That same day WHO declared COVID-19 as a pandemic, the stock market plunged, President Trump banned travel from Europe and Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson tested positive.
We were all in for a surprise. I was working at a grocery store in the online grocery ordering department at the time and could never have imagined the craziness that was waiting for me at work the next day and for the next several months.
I had forgotten how impactful that day had been until I looked at the timelines ESPN and NPR had published for the one-year anniversary.
The seismic impact of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure is rocking Silicon Slopes companies
Silicon Valley Bank's assets were seized by the FDIC on Friday in what is the second-biggest bank failure in the country's history. The bank's clients, including several Utah clients, will be unable to access their insured funds until next week.
Utah venture capital firm Kickstart is one of the bank's clients.
“We’re really disappointed that it got to this point,” Kickstart founder Gavin Christensen told the Deseret News. “We consider SVB a great brand in our industry and they’ve done so many great things for the startup community. They clearly made some mistakes ... but it wasn’t obvious that they could fail. We’re hoping this gets resolved in a way that doesn’t damage the startup ecosystem.”
A Farmington police officer pulled over a BMW with an "unusual, illegitimate license plate" on March 1. The traffic stop resulted in a fatal shooting that killed the driver, Chase Allan, who police say reached for his gun while police officers tried to pull him from his car.
The unusual plate was a "sovereign" plate, featuring a flag with vertical red stripes, which is often used by sovereign citizens. Sovereign citizens believe the federal government has no jurisdiction over them.
The FBI lists sovereign citizens as a domestic terrorist movement. The Utah Attorney General’s Office says the group has a presence in the state, but they haven't had any noteworthy interactions in Utah.
Easton Allred had a bright running future ahead of him. But he hasn't run a race in almost two years since he ran a 13:45.54 at 5,000 meters in the West Coast Relays for BYU, which is believed to be the fastest time ever for a true freshman at the school.
Starting his sophomore year of high school, Allred started feeling nauseated and anxious and suffered from a "brain fog." After several doctor's visits — his mom believes they've met with 30 doctors — and trips to visits specialists in Europe, Allred was diagnosed with Nutcracker syndrome, Median arcuate ligament syndrome and May-Thurner syndrome.
"You ever just felt called to do something," he posted on Instagram last August. "I’ve thought so many times that one of my main purposes in life is to create impact through running. There is nothing like it. You get to push your limits, be with the best people, and compete like nothing else matters. It’s been so weird to not be able to do what I feel almost spiritually inclined to do. I miss it like crazy …."
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