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Genius Unleashed: A Visionaries No-Code App Development-iGenApps and Ãpp Studio

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:10:21 GMT

In the rapidly evolving digital age, success and survival for businesses depend on impeccable products and services and a cutting-edge digital strategy. Founder and CEO of Apps Inc., Norman Ortiz, recognizes this truth and offers solutions: iGenApps and Ãpp Studio. These tools provide an innovative, affordable, no-code mobile app development platform that caters to a diverse range of micro-businesses, events, organizations, and entrepreneurs.Norman emphasizes that, more than having a website, apps are required for a robust digital strategy. The advent of mobile apps has become crucial for businesses to interact directly with customers and foster brand loyalty through push notifications, target marketing, and loyalty programs. And the pièce de résistance is that they have faster loading times, which is crucial for end-users.In the United States, where 99% of businesses are small, only 48% have apps, showcasing a substantial market need. Norman is addressing this gap by making app cre...

Letters: Newsom’s spending | Bullet train | Vote for sanity | Q’Anon cash | Federal function | True antisemitism

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:10:21 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Newsom is spendingstate into insolvencyRe: “Gavin Newsom owns California’s $68 billion deficit” (Page A12, Dec. 17).Just give Gov. Newsom a little more time and he will have California completely broke. As noted, California went from a $97 billion surplus to a $68 billion deficit.Along the way, Gov. Newson increased spending on things such as free health care for undocumented immigrants. So now taxpayers pay for health care (among other things) for the undocumented while Newsom is more concerned with trying to look good so he can make a run for president.If he were to be elected president, God help this country.Gerald ApostoloDanvilleState’s bullet trainmust be completedRe: “Newsom was originally right about California bullet train” (Page A6, Dec. 12).So what are we to do with the land acquired by the High-Speed Rail Authority and the construction already completed if ...

Single-family house in San Jose sells for $3 million

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:10:21 GMT

1477 Corte de Maria – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 1400 block of Corte de Maria in San Jose was sold on Dec. 5, 2023 for $2,950,000, or $837 per square foot. The house, built in 2013, has an interior space of 3,525 square feet. This two-story house offers a spacious layout with five bedrooms and five baths.These nearby houses have also recently changed hands:On Paso Los Cerritos, San Jose, in September 2022, a 2,275-square-foot home was sold for $1,925,000, a price per square foot of $846. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In May 2023, a 1,710-square-foot home on Corte de Rosa in San Jose sold for $1,785,000, a price per square foot of $1,044. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 2,793-square-foot home on the 1400 block of Camino Robles Way in San Jose sold in June 2023, for $2,271,000, a price per square foot of $813. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

Kaiser Permanente teams up with food bank to feed families

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:10:21 GMT

Volunteers sorted and packaged meals Tuesday at the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano counties as the organization navigates an estimated 20 percent increased demand for assistance during the holidays.Related ArticlesLocal News | Look inside Zootopia land pitched for Disneyland expansion Local News | California OKs rules for turning wastewater into tapwater Local News | East Bay boyfriend eyed in Capitola woman’s disappearance Local News | First look inside Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Disneyland Local News | How, at 85, Anthony Hopkins brought his A-game to filming ‘Freud’s Last Session’ Their work is funded in part by $365,000 health care provider Kaiser Permanente gave the nonprofit to provide 540,000 meals as the food bank launches its annual 3 Million Meals challenge.“Through community partnerships, including the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano,” the health care provider wrote in a release, “K...

California’s population shrunk in 2023 for the third straight year, but exodus slowed

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:10:21 GMT

The California exodus isn’t over yet.For the third consecutive year, the Golden State’s population continued to shrink in 2023, even as 42 other states grew this past year, many reversing population declines during the COVID pandemic, according to figures from the U.S. Census Bureau released Tuesday.Overall nationally, the U.S. gained more than 1.6 million people this past year, growing by 0.5% to 334,914,895, the Census reported, with more states seeing population growth in 2023 than in any year since the start of the pandemic. While national population growth remains historically low, the U.S. saw a slight uptick from the 0.4% increase in 2022 and the 0.2% increase in 2021.The Census said population trends are returning to pre-pandemic growth rates as international immigration returns and death rates continue to drop.“Although births declined, this was tempered by the near 9% decrease in deaths,” said Kristie Wilder, a demographer in the Population Division...

