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  • One killed, three injured in Morgan Hill crash

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    MORGAN HILL — One person was killed and three others were injured in a crash Wednesday morning in Morgan Hill, police said.

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  • Torrance shopping center sells for record price on strong demand for humble neighborhood locations

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    A well-known shopping center in Torrance, anchored by a grocery store, has sold for a record price in the South Bay as real estate investors look for retail properties that don’t have to compete directly with online shopping.

    Village Del Amo sold for $108.5 million last month, the highest price paid in 2025 for a retail property in the South Bay, according to real estate data provider CoStar.

    It last changed hands in 2004 for $36.3 million.

    The buyers were Emmanuel “Manny” and Ofelia David, Redondo Beach investors and nursing home operators. The seller was Costa Mesa real estate developer DJM Capital Group.

    The buyers “have been coming to this neighborhood serving retail center for decades and jumped at the opportunity to own it,” said David Jordon of SSV Properties, which will manage the property. “They view this as a generational investment and are looking forward in the coming years to improving upon the tremendous success that the center has enjoyed for decades.”

    The leap in its value was attributed in part to investors’ desire to acquire unglamorous yet financially well-performing shopping centers.

    In greater Los Angeles, apartments and industrial buildings that are in short supply for tenants “have been the darlings” for big investors over the last few years, said real estate broker Stefan Neumann of NAI Capital Commercial, who helped represent the buyer in the transaction.

    Now, institutional investors such as pension funds and investment banks are zeroing in on retail centers that serve everyday needs and leisure activities, Neumann said.

    Neighborhood shopping centers that are typically anchored by grocery stores are “e-commerce proof,” Neumann said, especially if they include other services that people use in person such as fitness centers, restaurants and medical-related services.

    Village Del Amo is anchored by Korean grocer Hannam Chain and warehouse spirit seller BevMo, the state’s biggest liquor chain.

    It also has multiple restaurants including Benihana, bank branches and offices for rent.

    “While retail has faced heightened scrutiny from investors in recent years, this transaction underscores the strength of well-located, grocery-anchored assets in affluent markets,” said real estate broker David Shaby of NAI Capital Commercial.

    Investment sales of retail properties in the Los Angeles area totaled more than $1.6 billion in the third quarter of 2025, compared to less than $637 million in the previous quarter, real estate brokerage CBRE reported.

    South Bay retail properties had a vacancy of 6.9%, compared with more than 9% on the Westside and nearly 8.4% in downtown Los Angeles.

    “In the last 10 or 15 years, the demographics of the South Bay have become increasingly desirable for not only residents, but for businesses and retail tenants,” Neumann said. “Incomes, not just in the beach cities, but throughout the South Bay are very strong.”

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  • Letters: Protesters should celebrate a new beginning for Venezuela

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    We should celebrate
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    Re: “Protests decry Trump’s actions” (Page A1, Jan. 5).

    How I would love to send the Bay Area protesters to South Florida, where residents are celebrating President Trump’s intervention in Venezuela. President Nicolás Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chávez, are responsible for “one of the most dramatic political, economic and humanitarian collapses in modern history,” according to a Miami Herald piece (“Venezuela left to grapple with wreckage Maduro leaves behind“) published Sunday.

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  • New Museum Los Gatos to hold newspaper history tour on Jan. 16

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    Follow the local newspapers of Los Gatos through the years with the New Museum Los Gatos on Jan. 16.

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  • Acalanes’ Joel Isaac is Bay Area News Group’s prep football coach of year

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    Joel Isaac navigated Acalanes through off-season tragedy, led Dons to undefeated regular season and berth in NCS’s top playoff division.


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  • Inman: 10 things that caught my eye in 49ers’ 13-3 loss to Seahawks

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    SANTA CLARA – Two partially smoked cigars rested on a table in Levi’s Stadium’s visitors locker room, an hour after the Seattle Seahawks’ 13-3 humbling of the 49ers in Saturday night’s battle for the NFC’s top seed and the NFC West crown.

    To the victor went the spoils of loud music, commemorative swag, and Don Thomas Clasico Robusto cigars.

    Yeah, that tops the Seahawks eating turkey legs on Levi’s Stadium’s field on Thanksgiving 2024. Tight end George Kittle didn’t take offense, however.

