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Lanie Volant Has Learned To Love Being Different

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:55 GMT

 Beauty influencer Lanie Volant always knew she was different. Learning to express herself and show the world how her differences are beautiful has been a long and difficult journey. Today, Lanie is proud to mix her passion for makeup and beauty with art and dance to create powerful messages for her followers.Originally from Iran, Lanie was unable to practice anything even remotely feminine growing up. She was grounded for dancing and looked down upon for participating in any artsy hobbies like drawing and painting. She always had a passion for makeup, but her concern about it being taken away kept her from using it. Growing up in a religious community where queer people could be put to death made Lanie’s childhood difficult and scary. One of the things that stood out to her was that there was no one in the media like her. Thinking about how she would have liked to grow up with a role model, Lanie thought about starting a YouTube channel.When she was sixteen, Lanie convinced her par...

Transforming Tennessee Tech University through Master Planning

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:55 GMT

 A dedicated architectural designer based in the United States, Samuvel Benhursha boasts an impressive and inspiring journey that is a symbol of his unwavering passion and dedication to the field of architecture. His career is evidenced by his participation in many exciting projects at prestigious architectural firms, with an outstanding achievement being his integral role in the university’s master planning project, a key aspect of urban development.Samuvel deeply appreciates the importance of university master plans in shaping infrastructure and the urban landscape. These plans require careful attention to the clients’ long-term visions and careful planning. Drawing inspiration from the indelible marks left on college campuses by famous American architects such as Frederick Law Olmsted and Eero Saarinen, it provides a source of guidance and motivation for Samuvel and aspiring architects.Participating in university master planning initiatives offers aspiring architects ...

Three-bedroom home sells in Oakland for $1.8 million

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:55 GMT

12155 Blythen Way – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 12100 block of Blythen Way in Oakland was sold on Oct. 16, 2023. The $1,755,000 purchase price works out to $854 per square foot. The house, built in 1969, has an interior space of 2,056 square feet. This single-story house has three bedrooms and two baths. Additionally, the home is equipped with a garage.Additional houses have recently been purchased nearby:In August 2023, a 3,859-square-foot home on Bell Waver Way in Oakland sold for $2,200,000, a price per square foot of $570. The home has 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.A 2,111-square-foot home on the 5800 block of Balmoral Drive in Oakland sold in September 2023, for $1,550,000, a price per square foot of $734. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Shawnee Court, Oakland, in December 2022, a 3,032-square-foot home was sold for $2,020,000, a price per square foot of $666. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

Deluge of violent threats ‘could take down a democracy’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:55 GMT

By Rob Kuznia, Majlie de Put, Alex Leeds Matthews, Kyung Lah, Anna-Maja Rappard and Yahya Abou-GhalazaBy the time the FBI first showed up at Kevin Patrick Smith’s home in early February, he’d already left dozens of threatening voice messages for US Senator Jon Tester.“You stand toe to toe with me, I rip your head off. You die.”FBI agents admonished Smith – who lived about a mile from the Montana Democrat’s office in Kalispell – to stop the threats, which were making the senator’s staff members afraid to come to work. But the middle-aged contractor couldn’t bring himself to stop. After 10 days, he resumed the calls in ramped-up fashion, leaving messages that now alluded to guns.All said, Smith left about 60 messages for Tester’s office, sometimes over the din of a TV or radio blaring in the background. Aside from some vague accusations (“you’re pedophiles and you’re criminals”), Smith’s threats contained few specifics about why he was so angry.When FBI agents returned to arrest Smith...

Santa Clara: Berkeley’s Boichik Bagels, made famous by New Yorkers, opens first South Bay shop

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:55 GMT

Berkeley’s Boichik Bagels, hailed by the New York Times as some of the finest New York-style bagels in the country, are now available in the South Bay.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | McDonald’s unveils spinoff CosMc’s, weirder than expected Restaurants, Food and Drink | 7 amazing Bay Area things to do this weekend Restaurants, Food and Drink | Michelin Bib Gourmand Mexican restaurant Flores opens in San Mateo Restaurants, Food and Drink | Map: 7 new Bay Area restaurants, and 3 that are closing Restaurants, Food and Drink | Panera hit with another wrongful death suit over its caffeinated ‘charged lemonade’ On Thursday morning, self-made bagel master Emily Winston opened her largest retail shop to date in the Mission Park Marketplace in Santa Clara’s northern tech corridor.Here, Winston and her team will feed local residents, Silicon Valley companies and commuters (it’...

