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John Wayne’s former Rancho Pavoreal sells for $11.25 million

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:00:39 GMT

A sprawling Riverside County ranch once owned by Western film star John Wayne has sold for $11.25 million, down 6% from the initial ask.Located in Hemet, the 2,000-acre Rancho Pavoreal has a three-bedroom, 3,000-square-foot stucco home dating to 1950, an even older barn and impressive views of the surrounding valley and Palomar Mountain.The property was listed at $12 million when it hit the market in January, although it had been on and off for years. In 2018, it was listed for $8 million and marketed as a potential pot farm.Rancho Pavoreal sits halfway between San Diego and Palm Springs and is a 20-minute drive to Temecula Wine Country. It’s fenced and cross-fenced with room for horses and cattle.Three wells, horse trails and a three-car garage add to the highlights.Tatiana Novick held the listing. Lori Cutka of Big Block Realty represented the buyer of the property, which closed on May 27.The Oscar-winning actor nicknamed “The Duke” and a partner owned the ranch from 1938 to 1948,...

The scandalous history of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s new Marie Antoinette-inspired California mansion

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:00:39 GMT

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have finally settled on a uniquely extravagant Beverly Hills mansion that will become their permanent home together — and it only took “nearly two years of house hunting and at least five aborted escrows,” as Dirt reported.Set on a 5-acre promontory overlooking Beverly Hills, the 12-bedroom, 24-bath residence, known as the “Wallingford Estate,” features a palatial design that was originally inspired by Marie Antoinette’s chateau Le Petit Trianon, Dirt and the Daily Mail said. More intriguing: The 38,000-square-foot compound boasts a colorful ownership history that includes a convicted Ponzi schemer and a disgraced Saudi prince who was arrested on the premises for alleged sexual assault.Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez buy $60 Million mansion in Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/ARo5RW9Q5L— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) June 1, 2023At one point, the developer who owned the mega-mansion in 2018 tried to sell it for $135 mill...

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Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:00:39 GMT

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All lanes open on Bay Bridge after police activity west of Treasure Island

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:00:39 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- All lanes are back open on the Bay Bridge following a severe traffic alert on the westbound deck due to police activity Friday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The activity was west of Treasure Island Road and the right lanes on the bridge were blocked. 3 dead, 2 injured after crime spree in San Jose, Milpitas; suspect arrested Motorists were advised to expect delays and to use alternate routes if possible. Residual delays are still expected.The activity was first reported around 8:35 a.m. No other details were immediately available.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Tobacco store loses $90K in goods, cash after robbery in SF's Richmond District

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:00:39 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Businesses in San Francisco’s Richmond District are on alert after a burglary occurred at a tobacco shop early Wednesday morning, causing concern among other business owners in the area.Around 2:45 a.m., at least seven people from two cars were caught on surveillance video breaking into a tobacco store on Geary Boulevard. The masked suspects took more than $70,000 in merchandise and a safe containing $20,000 in cash, the owner said. Bay Bridge traffic disrupted due to police activity west of Treasure Island “It’s very painful to do business in this city right now,” said David Heller, Greater Geary Merchants president. He owns a beauty supply store just blocks away from the tobacco store. Heller said small businesses along the commercial corridor are struggling because of crime and wants more police presence in the Richmond District. “We really need leadership and that’s what is causing this problem,” said Heller.KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-...

Haitian businessman gets life sentence in 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:00:39 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami sentenced a Haitian-Chilean businessman Friday to life in prison for his role in helping a group of Colombian mercenaries obtain weapons to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021.Rodolphe Jaar, who has dual Haitian and Chilean citizenship, had pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United States, and to providing material support resulting in death. Federal Judge José E. Martínez handed down the sentence at a hearing in federal court in downtown Miami. Jaar received the maximum sentence he faced despite pleading guilty and pledging to cooperate with investigators in hopes of receiving a lighter sentence.The businessman, who was an informant for the U.S. government and had been convicted of drug trafficking a decade ago, is one of 11 people arrested and charged in the United States for the murder of Moïse, and the only one to plead guilty. The other 10 are scheduled for a jury trial in July, ...

At least 9 killed in eastern Congo’s latest extremist rebel attack

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:00:39 GMT

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Extremist rebels in eastern Congo killed at least nine people with knives and guns, a civil society organization said Friday.The attack happened Thursday evening on the Kyondo-Kyavinyonge road in North Kivu province, said Meleki Mulala the coordinator for the Congolese civil society group for the Ruwenzori sector. Civilians were taken from their homes before they were killed, and many homes were looted, he said. The death toll is preliminary because some people are missing, Mulala said. He said members of the Allied Democratic Forces, a rebel organization believed to have ties to the Islamic State group, carried out the attack. Conflict has simmered for decades in eastern Congo, where more than 120 armed groups are fighting. Most are vying for land and control of mines with valuable minerals, while some groups are trying to protect their communities.Since last April, ADF attacks have killed at least 370 civilians, and the group has abducted several hundred peo...

Gladbach coach Daniel Farke leaves after slump to 10th in Bundesliga

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:00:39 GMT

MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — Borussia Moenchengladbach coach Daniel Farke left the German club on Friday after his season in charge ended with the club missing out on qualifying for European competitions.Farke had been at Gladbach since June 2022 and led the team to a 10th-place finish in the Bundesliga after a late slump.That result was the same as the season before but represented a failure to turn around the club’s recent slide after qualifying regularly for European competitions over the previous decade, including three appearances in the Champions League since 2015.Gladbach said the decision followed a “detailed analysis” of the season. “After several intensive discussions, Daniel Farke and the club have come to the decision to go our separate ways,” sporting director Roland Virkus said in a statement.Farke was previously coach of Norwich in England from 2017-21 and left his next job with Russian club Krasnodar without coaching a single game following the Russian inva...

UN renews European Union’s authority to inspect ships suspected of violating Libya arms embargo

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:00:39 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Friday renewing the European Union’s permission to inspect vessels off Libya’s coast suspected of violating the an arms embargo on the troubled North African nation.The vote on the resolution sponsored by France and Malta was 14-0, with Russia abstaining, just as it did last year. It claimed the EU operation has been ineffective in stopping the flow of illegal weapons to Libya.The brief resolution extends the authorization for inspections for a year and reaffirms the Security Council’s “determination that terrorism, in all forms and manifestations, constitutes one of the most serious threats to peace and security.” The authorization to monitor the U.N. arms embargo can be extended to other countries and regional organizations.Oil-rich Libya plunged into turmoil after a NATO-backed uprising in 2011 toppled dictator Moammar Gadhafi, who was later killed. It then became divided between rival governments — ...

Italian media say border police are under investigation over shipwreck that killed 94 migrants

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:00:39 GMT

ROME (AP) — Three members of Italy’s border police force are under investigation for a suspected role in a shipwreck off the country’s southern coast this year that killed more than 90 migrants, Italian news outlets reported Friday. Quoting from a search warrant issued by prosecutors, the Corriere della Sera newspaper said investigators cited “significant anomalies” in the activity log for a motorboat Italian border police used in an abandoned search for the overcrowded migrant vessel.A surveillance aircraft operated by European Union border and coast guard agency Frontex first spotted the old wooden boat in the Ionian Sea on the night of Feb. 25. The agency indicated to Italian authorities that no life vests were visible but the boat, which human smugglers had launched in Turkey, showed no signs of distress. Italy’s Guardia di Finanza, or financial police, which also has a border and customs role, dispatched two patrols to “intercept the vessel.” Not long after the search was calle...