• LEAP DAY – What to do with an extra 24 hours?,Thomas Melville

    LEAP DAY – What to do with an extra 24 hours?

    Who’s to blame, Julius Caesar or Pope Gregory XIII? Or maybe the question is, Who’s to thank? Both the Julian Calendar and Gregorian Calendar have leap years built in, but the pope’s method ended up more accurate than the emperor’s.Either way, it’s an extra 24 hours in February. Now, what to do with

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  • Vekic, Yastremska advance at Cymbiotika San Diego Open,Richard Osborn

    Vekic, Yastremska advance at Cymbiotika San Diego Open

    Croatia’s Donna Vekic (above, left) and Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska were among those moving into the second round of the Cymbiotika San Diego Open on a busy Tuesday at Barnes Tennis Center.Vekic, a finalist here in 2022, dispatched local wildcard Katherine Hui (above, right), 7-5, 6-2, in the San Di

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  • La Jolla entrepreneur an inspiring example for International Women’s Day,JEANNE RAWDIN

    La Jolla entrepreneur an inspiring example for International Women’s Day

    When Carol Roizen opened the first Parakeet Café in La Jolla in 2017, she was inspired by a deep-rooted desire to heal and grow after surviving one of the biggest challenges of her life.Her daughter, Michelle, was born with a rare disease requiring chemotherapy at 4 months old. “We couldn’t simply s

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