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Packing is one of my least favorite things to do. I don't own many things, and certainly not many big things - no furniture, no television, no bicycle (I sold my old one back in LA). Somehow, though, every time I move it's harder to pack everything into my car. This time, I was forced to leave...

Historically, route 66 was the first Interstate Highway connecting the Eastern half of the USA with California and the West Coast. It extended from Chicago in the North Central part of the country all the way to Los Angeles California on the West Coast. During the 1930s and 1940s, it was a major route...

Wildfires are a major problem in California nearly every summer. This year, they are very bad because the summer began with a month of hot dry weather that created dangerous fire conditions throughout California. The coastal hills in California are covered with grasses, shrubs and scattered trees that...

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