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Whiskey Barrels vs. Banks: A Safer Investment in Turbulent Times?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:25 GMT

The recent crash of SVP Bank has once again raised concerns over the safety of parking extra cash in financial institutions. With the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) only insuring deposits up to $250,000, investors and individuals seeking alternative investments have started to explore other avenues. One such option that has arose is investing in physical assets, such as whiskey barrels, which has shown promising returns and a degree of stability in comparison to traditional banking.The Appeal of Whiskey Barrels As A Tangible AssetUnlike cash deposits or digital investments, whiskey barrels represent a tangible, physical asset. Investors can take solace in the fact that their investment exists in the real world and is not subject to the same volatility as digital currencies or stock markets.Aging and Appreciation: As whiskey ages in barrels, it develops unique flavors and characteristics that increase its value over time. This means that, unlike cash, which can lose val...

Assessing Team Performance Should Include Emotional Factors, Says Vegas Kings Founder Phillip Milan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:25 GMT

Upon meeting Vegas Kings founder and professional sports handicapper Phillip Milan, one of the first lessons he’ll share about sports wagering is that it’s a science, not an art. While Milan prides himself on making predictions based on data, not emotions, he does allow for one critical exception: in cases in which feelings drive facts.For Phillip Milan, the draw to wagering on sports versus other types of gambling is that it’s more strategic than traditional casino games. An extensive knowledge of the sport combined with attention to important details like statistics and trend analysis are the ingredients to long-term success for those bold enough to place their first wager.Vegas Kings has been able to deliver dependable financial gain to their clients. With a focus on building long-term relationships based on honesty and credibility, they excel at selecting winning picks and consistently achieving profits about 60%.With over 10 years of experience, Milan knows better than to ignor...

Pedestrian Fatally Struck in Tractor-Trailer Collision on Interstate 10 [Tucson, AZ]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:25 GMT

Unidentified Pedestrian Pronounced Dead after Fatal Accident near Ina RoadTUCSON, AZ (March 31, 2023) – Early Wednesday morning, one pedestrian was fatally struck in a tractor-trailer collision on Interstate 10.The incident occurred around 3:00 a.m., near Cortara and Ina Road on February 1st. First responders arrived to the scene shortly after receiving multiple dispatch calls in the area.Per reports, a pedestrian was standing on the roadway when the driver of a passing tractor-trailer struck them. Due to the extent of injuries sustained, medical personnel eventually pronounced the pedestrian dead at the scene. Although authorities have not yet released their identity.The eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 at milepost 248 between Cortara Road and Ina Road were blocked during cleanup and investigations. Following preliminary duties, officers later determined that the involved tractor-trailer driver was not impaired at the time.At this time, local authorities have not released the...

Manhattan DA slams GOP efforts to investigate Trump probe

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:25 GMT

By Annie Grayer and Sara Murray | CNNThe Manhattan district attorney’s office is again slamming House Republicans for their efforts to intervene in its investigation into former President Donald Trump, accusing them of collaborating with Trump to “vilify and denigrate the integrity of elected state prosecutors and trial judges.”The DA’s general counsel Leslie B. Dubeck penned a letter Friday to three House GOP committee chairmen, citing Trump’s harsh rhetoric aimed at District Attorney Alvin Bragg and writing, “As Committee Chairmen, you could use the stature of your office to denounce these attacks and urge respect for the fairness of our justice system and for the work of the impartial grand jury.”Dubeck continues, “Instead, you and many of your colleagues have chosen to collaborate with Mr. Trump’s efforts to vilify and denigrate the integrity of elected state prosecutors and trial judges and made unfounded allegations that th...

California wildflowers: It’s not too late to plant and see them bloom this year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:25 GMT

1. Plant artichoke from seeds or root divisions – basal shoots with roots attached – at this time. If you can grow a single artichoke plant, you can grow a whole yard full of them. Shoots that grow out of the base of the plant – when they have grown to eight inches in length and have roots of their own – can be separated from the mother plant in the fall or the spring and transplanted and then grow into producing plants in three to four months time. While you wait for the edible flower buds to appear, you can enjoy the artichoke’s deeply cut, silvery foliage which is on display throughout the year. An artichoke can produce a crop for six years but, meanwhile, you will have propagated many new plants from it before its demise.2. It’s not too late to plant California wildflowers and see them bloom this year. Plant them where nothing else will grow and you could be in for a pleasant surprise. They do not need to be fussed with as most of them will germinate on the soil surface or just ...

