Новости за 21.12.2020

Imagine finding your dream home, then, a week before closing the deal, losing your job—and the house. This is house hunting during the coronavirus pandemic.

Festive decorations remain one of the best ways to celebrate the holiday season. And San Francisco design icon Suzanne Tucker has some thoughts about decor that will still look good — and what will look tacky — after the holiday season is over.

Q: Why are interest rates so low and how long will they stay this way?

Mortgage advisor: Dominique Stevens, Mayfair Mortgage Advisors,

Property type: Condominium in Oakland.

Loan amount: $546,000.

Loan terms: 30-year fixed.

Loan rate: 2.625%.

Backstory: With the eye-watering housing prices in the Bay Area, many potential homeowners have been locked out of owning their own home. We’ve found that there are some great opportunities to be had in the condominium market lately.

Our pre-approved couple had been looking at purchasing a single family home in Oakland... Читать дальше...

Mary Maydan believes architecture should be inspirational. The principal of Palo Alto’s Maydan Architects, Maydan prides herself on contemporary minimalist designs that seamlessly blend indoors and out.

Only a month ago, the Golden State had among the least severe situations in the country.

A gorgeous perk for gardeners! This huge property in Alexandria, VA, now serves as the headquarters of the American Horticultural Society.

Hosts were notified in the past week.

"There's no place in New York for Bay Area fans, and believe me, that's eating away at us," says co-owner Dieter Seelig.

More than 1 million people have passed through U.S. airport security checkpoints in each of the past three days, but there are few crowds at Bay Area airports.

Over the course of seven days, the story went viral in conspiracy circles, prompted an angry press conference by the couple she accused and led to Petaluma police now turning the investigation on Katie Sorensen herself.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s overwhelmed hospitals are setting up makeshift extra beds for coronavirus patients, and a handful of facilities in hard-hit Los Angeles County are drawing up emergency plans in case they have to limit how many people receive life-saving care.

NY Buffalo NY Zone Forecast for Monday, December 21, 2020

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Zone Forecasts for Western New York

National Weather Service Buffalo NY

105 PM EST Mon Dec 21 2020

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Niagara-

Including the city of Niagara Falls

105 PM EST Mon Dec 21 2020

.THIS AFTERNOON...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.

Highs around 40. Southwest winds around 10 mph, becoming light.

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A group of high school students outside Atlanta are calling on city officials to remove a cannon near a county courthouse that honors the Creek War of 1836, which saw the removal of Native Americans from the South.

FRANKLIN, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff's office has been designated as a COVID-19 cluster after six members of the department staff tested positive, health officials said.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner announced Monday that he will join an Israeli delegation on the first direct flight to Morocco to celebrate the U.S.-brokered agreement establishing ties between the two Mideast countries.

TX Norman OK Zone Forecast for Monday, December 21, 2020

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Zone Forecast Product

National Weather Service Norman OK

1201 PM CST Mon Dec 21 2020

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Wichita-

Including the cities of Sheppard AFB and Wichita Falls

1201 PM CST Mon Dec 21 2020

.REST OF TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Light and

variable winds.

.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Light and

variable winds. Читать дальше...

CA San Francisco Bay Area Zone Forecast for Monday, December 21, 2020

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San Francisco Bay Area/Central California Zone Forecast

National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area

1001 AM PST Mon Dec 21 2020

This is an automatically generated product that provides average

values for large geographic areas. For a more site specific

forecast...please visit weather.gov/sanfrancisco

(1) Select a location... Читать дальше...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation reported 157 new cases of the coronavirus as of Sunday, the lowest daily count this month.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Three ex-commissioners spanning eras and political affiliations appealed to Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday to support bold steps to protect the integrity of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio after a former chairman hand-picked by DeWine resigned amid a $60 million federal bribery scandal.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) —

A program that has pumped $2.7 billion into healing long-term injuries to the Great Lakes environment has received authorization from Congress to continue another five years.

The U.S. Senate voted unanimously Sunday to extend the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, as the House did earlier this year. The bill, which requires President Donald Trump's signature to take effect, calls for gradually boosting the program's annual funding from $300 million to $475 million by 2026. Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s coronavirus-related hospitalizations continued their recent decline over the weekend, pointing to possible improvement even as the state’s daily rate of COVID-19 deaths has gone up slightly to a new high.

New Jersey lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly passed legislation authorizing more than $14 billion in tax breaks for businesses.

HOUMA, La. (AP) — One local government leader in Louisiana is accusing another of harassing a government employee over the transfer of some public money.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Breaking with President Donald Trump, outgoing Attorney General William Barr said Monday he saw no reason to appoint a special counsel to look into the president’s claims of election fraud or the tax investigation into the son of President-elect Joe Biden.