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4 Bay Area restaurants serving next-level Middle Eastern food

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:04 GMT

Mezze, falafel, kefta, tagine? The Bay Area’s got all that and – at certain restaurants with a knack for elevating Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine – so much more. Think epic Lebanese barbecue, complex salads of pomegranate and persimmon, and cold-brew coffee with caramel and tahini.As we continue to dig through our 50 Best Restaurants list to highlight delicious threads and themes (yesterday’s was Mexican fare), please enjoy this sampling of destination-worthy Middle Eastern and Mediterranean restaurants across the East and South Bay:Jood, San CarlosThe Lebanese butterflied whole chicken at Jood on Laurel Street in San Carlos. This tiny counter-service restaurant in downtown San Carlos is doing next-level Lebanese barbecue and street food, including epic sandwiches on locally baked pita and lavash. With his wife and co-owner, Rawan, chef Khaled Harbali also runs the Belmont vegetarian hot spot, Falafelle. But he knew char-grilled meat long before chickpea f...

Condominium in Saratoga sells for $2 million

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:04 GMT

14674 Stoneridge Drive – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 14600 block of Stoneridge Drive in Saratoga was sold on Jan. 4, 2023 for $1,950,000, or $807 per square foot. The condominium, built in 1975, has an interior space of 2,417 square feet. The property features three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a garage, and two parking spaces. There’s also a pool in the backyard. The unit sits on a 2,295-square-foot lot.These nearby units have also recently been sold:On Springer Avenue, Saratoga, in November 2022, a 2,585-square-foot unit was sold for $1,940,000, a price per square foot of $750. The unit has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In September 2022, a 1,276-square-foot unit on Big Basin Way in Saratoga sold for $1,186,000, a price per square foot of $929. The unit has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 1,232-square-foot unit on the 14600 block of Big Basin Way in Saratoga sold in December 2022, for $1,180,000, a price per square foot of $958. The unit has 2 bedrooms and 2 bat...

Focus on Fentanyl: KRON4's special coverage

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:04 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- They're prescribed to treat pain, but addiction to opioids causes a different kind of suffering, not just for the drug's users, but for their loved ones, and for communities as well.Over the coming months, KRON4 is putting The Focus on Fentanyl. It's a drug that claims tens of thousands of American lives each year. Watch the video above as KRON4's Sara Stinson breaks down some of the numbers here in the Bay Area.

Ghislaine Maxwell's brother believes Jeffrey Epstein was murdered

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:04 GMT

(KRON) -- Convicted sex trafficker, one-time British socialite and former girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence in a low-security prison. Maxwell, 61, is now appealing her high-profile case. Ian Maxwell, Ghislaine’s brother, spoke to KRON4’s Vicki Liviakis from London about where things stand in the appeal process. Ghislaine Maxwell was at the center of an international sex scandal involving Epstein. “She wishes she had never met Jeff Epstein, and because the havoc that relationship has caused, not just Ghislaine, but really everybody that came in touch with him,” said Ian Maxwell.Businessman Ian Maxwell, brother of Ghislaine Maxwell gestures during an interview at his office in London, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)Maxwell is serving 20 at a Tallahassee federal prison for her role in sex trafficking underage victims. In her recently filed appeal, she says she did not receive a fair trial.“...

Groupon: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:04 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — CHICAGO (AP) — Groupon Inc. (GRPN) on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $55.3 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.On a per-share basis, the Chicago-based company said it had a loss of $1.82. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 38 cents per share.The online daily deal service posted revenue of $148.2 million in the period.For the year, the company reported a loss of $237.6 million, or $7.88 per share, swinging to a loss in the period. Revenue was reported as $599.1 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on GRPN at https://www.zacks.com/ap/GRPNSource

GoHealth: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:04 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — CHICAGO (AP) — GoHealth, Inc. A (GOCO) on Thursday reported a loss of $61.4 million in its fourth quarter.The Chicago-based company said it had a loss of $7 per share.The company posted revenue of $69.4 million in the period.For the year, the company reported that its loss narrowed to $148.7 million, or $17.72 per share. Revenue was reported as $631.7 million.GoHealth expects full-year revenue in the range of $750 million to $850 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on GOCO at https://www.zacks.com/ap/GOCOSource

Potent offense powering Utah’s historic season

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:04 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is hungry to take a historic season one step further. The No. 2 Utes have a powerful enough offense to make big things happen in March.Utah boasts the nation’s fourth best scoring team, averaging 83.5 points on 48.5% shooting per game, and ranks in the top 10 nationally in five major statistical categories. That efficient and potent attack helped the Utes clinch a share of their first Pac-12 title with a victory over Stanford in their regular season finale.“It was just a moment where we proved to ourselves that we could really just do what we put our mind to, because that was one of our biggest goals starting the season out, and we accomplished that,” junior forward Alissa Pili said.Utah (25-4) will put its offense to the test in the first round against No. 15 seed Gardner-Webb (29-4) on Friday. Seventh-seeded North Carolina State (20-11) faces No. 10 seed Princeton (23-5) in the other first-round game in Salt Lake City.Pili helped spearhead Utah’s evoluti...

GOP congressmen: Halt offshore wind, probe whale deaths

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:04 GMT

WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Republican congressmen called Thursday for a halt to all offshore wind power projects amid a spate of whale deaths on the U.S. East Coast in what was likely the beginning of an expected investigation by the GOP-controlled House into the Biden administration’s clean energy plans.Reps. Jeff Van Drew and Christopher Smith, of New Jersey; Andy Harris, of Maryland; and Scott Perry, of Pennsylvania, held a hearing on the boardwalk in Wildwood near where New Jersey has authorized three offshore wind farms, with more to come. The hearing came as 29 whales have died on the East Coast since Dec. 1.Opponents of offshore wind, elected officials — most of them Republicans — and several community groups say they believe that preparatory work on the ocean floor has been responsible for the whale deaths, even though three federal and one state agency say there is no evidence that the two are related.Van Drew said that because President Joe Biden, New Jersey Gov. Phil Mur...

Student robbed at gunpoint outside DC high school

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:04 GMT

A Northwest D.C. high school student was robbed at gunpoint on his way into school Thursday morning, triggering a lockdown at the school and two others nearby. The District’s public schools chancellor was visiting the school when the lockdown occurred.At a news conference, the Metropolitan Police Department said that just before 10 a.m. Thursday, suspects in a Black Infiniti SUV pulled up in front of Coolidge High School on 5th Street NW.More Local NewsMore DC News“The driver of that suspect vehicle got out armed with a firearm, approached the student and demanded his property. The student did comply by turning over his property,” said D.C. police Cmdr. Carlos Heraud.When the suspects returned to the vehicle, one of them allegedly fired a shot toward the ground, then fled the scene, according to a news release from MPD. Police said they are still investigating those reports.“We did get several calls from the gunshots. We are still reviewing video and speaking...

Eiger BioPharma: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:04 GMT

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Inc. (EIGR) on Thursday reported a loss of $25.1 million in its fourth quarter.On a per-share basis, the Palo Alto, California-based company said it had a loss of 57 cents.The biopharmaceutical company posted revenue of $2.7 million in the period.For the year, the company reported that its loss widened to $96.8 million, or $2.32 per share. Revenue was reported as $13.5 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on EIGR at https://www.zacks.com/ap/EIGRSource