Mom fined $88,000 after her children collected 72 clams — not seashells — at a California beach

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Man holds Pismo clams in California in 2000.
Pismo clams.

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A man ordered to hide his boat painted his new fence with the offending boat. The act of rebellion is changing his city.

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The mural Hanif Panni on Etienne Constable's fence.
After Etienne Constable was told to hide his boat from the street, he hired friend and neighbor Hanif Panni to paint his boat on the new fence.

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We're millennial brothers and business partners who left San Francisco's tech bubble for the Midwest manufacturing scene. We never would have been able to afford to launch our startup in California.

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John Yuksel (left) and Matine Yuksel moved from San Francisco to Dubuque, Iowa in 2020. The brothers and business partners now live in Cincinnati.

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I live in a Texas city that's one of the fastest-growing in America. I see why so many Californians are moving here — and the impact they have on home prices and traffic.

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Eric and Tammy Newland at Krauses Cafe in New Braunfels.
Eric Newland with his wife Tammy at Krause's Cafe & Biergarten in New Braunfels.

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Walmart is shuttering 9 US locations in 2024. See the list.

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A worker collects shopping carts from the parking lot of a Walmart store in Chicago.

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2 sisters sued their insurer after it offered $5,000 to fix their wrecked home after a storm. They won $18 million.

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A stock image shows somebody mopping up water in a house flooded by a storm.

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How Nancy Pelosi became one of America's richest and most powerful politicians

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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California may restrict self-checkouts in an attempt to curb shoplifting

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A Walmart self-checkout station.
Under a proposed rule, retailers in California would be prohibited from offering self-checkout unless several conditions are met.

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A 62-year-old employed 'peak boomer' in California makes too much for affordable housing but lives in her car: 'I'll work until I drop'

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Cheryl Simmons is a peak boomer who thinks she'll never be able to retire.

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We left Colorado's cold weather and high taxes for California sunshine and a surprisingly cheaper cost of living

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Eric and Beth Ann Mott skiing and posing on a golf course
Eric and Beth Ann Mott moved from Denver, Colorado, to Thousand Oaks, California, in May 2022.

Courtesy of Eric and Beth Ann Mott

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