By Holden Lewis | NerdWallet If you rent a house when you would rather own, pin some of the blame on corporate landlords. The 10 biggest institutional investors owned more than 430,000 single-family rental homes at the end of 2023, and they continue to acquire houses to rent out to middle-class families. Corporate landlords seek…
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Nada Hassanein | Stateline.org (TNS) Public health officials are concerned about bird flu, which so far has been detected in three dairy farmworkers — two in Michigan and one in Texas — as well as in cattle in a dozen states. The farmworkers’ symptoms were mild, and researchers have not found that the H5N1 virus,…
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Solar power panels have long seemed an appealing option in California, a state with lots of sunny days that adores its electronic gadgetry and environment, yet is saddled with the highest residential electricity rates in the continental U.S. But how much does going solar shave off those electricity bills? A major new study by scientists…
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Only after Steve Kilbey of the Church had finished the band’s 2023 album “The Hypnogogue” did the singer-bassist realize he’d made a concept album by accident. “I started thinking about it and I realized a lot of the songs could be about someone living in the future who can’t write songs anymore,” says Kilbey, the…
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California’s regulatory policy often is at odds with reality, but the latest water-conservation rules seem extreme even within that context. The State Water Resources Control Board has approved new mandatory conservation standards that comply with a package of state laws passed by the Legislature in recent years. They will force us to use less water…
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A leader with 33 years serving in the Marines, most recently as commander of the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, is headed to the East Coast to lead the Corps’ Training and Education Command. Maj. Gen. Benjamin Watson handed over the reins of the storied Blue Diamond division to Maj Gen. Robert Fulford during…
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San Clemente’s Bella Kenworthy earned a big win at the Ballito Pro in South Africa, a stop on the World Surf League’s Challenger Series. It’s a victory that puts her in contention for next year’s World Tour. The event, the third stop of the Challenger Series, comes just ahead of the competitors gearing up in…
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Two fights have been added to the Bellator Champions Series San Diego main card, including one featuring a bantamweight intent on reclaiming gold. Former 135-pound interim champion Raufeon Stots will take on Marcos Breno in the co-main event Sept. 7 at Pechanga Arena, a source confirmed. And less than two weeks after an impressive TKO…
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LOS ANGELES — It was raining on the day Arizona State’s Marcus Arroyo came down to Santa Margarita High in January, pelting down upon the Eagles’ home turf. Their regularly scheduled programming was washed away, and so Santa Margarita head coach Anthony Rouzier got creative, moving his team’s workout indoors to the basketball gym. Arroyo…
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The latest numbers on unemployment remind me of our family’s normal dinner routine. That’s because we don’t have a normal dinner routine. Our daughter does four sports, one of them year-round. There is dance, homework and — sacred of sacreds — Family Movie Night. Sure, some nights end in a delicious pot roast served the…
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