Four decorated Marine pilots with a decade of combined military service perish in an aircraft collision with an unlit public utility tower. A 15-year-old endures burns over 70% of his body when his welding teacher leaves students unattended. A miner suffers debilitating brain injuries when a crane collapses on him. The largest methane gas leak in U.S. history causes health issues and economic damages for up to 35,000 residents in northern Los Angeles (Porter Ranch)—a leak caused by gas wells that the public utility, Southern Cal Gas and SEMPRA Energy, failed to maintain for years.*
These preventable tragedies were caused by the negligent misconduct of corporations and individuals. Founded and helmed by trial lawyer James P. Frantz, Frantz Law Group (FLG) has won jury verdicts and settlements in the billions of dollars for thousands of victims nationwide while leading the way in shaping national public safety policy and regulation.
“Everyone makes mistakes,” Frantz says. “But it’s inexcusable for individuals and corporations to consciously disregard safety for profit. That’s when we go after them.”
A Warning Heeded
Frantz has been calling out the bad guys for as long as he can remember. Decades ago, he represented brokers whose careers and lives were shattered by the irresponsible actions of a prominent financial securities firm. The almost quarter billion-dollar jury verdict was the largest in San Diego history at the time, and it inspired Frantz to keep fighting on behalf of innocent victims.**
Since forming FLG in the late 1970s, Frantz has litigated some of the most notable cases in the country. The firm currently represents over 6,000 wildfire victims whose lives were upended by the negligence of public utility companies. Recently, FLG participated in negotiating a $13.5 billion settlement against the Pacific Gas and Electric utility company for its role in causing the 2017 and 2018 Northern California wildfires that devastated the region.*** This historic payout has assisted communities recover and rebuild and compensated families that lost loved ones. It also serves as a warning to other utility companies that such reckless misconduct will not go unpunished.
Frantz believes that significant settlements and jury verdicts like these have the power to force long-term corporate and individual changes in safety.
For example, he cites another notable California public utility (San Diego Gas & Electric) that undergrounded miles of power lines and set up a large network of weather stations—efforts that have helped detect high winds, low humidity, and high temperatures, thus diminishing the risk of wildfires. “This utility’s safety program is now considered the gold standard in utility safety measures,” Frantz says. “That, plus new legislation that incentivizes utility safety while aiding victims of wildfires, tells me that litigation is working in sending the right message.”
Recently, the firm set its sights on the JUUL electronic cigarette company and codefendants whose sleek advertising campaigns have lured millions of minors into nicotine vaping, an addictive habit that can lead to permanent cognitive impairment, lung disease, and other negative medical repercussions. “I get angry when I think of the kids who unknowingly become addicted to nicotine e-cigarettes,” Frantz says. Moreover, the school districts are incurring tremendous costs to fight the vaping epidemic. FLG is prosecuting multibillion-dollar litigation on behalf of its clients that consist of over 600 school district and charter schools nationwide—comprising more than 25,000 schools and approximately 1 million students across 32 states.
FLG is also waging a battle on behalf of its school district clients from around the country that are struggling to cope with the financial fallout from the opioid epidemic. FLG seeks to hold the opioid manufacturers and distributors accountable for the crisis that has ravaged school districts, students, and families.
Fighting for the innocent victim is FLG’s guiding light. Frantz recalls the case of four Marine pilots who lost their lives when their helicopter collided with unlit public utility equipment during a military exercise. “These were four decorated Marine Corps officers—stellar individuals all under the age of 30 who risked their lives for their country in Afghanistan and Iraq,” he says.
For years prior to the crash, the Marine Corp had lodged complaints directly with the utility about the dangerous, unlit utility towers located throughout the Marine Corps Camp Pendleton aircraft training airspace. These complaints were ignored and, inexplicably, the public utility claimed the pilots were at fault for causing the crash. “FLG litigated the case against the utility on behalf of the Marines’ families. After a four week trial, we obtained a $55 million jury verdict that included $40 million in punitive damages because of the utility’s conscious disregard of safety that resulted in the horrific deaths of these four young Marine officers,” Frantz says. “Most importantly, we vindicated the victims and their families, and we helped provide some closure.”
