Divorce is a specter that haunts every person’s mind as they consider making the leap from a relationship to a fully legal marriage. “What if…” questions spring involuntarily into the minds of most couples, with these frightening potentialities causing many couples to delay marriage and family formation well into their late thirties. Divorce peaked with […]
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Recently, a friend of mine who happens to be a homeowner here in California made an unpleasant discovery. Following some telltale signs, she and her partner managed to capture some unwelcome guests as they were chowing down on the pergola shading her backyard: termites! After catching these new destructive tenants red-handed, the couple began investigating […]
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Spend time in any of California’s major cities, and it’s hard to miss the rather depressing degradation of our previously beautiful state. After traveling through mile after mile of blank suburbs followed by dense concrete jungle, it becomes clear that Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego are in dire need of an aesthetic facelift. […]
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Rainy years in California are rare, but when they come, they come hot and heavy. The rainy season of 2022-23 was one for the record books, and it just barely won out over the following 2023-24 season, which only ran a couple of inches of precipitation behind. While the extra water is a welcome change […]
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In the years following the receding of the pandemic, businesses are still in an awkward adjustment phase where no one is sure what innovations to keep and which to do away with. Remote and hybrid work, which exploded in relevance during the ‘bad years’, are still clinging to relevance today, with companies seemingly unsure of […]
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Talk to any couple that’s been married for more than a few years and you’re likely to get the same story: marriage is not easy. Marriage takes work. Marriage takes dedication, and often it can cause your lowest lows as well as your highest highs. One of the most common stories we hear from recently […]
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While describing locations or items as ‘jewels’ is an overdone method of advertising their value, every once in a while you find something that is worthy of the monicker. The neighborhood of La Jolla, located in the northwestern reaches of San Diego, is one such community. Ranging from a rugged coastline to rolling hills covered […]
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My first real ‘adult’ job involved sitting chained to a help desk for 10 hours a day, with opportunities to get up and walk around limited to a lunch break and bathroom breaks. From seven in the morning until six in the evening, I would sit, answer phone calls, and type up case files and […]
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As the situation with the Colorado river grows evermore critical, monumental efforts are going to be needed to reduce the water usage throughout Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and southern California. A major casualty of the drawn-up interstate agreements is the usage of natural turf in public spaces, a measure that will inevitably be imposed on […]
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After a few shaky first steps, the cannabis industry is finally beginning to take off in earnest. With some industry experts projecting a yearly growth rate of thirty percent, cannabis is expected to reach yearly sales rates in the hundreds of billions of dollars in the coming decade. One major issue that continues hampering the […]
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