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☆ I quit my six-figure corporate job to work on a vineyard for less than $500 a month. I have no regrets.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Armed with shears and headlamps to guide us, we filed into the vineyard rows like soldiers, performing the synchronized ritual that has existed for centuries: picking grapes for wine harvest. AdvertisementI instantly answered: "I want to work a wine harvest in Europe." I spent hours firing off emails, asking if they had any open positions on their harvest team. I worried about running out of money and blowing through the savings I'd spent years growing. It was all underpinned by one fear: Is this worth upending the life I'd built?

Persons: wouldn't, I'd, Gruner, I've, I'm Organizations: Australia Locations: Austria, Burgenland, Coast of California, Europe, Slovenia, England, Australia, Austrian

☆ We're homeowners in Mexico and renters in the US. It's allowed us to live the best of both worlds for 20 years.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Louisa Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

My husband and I rent an apartment on the northern coast of California and own a home in Mexico. We live in Mexico's Guanajuato part of the year and love its walkability and vibrancy. AdvertisementMy husband and I, who are 82 and 73 respectively, love being renters — but we also own a home outside of the US. For over 20 years we've split our time between our rented apartment on California's northern coast and our 150-year-old adobe house in Guanajuato, Mexico. We often spend spring, summer, and fall in California before heading down to Mexico around Thanksgiving to live in our house until it's time to fly back.

Persons: —, we've, MARCO BOTTIGELLI, vibrancy, isn't, We've, viniendo Organizations: Service Locations: California, Mexico, Mexico's Guanajuato, Eureka , California, Guanajuato, Humboldt County, Humboldt Bay, Eureka

☆ Striking images show the F-35 jump-jet's first trials on a newly converted Japanese aircraft carrier
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-10 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Japan's aircraft carrier JS Kaga completed sea trials off the California coast Friday. The light aircraft carrier was refitted with a flight deck to carry F-35B stealth fighters. The destroyer-turned-flattop is the first carrier to be operated by Japan since World War II. AdvertisementJapan's destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier just completed sea trials off the coast of California on Friday, the country's navy said. The Kaga is the first aircraft carrier to be operated by the Japanese navy since World War II as the country overhauls its maritime forces amid tensions in the Indo-Pacific.

Persons: —, Kaga Organizations: Service, US Defense Department Locations: California, Japan, Central

☆ A US F-35 stealth fighter just landed on a destroyer Japan turned into an aircraft carrier for the first time off the California coast
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The US landed an F-35 stealth fighter on Japan's new aircraft carrier for the first time. US and Japanese forces are integrating the short-takeoff/vertical landing F-35B onto the JS Kaga. AdvertisementA US F-35 stealth fighter jet landed aboard Japan's new destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier for the first time off the coast of California, the US military said, sharing photos of the event. Japan's Izumo-class JS Kaga recently converted into a light aircraft carrier. Kaga's successful modification also paves the way for another Japanese helicopter carrier, JS Izumo, to be converted into an aircraft carrier.

Persons: Kaga, —, Cmdr, Darin Russell, Lockheed Martin, Japan's JS Kaga, Shusaku Takeuchi, Darin Russell Japan Organizations: US, Service, US Marine Corps, British Royal Navy, Air, Naval Air Base, Lockheed, ITF, Self, Defense Force, Force, JS Izumo, - Defense Force, US Navy, East China Locations: California, Naval Air Base Patuxent, Maryland, San Diego , California, Japan, San Diego, Bataan, Red, China, South, East, Tokyo, Australia

☆ Wreck of US warship known as ‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ found in ‘exceptional’ condition
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The wreck of a US Navy destroyer known as the “Ghost Ship of the Pacific” has been found off the coast of California by undersea investigators. USS Stewart pictured arriving in San Francisco Bay in March 1946. The ship was damaged in combat against Japanese forces in 1942 and was captured by the enemy, becoming the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Patrol Boat No. “Soon, far-ranging Allied pilots began reporting the strange sight of an old American destroyer operating deep behind enemy lines,” reads the statement. “Whether lost in battle or sunk as a target, a warship remains sovereign property in perpetuity,” he said in the statement.

