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Los Angeles Zoo mourns death of Asian elephant Shaunzi

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:19 GMT

The Los Angeles Zoo is saying goodbye to Shaunzi, one of its Asian elephants who was humanely euthanized earlier this week at the age of 53.Around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Shaunzi was found on the ground and unable to get up inside the Thai Yard section of the Elephants of Asia exhibit. The zoo's veterinary staff worked overnight to to try and help her back to her feet, but those efforts proved to be unsuccessful."The incident resulted in the heartbreaking decision to sedate and euthanize Shaunzi in the early morning hours of Jan. 3," an official for Los Angeles Zoo said in a statement. Shaunzi, a 53-year-old Asian elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo was humanely euthanized on Jan. 3, 2024, after she was found in her habitat on the ground and unable to get up. (Los Angeles Zoo)Shaunzi was one of the zoo's two female elephants, alongside Tina, with whom she shared a habitat. Shaunzi arrived at L.A. Zoo in 2017 to spend the rest of her days alongside fellow elephants including Tina, bull elepha...

Redefining Success and Embracing Opportunities: Insights from Adam Kidan

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:19 GMT

Adam Kidan, an American business leader, entrepreneur, attorney, and philanthropist, serves as the President of Empire Workforce Solutions. His journey, marked by resilience and a commitment to offering second chances, provides valuable insights into workforce development and overcoming challenges. In this article, we will uncover how giving second chances can revolutionize the way we think about talent, resilience, and growth in the workplace.Empowering Second ChancesKidan believes in nurturing second chances in the workforce. Offering second chances harnesses untapped potential, as individuals seeking these opportunities often bring unique talents and perspectives that might otherwise be overlooked. It promotes diversity and inclusion, creating a workforce enriched by varied life experiences, leading to increased creativity, innovation, and adaptability. Furthermore, Kidan believes that investing in individuals who need a second chance can cultivate employee loyalty and morale; em...

Orlando Magic: John Korbel’s Debut Is the Jazzy “Falling Feels Like Flying”

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:19 GMT

Something special is happening in Orlando. This unexpected hotbed of Jazz music is supplied by a surprising source: the Disney corporation. In the house band of an Orlando Jazz club, a little ex-Disney magic has sparked with local talent, and the album Falling Feels Like Flying, by local musician John Korbeland producer Mark Falchook, will be released in January 2024.Orlando is full of musicians with a history of producing and playing music for Disney productions, their world-class skill spreading into the surrounding music scene. This is how John met Mark Falchook. It just happened that John was thinking about getting serious with a music career after a twenty-year hiatus from touring. He requested Mark’s assistance in creating a one-time Christmas single, but the recording session generated such enthusiasm that they kept collaborating, producing additional tracks throughout the past year. The result is John’s first full album.John‘s an old soul in the music scene...

Redefining Indoor Cultivation: GROW’s AI-Powered Food Printer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:19 GMT

Thanks to Magical Grow’s groundbreaking new product, GROW, indoor farming is undergoing a radical transformation. As the world’s first food printer, GROW leverages patented technology and AI to deliver unprecedented space utilization and limitless potential for indoor cultivation.This pioneering establishment, under the astute leadership of CNBC Next Gen alum Garyn Angel, has created a sleek, home-friendly growing device that eliminates compromises and ushers in a new era for indoor farmers and classrooms through Farm-Ed. Far from being merely a gadget, GROW is a symphony of advanced hardware, intelligent software, and AI capabilities.Imagine a system that provides you with an abundant 12 cubic feet of growing space, smartly designed and tailored to your needs. That’s precisely what GROW brings to the table. Harnessing patented technologies, it obliterates the constraints posed by existing cultivation devices, offering over twice their growing capacity. This advanc...

Cher’s son reconciles with wife as mom’s conservatorship bid looms

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:19 GMT

Cher’s troubled son, Elijah Blue Allman, has apparently found a way to fend off his mother’s efforts to gain conservatorship over his estate.The 47-year-old musician son of Cher and her ex-husband, the late rocker Gregg Allman, has apparently joined forces with his estranged wife, Marieangela King, to call off their divorce. Us Weekly reported that Allman and King filed documents Tuesday to dismiss their pending divorce proceedings. This legal move comes six days after Cher filed documents of her own seeking conservatorship of her son by claiming that he is “substantially unable to manage his own financial resources due to severe mental health and substance abuse issues.”An attorney for King, who goes by the name Queenie in the rock band KING, suggested that Cher shouldn’t concern herself with her son’s affairs. Regina Ratner told Us Weekly that King, who married Allman in 2013, “has always been (Elijah’s) rock” and “has only been a stabilizing fo...

