Between 2009 and 2019, his assistants and housekeepers seem to have essentially been running the equivalent of an Airbnb operation at about 15 different apartments in the building.
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Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
13 Feb. 2026
Professional housekeepers are all about working smarter, not harder.
Lake Poway dock attendants Jarod Petrosky, Garrett Pinto and Lukas Hughes helped during the derby, staffing the carnival games, the bounce house and the fish weigh-in.
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Amy Stark Shireman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
Elevator operators and tollbooth attendants went through this slow fade to obsolescence with no damage to the economy.
As teens, boys apprenticed on farms or with artisans, and girls as dairy maids.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
Some seeds, like those of red maids, soaproot, mariposa lily, island manzanita and chamise, are called fire-followers and need heat or smoke of fire to germinate.
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