Frost Advisory for Thursday and Friday upgraded to Freeze Warning

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:55 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A Frost Advisory issued for the Bay Area Thursday night into Friday morning has been upgraded to a Freeze Warning by the National Weather Service. Lows across the region look to fall to between 27 and 32 degrees, resulting in freezing to sub-freezing conditions, the NWS said.The entry of the cold weather will see a drying out from the intermittent rain seen across the Bay Area the past two days, according to KRON4 Meteorologist Kyla Grogan. Ex-pilot Joseph Emerson released from jail, allowed to return home to Bay Area "Get ready for a chilly overnight in our inland valleys tonight, particularly those in the North Bay that are under a Freeze Warning tonight with temps expected to drop down to the freezing level," said Grogan. "The chilly air is rushing in behind the front that has tracked through and brought us some showers so the good news is that we will be drying out." The Freeze Warning will particularly impact the North Bay valleys along with interior M...

Levi's CEO to retire next year

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:55 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. will retire next year, according to a news release from the company. Chip Bergh, who served as CEO of the San Francisco-based apparel company for 12 years, will retire on April 26, 2024.The company's current president, Michelle Gass, has been elected by the Levi's board of directors to succeed Bergh as president and CEO, effective Jan. 29, 2024, according to the press release. Ex-pilot Joseph Emerson released from jail, allowed to return home to Bay Area “We would like to thank Chip for his inspirational leadership and unwavering commitment to the company over the last 12-plus years,” said Bob Eckert, chairman of the LS&Co. Board of Directors. “Chip has transformed this company and will leave it far better than when he arrived.”“It has been an incredible privilege to lead this great company as CEO for the last 12 years. I want to especially thank my team, the board of directors and the family shareholders for all their ...

70-year-old cyclist struck and killed near railroad crossing in San Rafael identified

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:55 GMT

(KRON) -- The San Rafael Police Department is investigating an incident in which a bicyclist was struck and killed near a railroad crossing last Saturday. San Rafael PD officers responded to Andersen Drive at the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (S.M.A.R.T.) crossing at 7:45 a.m. on a report of a vehicle versus bicyclist collision, police said.SRPD officers, along with the San Rafael Fire Department, arrived on the scene and found the bicyclist deceased. Santa Rosa PD's Major Accident Investigation Team is investigating.The cyclist was identified by the Marin County Coroner as 70-year-old Peter Grace. Two dead and one injured in San Pablo head-on crash The roadway and railroad services were shut down for several hours while the investigation was being conducted. The driver of the vehicle is cooperating with investigators, police said.A preliminary investigation, police said, determined that the cyclist was headed northbound on Anderson Drive and approached the S.M.A.R.T. crossing. T...

DC to open ‘real-time’ crime center with 9 regional police agencies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:55 GMT

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced what she says is a new tool in fighting crime in the D.C.: a center where regional and federal police and transportation agencies will monitor crime in real time.At the announcement of the new center in the Marion Barry Building in Northwest D.C. on Thursday, Bowser repeated her statement from earlier this week that, “I am confident that we will turn crime trends down.” Bowser said that’s because of the focus on a multipronged approach to the problem of rising crime in D.C.Nine police agencies including the Amtrak police, Arlington County police, U.S. Capitol Police, Fairfax County police, Metro Transit Police, Montgomery County police, Prince George’s County police and the U.S. Secret Service Uniform Division will work with D.C. police to monitor and analyze data collected at the new center.That data will include “CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) cameras, emergency calls and other technology,” Bowser said.The plan also calls for coordination from D.C.’...

Youngkin calls for increased state spending on child care programs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:55 GMT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday that the proposed budget he will soon unveil for the next two fiscal years will include an increase in state spending on early learning and child care programs. The central aim of the proposal is to ensure that the end of federal pandemic-era funds that were used to expand those initiatives doesn’t leave families in the lurch, Youngkin said in a speech in Richmond. Without the increased allocations to improve the long-term viability of the programs, families would start to lose coverage in March 2024, he said. “At the heart of this is ensuring that we continue to serve the population being served today and that dollars follow the children on their parents’ best wishes,” he said. The proposal is just one component of a full two-year budget plan the administration is developing, which Youngkin will present to state lawmakers on Dec. 20. Virginia governors’ introduced budgets typically go ...