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About Those Short-Term Rentals

Sharing my home has helped me pay my mortgage and property taxes for the last decade, an economic lifeline that gave me the flexibility to care for my aging parents while still supplementing my income.

Jewish or Journalist?

As I witnessed a stunning series of events unfold on my UC Santa Barbara campus, two equally strong parts of me struggled for ascendancy — journalist and Jewish student.

Kindness

At the intersection of Olive, Laguna and Pedregosa, I tripped and took biggest tumble of my life.

From Dingle to Donegal

Our columnist goes in search of birds on Ireland’s west coast.

Gunpowder, Treason, and Plots

Most people here in the U.S. have no reason to remember November 5, except this year because it is Election Day.

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