Four Killed as Drunk Driver Plunges Truck Off Coronado Bridge in San Diego (VIDEO)

This was over the weekend in San Diego.

Man, what a horrible killing.

At the San Diego Union-Tribune, "Driver in Coronado bridge crash is aviation electrician."

And at ABC News 10 San Diego:

Stanford University Bans Hard Alcohol at Undergraduate Campus Parties (VIDEO)

Think about all those tequila shots you'd be missing, heh.

At Legal Insurrection, "Stanford U. Bans Hard Liquor Over Sex Assault Case."

And watch, at CBS News 5 San Francisco, "Stanford Bans Hard Liquor."

Georgia Mother of Five Sentenced to 6-Years Probation for Smoking Marijuana, Drinking Alcohol, and Playing Naked Twister with Teenagers in 2015

Naked Twister, eh?

I wonder what else this "hip" mom did with her clothes off.

Sheesh.

I know parents try to be cool with the teenage kids, but you have to draw the line sometimes, man.

Frankly, she's lucky she's not doing some time behind bars.

At the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

'Naked Twister' mom gets probation for teen party https://t.co/9xx1yPJK1P pic.twitter.com/8xa2eF2Uyi

— AJC (@ajc) July 12, 2016

Rowland Heights Killings (VIDEO)

What's interesting is that the son was arrested after killing his father. Wasn't it self-defense? I mean, if he was right there, perhaps the father was about to kill him too.

In any case, at KTLA News 5 Los Angeles, via Memeorandum, "Son, 33, Fatally Shoots Father Who Killed 3 People in Rowland Heights: Sheriff's Department."

And at LAT, "Sheriff's officials: Four dead in Rowland Heights shooting, including gunman shot by son."

And watch, at CBS News 2 Los Angeles, "Man, 54, Shoots and Kills 3 People Inside His Home Before His Son Fatally Shoots Him."

Bourbon Feels the Burn of a Barrel Shortage

I love bourbon.

At WSJ, "Surge in popularity coincided with downturn in white oak logging":

In 50 years of making bourbon barrels, no one had ever offered Leroy McGinnis more than what he charged for them. But over the past six months, multiple distillers have offered to pay him $250 a barrel—a 70% premium above the $150 list price.

The offer illustrates just how scarce bourbon barrels have become. As bourbon sales have soared, both barrel production and the lumber industry have struggled to keep up.

Mr. McGinnis’s Missouri-based company, McGinnis Wood Products Inc., gets about four email requests a day for barrels. He turns most down. Like many of his competitors, he has only enough capacity and wood to fill orders from longtime customers. The rest go on a waiting list, perpetuating a bourbon barrel shortage now entering its third year.

“There’s never been nothing like there is today, and I don’t see it letting up,” said Mr. McGinnis, whose Cuba, Mo., company will sell 150,000 bourbon barrels this year.

The shortage reflects a supply-chain conundrum. Upstream, barrel makers face a wave of demand because a half dozen established bourbon distilleries and 300 new, craft distilleries are increasing production amid a bourbon boom. Downstream, they face a shortage of white oak wood used in barrels because the lumber industry hasn’t rebounded from the housing market’s collapse...

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Eloi Vasquez, UC Berkeley Soccer Player Killed on I-10, Left USC Frat Party 'Drunk and Confused'

He was hit by a car running across the freeway.

If universities would deal with the underage alcohol crisis (rather than the manufactured rape crisis) we'd be truly on the way to saving an untold number of lives.

At the Los Angeles Times, "Missing UC Berkeley soccer player was struck, killed on 10 Freeway."

And at London's Daily Mail, "UC Berkeley soccer star who went missing after leaving frat party 'drunk and confused' was actually KILLED by a car two days ago."

Today we lost a beloved member of the #CalFamily, Eloi Vasquez. We send thoughts & prayers to his family & friends. pic.twitter.com/Pq0VAEanJU

— Cal Bears (@CalAthletics) March 30, 2015

Starbucks to Expand Alcohol Sales Across U.S.

I'm not exactly sure why I'd be going to Starbucks for a drink.

I rarely have coffee over there any more as it is. But hey, it's business.

At the New York Post, "Starbucks to expand beer, wine sales throughout U.S."

And checking Google I see this previously from the O.C. Register, "Starbucks adds beer, wine in south O.C."

"Starbucks Evenings" they're calling it. I'm sure all the cool hipsters will be swarming over there for cheese and Cabernet.