A stranger fat-shamed me while I was grocery shopping. It taught me a valuable lesson about how I'm perceived.

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The author was fat-shamed in a grocery store.

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The average household would need to save for 36 years to afford a typical home in LA. Here's how 50 US markets compare.

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Many potential homeowners struggle to make down payments.

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The Supreme Court just made it easier for governments to remove unhoused people from public spaces

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On February 15, 2023, at the request of the DC government, the National Park Service cleared a homeless encampment in McPherson Square in Washington, DC.

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A millennial worked 2 remote jobs so he could retire at 50 but said overemployment isn't worth the stress

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A California millennial says secretly working two remote jobs helped him save for an early retirement — but that he's happy he's back to just one job.

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Disney sued by 2 workers after it asked them to relocate from California to Florida to work at a $1 billion campus, which it later canceled

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A statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse stands in a garden in front of Cinderella's Castle at the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World on May 31, 2024, in Orlando, Florida
Disney in May of last year scrapped plans to build the campus.

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A California millennial who makes six figures says it feels like he has to choose between buying a home, starting a family, and advancing his career: 'I feel behind financially'

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Christopher Stroup says his six figure income hasn't made him feel "rich" because he's struggling to meet his savings goals related to buying a home and starting a family.

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The 91-year-old owner of the iconic Hollywood Arby's has closed the restaurant after 55 years due to the pandemic and California's $20 minimum wage

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A signage promotes Arby's new $1 menu in Hollywood, California May 14, 2010.
The Hollywood Arby's location in 2010.

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Mark Zuckerberg is planning a massive 7-building compound in Lake Tahoe: report

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Mark Zuckerberg (left) and Lake Tahoe (right).

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CEO arrested and accused of running an Adderall drug ring

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Adderall pill bottles sitting on a shelf.

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There's a silver lining to California's $20 fast-food wage, restaurant bosses say: it's attracting better workers

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