Persons: Stewart, Donald M, McPherson, fourstacker, “, Samuel J, Cox, ” Organizations: CNN, US Navy, Navy, Air Sea Heritage Foundation, Search Inc, Cordell Bank National Marine, Heritage Command, Imperial Japanese, Naval, US, Military Locations: California, San Francisco Bay, Imperial, Kure, Japan, San Francisco

☆ The growing reason people can't afford to own a home
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Rising insurance costs could keep homeownership out of reach for many. AdvertisementAdding to that, as the climate crisis escalates, it's likely homeowners insurance will only become more expensive. The climate crisis is causing homeowners' insurance costs to riseThe average American homeowner pays $1,915 a year in insurance costs — about $160 a month — per NerdWallet. For instance, insurance rates increase in states with more severe natural disasters. Have you chosen to rent or move because of homeownership costs?

Persons: Laura Longero, Zers Organizations: Service, Business, Federal Reserve, Insurance, Farm, Allstate, Casualty Insurance, US Bureau of Labor Statistics Locations: Oklahoma, California, California , Florida, Texas, Florida

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. aerospace company Stratolaunch conducted the first powered test flight of a new unmanned craft for hypersonic research on Saturday and called it a success. Hypersonic describes flights at speeds of at least Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound. The Talon, powered by a liquid-fuel rocket engine, ended its flight by descending into the ocean as planned. The company called the result a major milestone in the development of the United States' first privately funded, reusable hypersonic test capability. That project was canceled, and new owners then repurposed Stratolaunch for launches of reusable hypersonic research vehicles.

Persons: Stratolaunch, Zachary Krevor, ” Krevor, Roc, Paul G, Allen Organizations: ANGELES, —, Mojave Air, Space, Microsoft, U.S . Air Force Research Laboratory Locations: — U.S, California, United States, Los Angeles, Reston , Virginia

Tina Kotek said she was committed to developing a transparent roadmap for exploring offshore wind opportunities with the input of coastal and tribal communities. As a next step, BOEM said it will prepare an environmental assessment on the potential impacts of leasing offshore wind farms. The offshore wind industry in the U.S. is growing after lagging behind Europe for decades. The first auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating farms was held in 2022, for five sites off the coast of California. The administration has set a goal of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030 using traditional technology that secures wind turbines to the ocean floor.

Persons: Tina Kotek, ” Kotek, ” BOEM, Brad Kneaper, BOEM, Joe Biden Organizations: of Ocean Energy Management, Oregon Gov, Tribal Locations: PORTLAND, Oregon, Coos Bay, Brookings, California, Coos, Lower Umpqua, U.S, New York

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first of two back-to-back atmospheric rivers drenched Northern California on Thursday, flooding roads while triggering statewide storm preparations and calls for people to get ready for powerful downpours, heavy snow and damaging winds. Forecasters also said the Central Coast could see waves up to 18 feet (5.4 meters) high on Thursday and Friday. The storm came a week after heavy rain caused flooding that inundated homes and overturned cars in the county. Last winter, California was battered by numerous drought-busting atmospheric rivers that unleashed extensive flooding, big waves that hammered shoreline communities and extraordinary snowfall that crushed buildings. ___Associated Press journalists Nic Coury in Capitola, California, and Scott Sonner in Reno, Nevada, contributed to this report.

Persons: Brian Ferguson, Cal OES, ” Ferguson, Joshua Whitby, “ There’s, ” Whitby, Daniel Swain, Swain, Snow, Nic Coury, Scott Sonner Organizations: ANGELES, San, San Francisco Bay Area, National Weather Service, Bay, Service, California Governor’s, Emergency Services, University of California, Yosemite National, Associated Locations: Northern California, San Francisco Bay, Coast, Central, Pacifica, San Mateo County, Humboldt County, Eureka, San Diego County, Hawaii, California, Oregon, San Diego, Capitola, Monterey Bay, Los Angeles, Sierra Nevada, Sierra, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, Reno , Nevada, Capitola , California

☆ Researchers spotted a baby great white for the first time ever, and it could help solve one of shark science's biggest mysteries
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementLast summer, a drone captured footage of a ghostly white shark near the coast of Santa Barbara, California. It turned out to be an extremely rare sighting of a baby white shark, and its appearance could help scientists solve some big mysteries. A strange white colorDespite their name, white sharks are usually gray and white. AdvertisementPregnant white sharks produce the yellowish fluid, uterine milk, to provide nutrition for the developing embryo. "Observations of free-swimming newborn white sharks are extremely rare," Tobey Curtis, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shark scientist who didn't participate in the research, told Science.

