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When you think of California Avocado Season, do you prefer to enjoy a dish made at home? Or, do you envision packing up a picnic and heading down the coast?
Whichever you prefer, we've got some exciting new recipes in our California Avocado Summer Soundtrack Cookbook that highlight the Golden State's regional cuisines alongside the California music styles that inspired them.
How Even Busy Homeowners Can Create a Showcase Yard This Summer
Have you ever driven through a neighborhood and marveled at that one yard that puts every other lawn to shame? One yard always has emerald green blades of grass, sharply edged flower beds, healthy plants, manicured hedges,hedges, and weed-free mulch beds. You may have dismissed any thought of creating such a landscaping showcase at your home because it must involve hours and hours of hard work every weekend. In truth, yards that look like they popped out of a garden magazine's pages are not that difficult to maintain. Here are a few simple tips to make your yard the envy of the neighborhood.
Assess Your Starting Point
Thatch is an accumulation of plant material between the grass root and green growth. Untreated, this built-up hay-like substance crowds out the green and makes a la...
Update
Earlier this year, C.A.R. began the historic effort to address California's unprecedented housing supply crisis as well as to increase homeownership opportunities for Californians by gathering nearly 1 million signatures—enough to qualify the Property Tax Fairness Initiative for the November 2018 General Election Ballot.
The initiative would eliminate the "moving penalty" for seniors 55 and older, the disabled, and victims of natural disasters, allowing them to carry their current Proposition 13-protected property tax assessment level to another home of any price, anywhere in the state, any number of times.
Yesterday a group of decision makers, including C.A.R.'s Executive Committee, Regional Chairs, Committee Liaisons, and Key Committee members provided input to the Leadership Team, which decided to keep the current initiative on the November 2018 ballot and file a revised initiative with the Attorney General for preparation of title and...
