Walking up the steep, winding track to the Ci’En Pagoda in Taiwan, I could already feel the mid-day sun pinking the back of my neck. Several members of our tour group were ahead of us, red-faced and out-of-breath, staring with dismay at a set of stone stairs disappearing up the hillside among the trees. Although
If your home isn’t in a federally designated flood zone, flooding might seem like someone else’s problem. No one requires you to buy flood insurance, and the map suggests you’re in the clear. But reality may be very different. Mounting evidence reveals that significantly more homes are at risk of flooding than is indicated by
Given the opportunity, I’d happily travel everywhere by train. Luckily, I live in Southern California, where I can easily explore neighborhoods up and down the coast via the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner. This beautiful coastal train runs all the way from San Diego to San Luis Obispo, and I’ve discovered tons of cool towns and cities
More than one in five Americans don’t know that their Social Security checks could be cut by roughly 20% in about six years, according to a recent TIAA survey on Social Security. The program’s retirement trust fund, which pays benefits to retirees and survivors, is projected to run out of reserves in the fourth quarter
If anyone could find a connection between Elon Musk and Elizabeth Holmes, it’s director Alex Gibney. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has made movies on both polarizing figures. In 2019, he made the Elizabeth Holmes documentary “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley.” His latest doc is “Musk,” a close-to-four-hour examination of the richest man in
Lynsi Snyder, president and owner of In-N-Out, moved her family to Tennessee recently but reaffirmed that the iconic burger chain will never abandon California. In an interview with actor Terry Crews that In-N-Out posted online, she was asked how the company will retain its California DNA as it expands to more states around the country.