Persons: —, Carlos Gauna, Phillip Sternes, Sternes, Tobey Curtis, Curtis Organizations: Service, University of California, Administration, Science Locations: California, Santa Barbara , California, Riverside

☆ Homebuilt plane sold last year for $100,000 crashes into ocean off California coast, likely killing 4 people
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A homebuilt aircraft crashed into the ocean just south of San Francisco on Sunday. AdvertisementA small homebuilt aircraft crashed off the coast of California on Sunday, The Associated Press reported. But the following morning, authorities said a fishing boat spotted a "deceased female" in the water, which they said was "likely associated with the plane crash given she was located in the same location." The Cozy Mark IV is 16.9 feet long with a wing span of 28.1 feet. It has a top speed of 200 mph and can travel around 1,000 miles, per Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co., which sells plans for the Mark IV.

Persons: —, Mark IV, Emma Willmer, Lochie Ferrier, Cassidy Petit, Thane Ostroth, Ostroth, Marc Zeitlin, Zeitlin, Mark Organizations: Sunday, Service, Associated Press, Federal, Facebook, San, San Mateo County Sheriff's, Coast Guard, CHP, Aeronautical, National Transportation Safety Board, Cozy, AP, NTSB, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Specialty Co Locations: San Francisco, California, San Mateo County, Moss Beach , CA, Australian, United States

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A busy hurricane season that saw the National Hurricane Center in Miami issue the first-ever tropical storm warning for the coast of California and hurricane warnings as far north as Nova Scotia is coming to a close Thursday night. “The 2023 hurricane season does show that we can get impacts just about everywhere," said Michael Brennan, director of the hurricane center. A year earlier, a strong storm surge during Hurricane Ian resulted in multiple deaths and significant destruction across southwest Florida. She said she's more than relieved hurricane season is ending. “So it's either hurricane season, or you're getting ready for the next hurricane season," he said.

Persons: —, Michael Brennan, Hurricane Lee, Hurricane Otis, ” Brennan, Brennan, Ian, Danielle DeLoach, Nicole, DeLoach, “, they’re, ” DeLoach, they'll, ___ Fischer Organizations: National Hurricane Center, Hurricane, Florida Gulf, U.S . East, Atmospheric Administration, Ocean Locations: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla, Miami, California, Nova Scotia, Southern California, Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, U.S . East Coast, New England, Mexico, Acapulco, Atlantic, Gulf Coast of Florida, Florida's, Tropic Shores, Daytona Beach Shores

☆ New Zealand Is Becoming a First Choice for Second Homes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Michael Croley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Jim Rohrstaff moved to New Zealand in 2014 to help Ric Kayne manage and start his private golf club, Tara Iti, he didn’t know what the future held. Te Arai sits on the same stretch of Pacific coastline as Tara Iti, on New Zealand’s North Island, and is home to two public golf courses. Mr. Rohrstaff and Mr. Kayne wanted to replicate the feeling of 17-mile drive there, about 60 miles north of Auckland. New Zealand has long been known for its impressive seaside courses, such as Kauri Cliffs and Cape Kidnappers. When it opened in 2015, Tara Iti helped further cement the island nation as a top golf destination.

Persons: Jim Rohrstaff, Ric Kayne, Tara Iti, Rohrstaff, Te Arai, Arai, Kayne, Mike Keiser, “, ” Organizations: Tara, Southern Hemisphere, Tara Iti, Golf Locations: New Zealand, Monterey Peninsula, Coast of California, Tara, New, Auckland . New Zealand, Bandon

Elaine LaLanne’s morning exercises often begin before she’s even out of bed. “Twenty minutes a day gets me on my way,” she said at her home on the Central Coast of California. Ms. LaLanne’s habit of speaking in aphorisms (“It’s not a problem, it’s an experience”; “You do the best you can with the equipment you have”) is a product of a lifetime of trying to inspire people to move more and better themselves. For nearly six decades, she was both wife and business partner to the television personality Jack LaLanne, who is widely considered the father of the modern fitness movement, and whose exercise show ran for 34 years, from 1951 to 1985. “She was the guiding force behind Jack,” said Rick Hersh, Ms. LaLanne’s talent agent for more than 40 years.