    “I would do the same (expletive),” Kittle said. “They won the division, the (No.) 1 seed, in a rival stadium. Good for them.”

    He and the 49ers actually accomplished the same in 2019 in Seattle en route to the Super Bowl. Perhaps the Seahawks plan to come back to Levi’s Stadium to finish those cigars in five weeks after Super Bowl LX.

    That is not the 49ers’ immediate concern. They haven’t lost back-to-back games all season and now must win as a wild card on the road, as they did in 2021 as a sixth seed at Dallas and Green Bay before succumbing to the eventual champion Rams.

    Here are 10 things that caught my eye as the 49ers faceplanted in the biggest regular-season game of Levi’s Stadium’s 12-year history:

    1. PRECIOUS PURDY

    Less than two minutes remained in a sure-fire defeat when Brock Purdy got drilled in the back by a 260-pound linebacker, then crunched from the front by 310-pound Leonard Williams. Purdy, remarkably, lived to talk about what he “thinks” was only a left-shoulder nerve stinger that temporarily floored him before he walked off after that fourth-down incompletion. His right thumb appeared bloodied by impacting Williams’ hand, too.

    “I got hit and the left shoulder sort of lit up,” Purdy said. “I feel good right now. We’ll see how I feel (Sunday).”

    Last time he faced the Seahawks, he reported a turf-toe injury the next day, an injury that would shelve him for a total of eight games. Then came a scintillating resurgence over a six-game win streak – against inferior foes – before the Seahawks creamed him with a season-high three sacks and eight hits.

    Yes, Mac Jones rescued the 49ers through the season’s first half. But the 49ers are paying Purdy to lead them through what is now a tough but not unconquerable playoff path.

    2. TRENT WILLIAMS FACTOR

    Coach Kyle Shanahan said it was “too risky” to play left tackle Trent Williams (hamstring) and wide receiver Ricky Pearsall (knee, ankle). Saving them for the playoffs seems smart, for here comes the elimination round. Both players certainly could have helped an offense that matched Shanahan’s lowest-scoring output since his 23-3 debut in 2017 against Carolina.

    The 49ers are 4-13 without Williams in the starting lineup since 2020.

    Austen Pleasants made his first career start in Williams’ place, and right tackle Colton McKivitiz said Williams’ absence didn’t prompt changes to the Seahawks’ scheme, which uses a lot of inside twists.

    3. WAIT AND SEE

    Kittle campaigned for the Arizona Cardinals (3-13) to upset the Los Angeles Rams (11-5) so the 49ers could climb up to the No. 5 seed and open against the NFC South’s champion, either Carolina or Tampa Bay.

    After spending his bye weekend streaming NFL games while duck hunting, McKivitz won’t be doing that Sunday as he instead recovers from Saturday’s workload.

    “Why not have it hard and go win three road games? That’s just the road we’re going to be on, and why not?” McKivitz said. “It’s basically playoff football. That is what it was today. At least we get to play another and we’re not going home today.”

    If the 49ers stay the No. 6 seed, they’ll open at either the Chicago Bears or the defending Super Bowl-champion Philadelphia Eagles. The wild-card round is next Saturday through Monday.

    4. COSTLY INTERCEPTION

    Christian McCaffrey scolded himself for having a Purdy pass, tipped as it were, to ricochet off his hands and into those of Drake Thomas for a comeback-killing interception at the Seattle 3-yard line with 12:21 left.

    McCaffrey vowed to learn from it. Purdy defended him, saying the ball “came out weird” after the tip Purdy blamed on himself. “But Christian’s a baller. He’s going to live to play the next play and he’s a Hall of Fame running back. So, dude should walk out with his head up.”

    5. McCAFFREY’S TOTALS

    That dude McCaffrey walked up to the starting lineup all 17 games, ran for 1,202 yards and had a team-high 102 receptions for 924 yards, leaving him 76 receiving yards shy of a 1K/1K season.  He’s the 49ers’ first player with 100 receptions since Terrell Owens in 2002.

    He set the 49ers’ record with 413 touches this season, and his 2,126 scrimmage yards are second-most. He also scored 17 touchdowns. But his average of 3.9 yards per carry was his lowest since his 2017 rookie year (3.7).

