The deal was sealed on a drive along Sunset Boulevard, an asphalt wonder spanning 22 miles. Arriving at the Pacific, I glimpsed toothpaste-white sand beaches the width of football fields, bolted from ...

Shane Kearney had been working in tech for most of his career. But after a battle with cancer and some restorative time in the great outdoors, Kearney, 39, found himself applying last September for ...