesburg Gallo Images via Getty Images Thabo Bester was dubbed the “Facebook rapist” as he lured his victims through the site One of South Africa’s most…
A Santa Clara County home
3018 Kirk Road – Google Street View The unit in the 3000 block of Kirk Road in San Jose was sold on July 28, 2025 for $1,375,000 which works out…
What we know about fatal shooting of conservative US activist
Watch: How the Charlie Kirk shooting unfolded Charlie Kirk, an influential right-wing activist and a close ally of US President Donald Trump, was shot dead while speaking at an event…
San Mateo man sentenced to one year in jail for kicking down door, attempting to stab man – The Mercury News
A San Mateo man was sentenced to one year in county jail and three years probation Wednesday for breaking down the door of a house and attempting to stab its…
Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro found guilty of coup plot
Ione WellsSouth America correspondent in Brasília and Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC News SERGIO LIMA/AFP via Getty Images The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been found guilty of plotting a military…
East Bay vocalist, cosplayer Celiane The Voice in a league all her own
For Divine Celiane, who goes by “Celiane The Voice,” music is more than sound — it’s “audible art.” Born in Berkeley, raised in Richmond and living now on Bethel Island,…