Photos: Space shuttle toilet, UFO and Stealth fighter displays delight REACH Academy students

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:25 GMT

Tuesday was not a normal day at REACH Academy in East Oakland.In the school’s front office students chanted, “Faster, faster!” as a classmate was repeatedly spun upside-down on a Multiple Axis Simulator by Ivor Dawson of the Traveling Space Museum.“Had enough?” Dawson asked his dizzy victim.A Reach Academy student is spun by Ivor Dawson of the Traveling Space Museum in a multiple axis simulator during Space Day activities at the school in East Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, March 28, 2023, (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Out in a drenched schoolyard, rain wasn’t the only thing falling from the sky.A UFO had landed.Fourth-graders crawled inside the 6-foot-diameter flying saucer looking for extraterrestrials. Across the schoolyard, third-graders explored a full-scale Lunar Roving Vehicle, pretending to be moon explorers.It was Space Day 2023 at REACH, and all 400 students of the K-5 school were budding scientists and astronauts.Reach Academy stude...

Even California’s Sonoran Desert is threatened by climate change

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:25 GMT

The same climate changes known to be reshaping mountain ecosystems in places like the Alps and Yosemite also are driving alarming new patterns in the Sonoran Desert near Palm Springs, according to the latest findings from a long-running study by UC Riverside.If temperatures continue to rise and droughts continue to become more severe, the study suggests that portions of the Sonoran and similar deserts someday could become barren, with little plant or animal life.“These ecosystems are incredibly fragile, actually,” said Tesa Madsen-Hepp, an ecology doctoral candidate at UCR and first author of the study. “They’re not super resilient, and they are reaching their limits.”The findings, which track changes measured over several decades, are surprising to some scientists who had assumed that deserts and other dryland ecosystems would be resilient to more extreme heat and prolonged drought. Instead, Madsen-Hepp said that unless we get greenhouse gas emissions under control, and stop or rev...

A tree brought down a 60-year-old pedestrian bridge in San Leandro during March storms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:25 GMT

SAN LEANDRO — Repair work to a 60-year-old pedestrian bridge that collapsed under the weight of a fallen tree during a wind storm earlier this month will begin as soon as the debris is cleared from it.That process is only now just beginning, after a giant Eucalyptus tree crushed the structure during a March storm, one of several that felled thousands of trees and broke limbs across the Bay Area.“The first thing that needs to be done is to clear the area of the bridge damage itself, the concrete around it, other debris,” San Leandro Unified School District spokesperson Keziah Moss said. “We haven’t even started cleaning out what’s fallen because we keep getting bad weather.”The SLUSD and city of San Leandro announced earlier this week they will work together to repair the bridge, which connects Cary Drive with Haas Avenue. The bridge runs about 30 feet above the San Leandro Creek; without it, pedestrians are forced to walk a much further dist...

Gov. Newsom proclaims March 31 'César Chávez Day'

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:25 GMT

(KRON) -- Governor Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation declaring March 31, 2023 as "César Chávez Day" in the State of California. The iconic champion of workers' rights dropped out of 8th grade to work full-time laboring in California's agricultural fields. "Toiling in the fields from a young age, Chávez faced dismal working conditions, racism, abuse, and exploitation," Newsom wrote. In 1952, Chávez was living in east San Jose when he became a grassroots organizer for Latino civil rights and hosted lectures on racial and economic inequality.Chávez famously said, "Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore."In this March 7, 1979 photo, United Farm Workers President Cesar Chavez joins striking Salinas Valley farmworkers during a large rally in Salinas, Calif. (AP Photo/ Paul Sakuma/ File)In 1962, Chávez and Dolores H...

Novato shelter-in-place lifted, road reopened

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:25 GMT

A shelter-in-place order issued by the Novato Police Department in response to police activity has been lifted, according to a tweet from the department. Earlier on Friday morning, Sunset Parkway was closed between Shon Drive and Midway Boulevard due to a police operation in the 700 block of Sunset Parkway, police said. VIDEO: Yelp review of Millbrae boba tea shop proves to be fake after customer caught sabotaging drink Residents in the 700 blocks of Sunset Parkway and Shevelin Road had been asked to remain indoors. The shelter-in-place has since been lifted and the operation has concluded, according to police."This is an isolated situation and there is no danger to the public or local schools," police said. Bay City News contributed to this report.