The seven most expensive homes reported sold in Milpitas in the week of Dec. 25

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:19 GMT

A house in Milpitas that sold for $1.7 million tops the list of the most expensive real estate sales in Milpitas in the last two weeks.In total, 7 real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past two weeks, with an average price of $1.1 million. The average price per square foot ended up at $839.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded from the week of December 18 to the week of Dec. 31 even if the property may have been sold earlier.7. $730,000, condominium in the 400 block of Dempsey RoadThe property in the 400 block of Dempsey Road in Milpitas has new owners. The price was $730,000. The condominium was built in 2007 and has a living area of 1,021 square feet. The price per square foot is $715. The condominium features 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.Dempsey Road6. $745,000, condominium in the 1100 block of Main StreetThe sale of the condominium in the 1100 block of Main Street, Milpitas, has been finalized. The price was $745,000, ...

Real Estate: Where do you live and why — and is this the year for change?  

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:19 GMT

A New Year brings a clean slate, a fresh start and a sobering perspective: The gluttony has ended. The blooms are off the poinsettias. And the number on the scale is real. What better time to take a wide-eyed inventory of, well, everything in our lives — our finances, our health, our careers, our relationships and our homes.You know what I’m going to say next: It all starts at home.January is the perfect time to reflect and reassess how and where we live. That’s right, before you head full throttle into 2024, ask yourself: Am I living where I should be? Have my home and I outgrown each other? Is this the year to make a change?I pose these prompts because my new book on rightsizing came out this week, so the subject of house fit is front and center. (Another book? What more could this woman possibly have to say?) After writing my last book about converting everything you own into a meaningful legacy (when you die) and the books before that about downsizing (as you grow older), I need...

Pleasanton, Fremont men sentenced to prison over insider trading of tech stocks among friends

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:19 GMT

Two Bay Area men are going to prison for an insider-trading scheme among friends who traded illegally on tips from the former information-security chief at San Jose technology firm Lumentum.Srinivasa Kakkera of Pleasanton, 48-year-old former Adobe head of engineering and artificial intelligence, was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a half in federal prison. Abbas Saeedi of Fremont, owner of a Newark tax preparation business, received a five-month sentence. The pair were among a group of friends who learned valuable, non-public information from former Lumentum chief information security officer Amit Bhardwaj of San Ramon, sentenced earlier to two months in prison for his role in the scheme.“Kakkera and Saeedi used their informational advantage to make millions in combined illegal gains in the stock market,” the U.S. Department of Justice said in announcing the men’s sentences, which were handed down in Southern District of New York federal court.According to the Ju...

Santa Clara: Legal attempt to change “biased” ballot measure on police chief job fails

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:19 GMT

A last ditch effort by a group of Santa Clara residents to change the language of a ballot measure that could get rid of California’s last elected police chief has failed.On Dec. 18, Satish Chandra, Joyce Davis and Carolyn McAllister filed a lawsuit in Santa Clara County Superior Court over Measure B, which will ask voters on March 5 whether the city should change the police chief role from an elected position to an appointed one.The three residents — two of whom were on the seven-member Charter Review Committee that examined the issue earlier this year — argued that the way the question was worded was “biased and unlawful” and left out crucial information: that the police chief is currently an elected position. They asked the court to step in ahead of the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Dec. 29 printing deadline for ballots.Judge Thomas Kuhnle, however, disagreed with the residents’ argument in his Dec. 26 ruling, which denied their reques...

Mochi pizza? Sushirrito’s cofounders launch new Bay Area fusion concept in Burlingame

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:19 GMT

You’ve probably heard of the sushi burrito, made popular by Bay Area chain Sushirrito in 2011.  Now, Sushirrito cofounders Peter Yen and Ty Mahler are back with a new fusion concept: mochi pizza.“That’s something we enjoy doing: creating something new that makes sense that hasn’t been done before,” Yen says.The idea came to them as Yen and Mahler were talking about pizza one day and wondering why there weren’t any Asian pizza brands. Rather than add Asian flavors to traditional pizza, they took a suggestion from Mahler’s wife and began to experiment with the concept of a mochi pizza.“A lot of people love mochi, and everybody is familiar with pizza,” Yen says. “Combining the two? People really want to try it.”The curry chicken pizza from Mochiko is served on a mochi crust and topped with chicken karaage, mozzarella cheese, corn, jalapeño, Japanese curry and fresh cilantro. (Courtesy Mochiko) The mochi pizzas are a...