    6. COSTLY FUMBLE MISS

    The 49ers trailed only 10-3 when a golden opportunity presented itself: Sam Darnold, after having his foot stepped on by his center, fumbled an exchange with running back Zach Charbonnet. Defensive lineman Yetur Gross-Matos dove for the ball, only for it to end up in Charbonnet’s hands for a 3-yard loss at the Seattle 25.

    “The ball just bounced,” said Gross-Matos, who helped secure last Sunday’s 42-38 win over the Bears by hitting Caleb Williams on a final throw that bounced incomplete in the end zone.

    7. THIRD-DOWN WOES

    Two plays after that fumble, the Seahawks converted a third-and-17 play, not via a Darnold pass but rather a Kenneth Walker run for 19 yards through an onlooking defense. Consider it an ugly stepchild to the third-and-15 that ignited the 2019 Niners’ Super Bowl loss to Kansas City City.

    Why did the 49ers miss so many tackles, not just on that play but throughout the evening (16 per Pro Football Focus)? Linebacker Tatum Bethune cited how the 49ers were just playing aggressively, but they still have to make tackles. The Seahawks converted 6-of-13 third-down plays.

    8. OFFENSIVE ISSUES

    The 49ers were just 2-of-9 on third-down plays, which went against their NFL-best conversion rate (51%) but was fitting against Seattle’s NFL-leading third-down defense (32.4%).

    What perhaps stung most was a fourth-and-1 play that backfired into Purdy getting pressured into an incompletion toward Kyle Juszczyk from the Seattle 39 with 9 ½ minutes until halftime.

    Afterward on the sideline, Purdy’s film review revealed he could have hit Kittle: “I didn’t have a clear picture, but we got back to the sideline and it was like, ‘Dang, he was there.’”

    9. LINEBACKER DEPTH

    The exits of Bethune (groin) and Dee Winters (ankle) prompt serious concerns about who’ll man that unit in the playoffs. Eric Kendricks got called up from the practice squad a third straight game and has the veteran experience to play the “Mike” role and relay Robert Saleh’s calls, and so does Curtis Robinson, who started three games before being deactivated the past three. There’s also Luke Gifford, and a Garrett Wallow who fans discovered after his costly facemask penalty in punt coverage Saturday.

    Fred Warner? He hasn’t practiced or even been seen conditioning on a side field since his Oct. 14 ankle repair, although he has certainly pushing hard behind the scenes. Any heroic comeback doesn’t figure to happen until later in the playoffs.

    Rookie Nick Martin went on Injured Reserve two weeks ago from a concussion. The 49ers’ leading tacklers this game: cornerback Renardo Green and safety Ji’Ayir Brown, each with eight.

    10. SUPER SEAHAWKS

    The Seahawks set a franchise record with their 14th win, and they remarkably improved to 15-2 on the road in two seasons under coach Mike Macdonald, topped only by George Seifert’s 16-0 road start in his first two seasons with the 1899-90 49ers.

    “I mean, they’ve been showing that they’re one of the best teams in this league all year,” Shanahan said. “That didn’t feel much different than the team we played in Week 1 (a 17-13 49ers comeback win). I thought the game was a little bit similar in terms of the battle on both sides, just to get in the end zone. But, they’ve earned the No. 1 seed. They played like that throughout the whole year and we’re going to have to earn the chance to get to play them again.”

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  • Letters: Fix Our Forests disguises logging as fire safety

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    Re: “Legislation would worsen California wildfire threat” (Page A8, Dec. 28).

    The Fix Our Forests Act isn’t about environmental safety; rather, it is a blatant attempt at expanding the logging industry under the cover of wildfire prevention. Congress is rushing to pass a bill that dramatically expands backcountry logging while weakening environmental review and public input, allowing projects up to 15 square miles to bypass the National Environmental Policy Act.

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  • Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Isaiah Clendinen, Moreau Catholic

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  • Crews battle fire at San Jose apartment complex on New Year’s Eve

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    SAN JOSE – Firefighters on New Year’s Eve battled a blaze at an apartment complex in San Jose, according to authorities.

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  • Wind-battered Lick Observatory rushes to shield historic telescope after dome damage

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    Winds exceeding 110 mph that tore across the top of Mount Hamilton early Christmas morning blasted a massive steel protective door off the iconic white dome at Lick Observatory.

