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Valley fever risk may be high this year, California officials warn in wake of music festival outbreak
Valley fever, a fungal disease, recently sickened a handful of people at a California music festival. (Image credit: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) California may be facing a particularly bad year for valley fever, health officials warn. The warning follows an announcement that several cases of the fungal disease were detected among attendees
August 7, 2024
‘Stardew Valley’ Creator Promises To Keep Updates and DLC Free Always
Earlier today, Stardew Valley ($4.99) creator Eric Barone Tweeted about how he’s working on the mobile and console versions of Stardew Valley 1.6 and how he will announce when there is any meaningful news for the update. If you haven’t kept up with that, read about Stardew Valley 1.6 here. Following that Tweet, he also
July 22, 2024
Valley Fever Is a Growing Fungal Threat to Outdoor Workers
Farmworkers in California's Central Valley know that when the tule fog settles over the ground after a heavy rain, some of them are about to get sick. Within a few weeks of the dense fog's arrival, many of the laborers grow tired and develop headaches and fevers. Each time, those who have evaded illness wonder
September 23, 2023
2023 THUNDER VALLEY NATIONAL MX RESULTS
Even though the results looked the same, the third round of the 2023 AMA National Motocross season had a slightly different flavor. Up front, the Lawrence bothers each made it three in a row, but the 450 class showcased several privateers who are breaking out of their assigned roles to mix it up with the
June 11, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank went broke, but not because it was woke
The culture war has come for the banks, and friends, it is stupid. There are a wide variety of proposed explanations for the fall of Silicon Valley Bank. For instance, The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page has suggested SVB’s board “may have been distracted by diversity demands” as I guess it had too many women, too
March 17, 2023
What the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Means for Science Start-ups
Bailouts mean customers’ deposits are safe, but the Silicon Valley Bank’s demise has sparked concern about future investment in small tech companiesThe collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has some start-ups worried about the future of investment in small science companies. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThe collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) late on 10 March sent science and
March 16, 2023
The closure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) today marked the second-largest US bank failure in history.SVB held $209 billion in assets at the time of its collapse. Even after adjusting for inflation, by assets it trails only Washington Mutual, which held $434 billion in assets when it failed in 2008. SVB’s failure surpassed those of
Silicon Valley Bank is the first FDIC-insured bank to fail in 2023
Photo: Jason Reed (Reuters)Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was shut down on March 10 by California’s state banking regulator and put under the control Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which promised to give insured depositors access to their money by the morning of March 13 and will attempt to return funds to uninsured depositors as the agency
March 10, 2023
Silicon Valley Workers Are Using This App to Share Their Layoff Speculations and Woes in Secret
There's an increasingly popular professional networking site on the scene — and it's not LinkedIn.Silicon Valley employees have signed up for Blind, an anonymous community app for the workplace, by the thousands amid recent layoffs, using the service to speculate about job cuts and offer words of comfort, CNN reported. Related: Tech CEO Apologizes After
January 31, 2023
Three Valley Copper trades heavily on loan talks
Three Valley Copper Corp [TVC-TSXV, TVCCF-OTCQB] shares rallied strongly in heavy trading Friday after the company released an update on discussions with senior lenders. The company had previously warned that the cessation of mining activities at its open pit mine in Chile may result in one or more events of a default under an amended…
February 4, 2022