Persons: Elaine LaLanne’s, she’s, ”, LaLanne, Jack LaLanne, Jack, Rick Hersh, Ms Locations: Coast of California

☆ Rare video shows an orca ripping open a 30-foot-long whale shark before feasting on its liver
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Divers captured rare footage of a gruesome killer whale hunting technique. An orca off the coast of California was seen "slurping" the liver of a live shark. The gruesome footage shows an orca tearing into the stomach of a 30-foot-long whale shark before removing its liver. "Looks like they slurped in the liver and then the whale shark just fell and descended down, with no movement — I'm assuming it was dead," he said. Shortly after the encounter, another orca killed another whale shark nearby.

Persons: James Moskito, It's, Moskito, Roets, Michael Weiss Organizations: Service, Marine Dynamics, Center, , Research Locations: California, Wall, Silicon, Cortez, Farallon, South

☆ This couple bought a rundown farmhouse in Portugal. Here’s what happened next
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Adventurous projectAlan Andrew and Vincent Proost purchased a rundown Portuguese farmhouse in 2019. have a completely new life in Portugal, and say they couldn't be happier. Although they describe Casa Baio as a “modern farmhouse,” they say they’ve tried to incorporate as many traditional local materials, including handmade terracotta tiles, along with floor tiles made from local marble, as possible. Andrew and Proost say they try to use regenerative organic practices on the farm, which is certified organic. Andrew and Proost say they’ve definitely noticed an increase in the amount of people from the US relocating to Portugal, particularly in Alentejo.

Persons: CNN —, Alan Andrew, Vincent Proost, ” Andrew, ”, Andrew, Figueira e Barros, “, “ It’s, Casa, Duarte Bivar, they’ve, Proost, who’s, It’s, ” They’re, – Andrew, who’ve, Antonio Costa, they’re, he’s, “ We’re, I’m, I’ve, … Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, Baio, London International Olive Oil, Portugal –, Casa Baio, –, “, EU Locations: Pennsylvania, Belgian, Portugal, Alentejo, London, Europe, Italy, Lisbon, Savanna, Tuscany, ”, Figueira, Belgium, That’s, Estremoz, “, California, Porto

☆ What's killing the sea lions on some of America's safest beaches?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

California's Central Coast beaches are littered with dead dolphins and sea lions this summer. A sick sea lion was roped off by rescue workers to prevent people from approaching. As of June 27, the update read, CIMWI has responded to over 500 live sea lions exhibiting signs of domoic acid and over 150 dead sea lions in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. A warning message is written in sand to prevent people from approaching a sick sea lion on the beach. Katherine Tangalakis-LippertMortality rates with adult sea lions have been "significant," according to CIMWI, and animals are dying despite receiving treatment.

Persons: —, Sam Dover, CIMWI, Dover, Katherine Tangalakis, Ventura Organizations: Service, Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute, Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute, NOAA Fisheries, Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife, Santa Barbara Locations: California, Southern California, Santa Barbara, Ventura counties, Carpinteria , California, Santa

☆ West Coast dockworkers disrupt trade for a fourth day, says maritime group
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —For a fourth day, dockworkers at West Coast ports in the United States are disrupting international trade, according to the Pacific Maritime Association. The West Coast ports, which once handled the bulk of US trade — especially during the pandemic, have relinquished some volume to the Gulf and East Coast Ports. The West Coast ports have said they are capable and open for business. Much of the diverted cargo may never return to the West Coast,” the PMA said. “We are getting there but it’s important to understand that West Coast dockworkers kept the economy going during the pandemic and lost their lives doing so.