    Now, with back-to-back rainstorms bearing down on the Bay Area, officials this week are racing to seal the gaping hole and protect the historic Great Lick Refractor telescope beneath it.

    “I’ve never seen or even heard of damage like this to a dome,” said Lick Observatory site superintendent Jamey Eriksen.

    The Christmas Day storm that brought winds of 110 mph to the top of Mt Hamilton where the James Lick Observatory sits brought down the 60-foot crescent steel door that once covered half the dome’s vertical opening. The door landed onto an adjoining building where it broke windows and splintered attic beams. (Photo by Jamey Eriksen/UCSC Lick Observatory) 

    The damage threatens one of the Bay Area’s most significant scientific landmarks — a telescope that helped shape modern astronomy and still draws thousands of visitors each year to the mountaintop east of San Jose.

    From the Bay Area below, the dome sheltering the Great Refractor still appears intact. Up close, the damage is stark: a multi-ton, 60-foot crescent of steel that once covered half the dome’s vertical opening is gone. It was one of two giant doors that slid open to reveal the night sky, then closed again to protect the telescope from the elements. Now it lies on the pavement beside the dome.

    Inside, an all-hands scramble by a skeleton holiday-season crew helped avert worse damage. Beneath the dome, the 57-foot-long Great Refractor telescope is wrapped in black plastic tarps from eyepiece to lens assembly. Above it, the fallen door has left a gap in the steel dome roughly 4 feet wide and 10 feet tall, with a larger opening below it covered only by a fabric windscreen.

    The Christmas Day storm that brought winds of 110 mph to the top of Mt Hamilton where the James Lick Observatory sits brought down the 60-foot crescent steel door that once covered half the dome's vertical opening. The door landed onto an adjoining building where it broke windows and splintered attic beams. (Photo by Jamey Eriksen/UCSC Lick Observatory)
    The Christmas Day storm that brought winds of 110 mph to the top of Mt Hamilton where the James Lick Observatory sits brought down the 60-foot crescent steel door that once covered half the dome’s vertical opening. The door landed onto an adjoining building where it broke windows and splintered attic beams. (Photo by Jamey Eriksen/UCSC Lick Observatory) 

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  • Redwood City man arrested in robbery, attempted robbery

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    EAST PALO ALTO — A Peninsula man was arrested in connection with a robbery in East Palo Alto and an attempted robbery in Palo Alto on Sunday, according to authorities.

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  • Driver killed in solo-vehicle crash on northbound Hwy. 101 in South Bay

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    A motorist driving a Dodge was killed in a solo-vehicle crash on northbound Highway 101 in the South Bay on Sunday, according to the California Highway Patrol.

    According to the CHP, the crash happened around 12:40 p.m. north of Lawrence Expressway, and involved one vehicle and one occupant.

    For reasons still under investigation, the driver’s Dodge van drifted onto the right shoulder and went off the roadway, where it crashed into a sound wall, Capt. Justin Bradford of the CHP’s San Jose-area office said in a statement.

    The motorist was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

    Alcohol was not suspected to be a factor in the crash, the CHP said.

    The CHP said this is an ongoing investigation.

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  • San Jose bakery seeks public help following attack

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    SAN JOSE — Peters’ Bakery, the 90-year-old San Jose institution, is hoping the public can help them identify the person who caused chaos in the shop this December.

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  • Registration is open for El Camino Health’s heart forum

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    Registration is open for El Camino Health’s 15th Annual Heart Forum.

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  • Filipino engineer and entrepreneur dies at 79

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    Filipino tech entrepreneur Diosdado “Dado” Banatao died at the age of 79.

    Banatao is known for pioneering the technology that made personal computers possible, thus putting Silicon Valley on the map. He also co-founded three technology companies and started a nonprofit to help support Filipinos in STEM fields.

    “Rising from humble beginnings in Cagayan, he went on to co-found transformative technology companies and played a pivotal role in advancing the global semiconductor and graphics industries,” said the National Federation of Filipino American Associations on LinkedIn in honor of Banatao’s passing. “Just as importantly, he invested deeply in people opening doors, mentoring founders and strengthening communities.”

    According to a post on his website by his family, Banatao passed away peacefully on Christmas Day, surrounded by family and friends. His family said he “succumbed to complications from a neurological disorder that hit him late in his life.” He would have been 80 in May.

