Benji’s father is a volatile patriarch who grills during blizzards and hits him for failing to manfully respond to a classmate’s racist slight.
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Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
And now, 50 years later, Pai is a father and grandfather, the patriarch of a family with three generations involved in the business and a surfing tribe —19 family members strong — with deep roots in and out of the water in Surf City.
It was built to protect vulnerable people, such as senior citizens and individuals with low digital competence, from scam calls that cost big bucks and take a psychological toll.
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Lydia T. Blanco,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Karla Radka is the president and CEO of Senior Resource Alliance, the local resource for accessing the many services and programs of the state and federal government, available to senior citizens, their caregivers and family members.
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