Persons: Biden, ”, David French, Willie Adams, “, dockworkers Organizations: CNN, Pacific Maritime Association, Port, Warehouse Union, PMA, East Coast, National Retail Administration, National Retail Federation Locations: dockworkers, West Coast, United States, Port of Long, Los Angeles, Long, Oakland, Seattle, Port, Tacoma, Gulf, East, East Coast Ports, West, California

[1/2] An unarmed Trident II D5 missile is test-launched from the Ohio-class U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California, U.S. March 26, 2018. In a fact sheet on its website, the State Department said it would also stop giving Russia telemetry information - remotely gathered data about a missile's flight - on launches of U.S. intercontinental and submarine-launched ballistic missiles. On Feb. 21, he said Russia would suspend participation, imperiling the last pillar of U.S.-Russian arms control. Signed in 2010 and due to expire in 2026, the New START treaty caps the number of strategic nuclear warheads that the countries can deploy. A Biden administration official said the United States "will continue to adhere to the (treaty's) central limits ... and expect that Russia will continue to do so as well."

Persons: Ronald Gutridge, Vladimir Putin, Biden, Jonathan Landay, Arshad Mohammed, Diane Craft, Berkrot Organizations: Trident, U.S . Navy, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, United, State Department, U.S, Moscow, The State Department, Thomson Locations: Ohio, Nebraska, California, U.S, Handout, United States, Russia, Russian, Moscow, Washington, Ukraine, Kyiv

☆ Why is the US sending a nuclear submarine to South Korea?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Seoul, South Korea CNN —When the presidents of the United States and South Korea this week announced a landmark deal to deter North Korean aggression, one element of the pact stood out. Here’s what you need to know about the submarine and why it’s heading to South Korea. The Nuclear Threat Initiative at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies estimates that each Trident missile can carry four nuclear warheads, meaning each US ballistic missile submarine could be carrying about 80 nuclear warheads. One arriving in South Korea on a port visit – which must be arranged 24 to 48 hours in advance – would be far more visible, giving North Korea an advantage, Schuster said. Kim’s threats have prompted some in South Korea to call for Seoul to become a nuclear-armed power itself.

☆ Retailers Hope to Bargain for Lower Ocean-Freight Rates
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

Richard Galanti, chief financial officer of Costco Wholesale Corp. , said lower freight rates should lead to price cuts at the members-only retailer, which imports more than 200,000 containers a year from Asia. An International Monetary Fund study found that when ocean-freight rates double it causes inflation to rise by 0.7 percentage point. Jonathan Ostry, a Georgetown University professor and a co-author of the study, said cutting shipping rates in half should reduce inflation by the same amount. In the ocean-shipping spot market, where importers book containers without a contract, rates have dropped to $1,000 on some trans-Pacific routes. But they say lower ocean shipping expenses will help in steadying prices.

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☆ Japan to Spend Billions on U.S. Tomahawk Missiles in Military Buildup
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Alastair Gale | Chieko Tsuneoka | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A file photo showing the USS Preble conducting an operational Tomahawk missile launch in a training area off the coast of California. TOKYO—Japan earmarked more than $2 billion to buy and deploy U.S. Tomahawk missiles on its naval destroyers, enough for several hundred of the weapons as it seeks to deter China and North Korea. The spending is part of a record defense budget approved by the cabinet Friday equivalent to $51.4 billion for the fiscal year starting in April. Tokyo last week signaled one of its biggest military buildups since the end of World War II with plans to nearly double defense spending over the next five years.

☆ Crews work to restore running water, power to quake-rattled northern California
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] CalTrans workers assess damage to a bridge after a strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern California, in Rio Dell, California, U.S. December 20, 2022. Property inspections also continued a day after the quake, with at least 30 homes and a grocery store declared structurally unsafe from quake damage, officials said. Most of the damage occurred in the hard-hit town of Rio Dell, whose 3,400 residents remained without running water on Wednesday, the county sheriff's office reported. The cities of Eureka and Rio Dell have done likewise. On Tuesday night, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for Humboldt County to support emergency response efforts there.

☆ In pictures: Zelenskiy goes to Washington
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Dave Lucas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake jolted the extreme northern coast of California before dawn on Tuesday, injuring at least two people, damaging roads, bridges and power lines and leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses without electricity.

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