    His family wrote, “We are mourning his loss, but take comfort from the time spent with him during this Christmas season, and that his fight with this disease is over.”

    Banatao was born to a rice farmer and housekeeper in Iguig, Cagayan, according to ABS-CBN. According to his 2015 documentary, he didn’t have access to electricity growing up and was taught math using bamboo sticks. He said it was typical for his classmates to stop going to school after sixth grade to help their parents work in the fields, but his father told him to continue studying.

    He developed a love for engineering and graduated with a degree in electric engineering from Mapua Institute of Technology, a private research university in Manila. He said in his documentary that there were no design jobs for engineers in the Philippines, so he moved to the U.S. and pursued a master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science at Stanford University. He graduated in 1972.

    Soon after college, Banatao worked as a design engineering at Boeing. ABS-CBN reported that he then went on to work for other technology companies, like National Semiconductor and Intersil. While at Commodore International, he designed the first single chip, 16-bit microprocessor-based calculator.

    He is credited with developing the first 10-Mbit ethernet CMOS chip in 1981 while working at Seeq Technology. He also developed the first system logic chipset for IBM’s PC-XT and PC-AT and one of the first graphics accelerators for personal computers. These inventions allowed for faster computer performance, according to Inquirer.net. The Harvard Club of Southern California credited Banatao for bringing GPS technology to consumers.

    “Dado is the man who invented a graphical chipset that took us from black screens with green writing to the dynamic displays we have today,” the club wrote for a description of a lecture he gave in 2017 for the Harvard Business School Association of Orange County.

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  • The Bay Area’s week of stormy weather is nearly over. Here’s when the skies should fully clear

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    The end to a wild week of whipsawing weather across Northern California is at hand.

    Sunny skies, calmer winds and cooler temperatures are forecast to return to the Bay Area on Saturday and linger into early next week, offering a respite from a weeklong parade of storms that felled trees, flooded roadways and caused power outages affecting thousands of people.

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  • 49ers’ George Kittle misses practice again as status for Bears game Sunday remains uncertain

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    George Kittle’s injured ankle forced him to miss practice again on Thursday, leaving the 49ers’ Pro Bowl tight end’s status for Sunday night’s game against the Chicago Bears in question.

    Coach Kyle Shanahan said on Wednesday that Kittle still has “a chance” to face the Bears as long as he was able to heal quick enough from his injury during Monday night’s win over Indianapolis.

    San Francisco (11-4) has clinched a playoff spot and can earn the top seed in the NFC by beating the Bears (11-4) and Seattle (12-3) in the final two games of the season.

    But losing Kittle would be a big blow to a San Francisco offense that has been operating at a high level during a five-game winning streak. The Niners have gone back-to-back games without having to punt for the first time in franchise history.
    Kittle is a key part of both the run and pass game for the 49ers. The Niners’ running game has improved since Kittle returned after missing five games early this season with a hamstring injury.

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  • Tornado warning issued for Santa Cruz County

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    The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Santa Cruz County until 1 p.m. Thursday.

    The service reported that a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was 7 miles south of Santa Cruz at a speed of 35 mph.

    The areas impacted include Santa Cruz, Corralitos, Scotts Valley, Capitola, Live Oak, Soquel, Twin Lakes, Opal Cliffs, Felton, Aptos, Ben Lomond, Rio Del Mar, Eureka Canyon Road, Boulder Creek, Day Valley, Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley and Aptos Hills-Larkin.

    Residents in those areas were encouraged to move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built building away from windows. For people outside, in a mobile home or in a vehicle, the agency recommended relocating to the closest substantial shelter.

    “Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter,” the agency said in its advisory. “Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely.”

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  • One Bay Area city tried an innovative program to deal with its abandoned shopping cart problem. Here’s what happened.

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    Earlier this year, San Jose politicians announced they were targeting the thousands of abandoned shopping carts clogging creeks and blighting streets. Now the first data on a pilot program aimed at curbing the problem is in, and the city must decide whether the results justify the financial cost of expanding it.

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  • SJPD veteran tapped as Watsonville’s next top cop

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    WATSONVILLE – A San Jose police veteran is leaving the South Bay to take the reins as Watsonville’s next top cop.

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