3 teens should be charged for murder as adults, Alameda County Sheriff says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:10:21 GMT

(KRON) -- The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is urging the Alameda County District Attorney's Office to prosecute three teens arrested for homicide as adults. The teens were arrested in connection to the October killing of a fourth teen. Alameda County deputies and Emergency Medical Services personnel responded on Oct. 8, 2023 at around 10:45 p.m. to a report of a carjacking and possible shooting. The scene was an apartment complex on Miramar Avenue in Unincorporated San Leandro.At the scene, deputies found the victim, 18-year-old Leandro Iquite suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, police said. Hundreds of drug dealers arrested in SF six-month crackdown In an investigation over the past several months, leads and evidence were uncovered that identified 18-year-old Yefry Aguilar Rubio as one of the suspect's in Iquite's death. While Aguilar Rubio was 17 when the incident occurred, he turned 18 later t...

Antioch police search for missing man

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:10:21 GMT

(KRON) -- The Antioch Police Department is searching for a man who has not been seen since leaving an assisted living home. Michael Dunbar was last seen at TreVista Assisted Living, located at 3950 Lone Tree Way. He is considered at-risk due to medical conditions. Police did not say when he was last seen, or what clothes he was wearing. Anyone who sees Dunbar is asked to call (925) 778-2441 or 9-1-1.

No charges for officer in Sean Monterrosa shooting, State AG announces

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:10:21 GMT

(BCN) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday that a Vallejo police officer who fatally shot a man amid George Floyd-related protests in 2020 will not face criminal charges. Detective Jarrett Tonn shot and killed Sean Monterrosa, a 22-year-old San Francisco resident, outside of a Walgreens store on Redwood Street early on June 2, 2020, as Monterrosa was on a knee and unarmed.Tonn later testified in an arbitration hearing that he believed Monterrosa was reaching for a gun so he fired five shots through the windshield of a police vehicle. Authorities later determined Monterrosa had a hammer but no firearm in his possession. Woman vanishes in Santa Cruz, musician boyfriend uncooperative, police say The shooting caused national outcry and the California Department of Justice opened its investigation into the case in May 2021. A press release by Bonta's office on Tuesday said investigators determined "there is insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt ...

Two killed after car hits tree in Campbell

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:10:21 GMT

(KRON) -- Two men were killed in a crash in Campbell on Monday, the Campbell Police Department said. The men were killed when their car struck a tree on the San Tomas Expressway near Budd Avenue. The crash happened at about 1 p.m., and both victims died at the scene. Mountain View crash at Sonia and Miramonte leaves two teens with major injuries This week has seen a number of fatal crashes across the Bay Area as wet weather continues in the region. In the East Bay, a non-weather-related crash claimed the lives of three people when a car's tire blew out on Interstate 680 near Pleasanton. The car went airborne, hit a tree and slid down an embankment. "We urge drivers to drive cautiously, especially under current rainy weather conditions," Campbell police said Tuesday. The crash remains under investigation.

Steelers WR George Pickens dismisses outside criticism as ‘media guys’ having an opinion

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:10:21 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens hears the outside criticism about his hustle. More specifically his lack of hustle.He could not care less.“The people that are questioning my effort, they don’t play football,” Pickens told reporters Tuesday. “They do what y’all do.”Pickens has come under scrutiny of late, even from coach Mike Tomlin, for questionable decision-making at times. The latest examples came during Pittsburgh’s 30-13 loss to Indianapolis on Saturday.The second-year player neglected to block downfield on a run by teammate Jaylen Warren in the first quarter, allowing Warren to be tackled short of the goal line. Pickens also jogged downfield following an Indianapolis interception, essentially jogging away from Colts safety Julian Blackmon.Videos of Pickens’ lackluster effort went viral on social media. “Everybody that got opinions are all media, surface guys,” Pickens said. “None of them play football. They are ne...