Winning high stakes cases requires not only compassion but the will to fight and win at all costs—qualities that FLG has in abundance. Its award-winning and dedicated trial team of 16 lawyers and 30 staff in 12 California offices work tirelessly to positively impact thousands of lives.
To prepare for trials, the firm enlists support from top experts countrywide and conducts exhaustive discovery in complex cases. It also leads mock jury trials in which the FLG team presents evidence from the plaintiff and defense. “Losing is not an option for us,” Frantz says. “We are committed to do what it takes to win.”
*FLG represented 8,202 clients (of the total 35,000) and assisted in negotiating the settlement of $1.8 billion against SoCal Gas/SEMPRA Energy. The results described in this article do not constitute a guarantee, warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of any future legal matter. These results were dependent on the specific facts of the cases and results will differ if based on different facts.
**Reduced, appealed, and settled for a confidential amount.
***This is the global amount for all plaintiffs- for clients of Frantz Law Group and those of other firms.
James P Frantz, Esq. has approved the contents of this article.
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The Pregame of Fame
Pregame of Fame 2023 Templeton Rye Whiskey helped us choose 32 of San Diego’s best sports-friendly bars to compete in a showdown. We’re calling it the Pregame of Fame. Vote your favorite bar up the bracket to win the top title. Can’t see the bracket? Click here to reload.
Pregame of Fame 2023
Templeton Rye Whiskey helped us choose 32 of San Diego’s best sports-friendly bars to compete in a showdown. We’re calling it the Pregame of Fame. Vote your favorite bar up the bracket to win the top title.
For the Founder of This Matchmaking Company, Her Life’s Work Is Also Her Passion
Innovative Match's founder, Cassie Zampa-Keim, shares her story.
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When I was young, I was like most kids in that I had no idea what I wanted to “be” when I grew up. Would I become a doctor? A lawyer? An artist? It was fun to think about when I was thinking about it, which wasn’t all that often.
But, in my defense, a diagnosis of aggressive cancer when I was 20 years old distracted me. Fighting for my life, which was a fight I fortunately won, gave me perspective on what matters and what doesn’t. When someone asked me during those very dark days what I couldn’t live without, the only answer I had was love. The rest, well, that was debatable.
Honestly, it was freeing. Keeping up appearances? Worrying about what other people thought of me? Listening to what well-meaning people believed they knew was good for me? I wanted none of it.
I graduated from college with a clean bill of health, and with it, a clean slate. I was determined only to live and find what and whom I could be passionate about, however that would transpire. My first order of business was going to work after graduation. So when the time came to look for a job, I was open to ideas and opportunities.
To some people, including my parents, it may have looked as if I lacked direction. Perhaps there was some truth to that. However, my receptiveness, my willingness to explore different paths, is what ultimately led me to the position of a lifetime — matchmaker.
“You’re going to do what?” my father asked with a strange look on his face. “You’re going to make matches for a living?”
“Yes,” I answered matter of factly for at least the third time that day, though I didn’t understand why he still seemed so confused. That is until I realized he thought I was, quite literally, going to make the kind of matches that fit into a matchbook. Oh, do I love my dad!
Lucky for me, my parents were supportive, and I began my “apprenticeship” with a local matchmaker who showed me the ropes at the time. Back in those days, more than three decades ago, matchmaking was not a mainstream, modern-day profession like it is today, despite having existed for centuries in many cultures.
Matchmaking, the art of pairing two people unknown to each other based on the expertise and intuition of the matchmaker and what that matchmaker sees as compatible characteristics, lifestyles, and goals between them, fell out of favor when online dating took off. Why use a matchmaker, singles asked, when there’s online dating? I’ll tell you: Because it works.
I honestly was surprised when I first got into this field that more people weren’t doing it, and more singles weren’t using this method to find love. I guess there was a reason. And that is, making matches is as much a skill set as it is an innate gift.
Not only did I discover I was good at my work, but what I also received, as did my clients, was something that could never be measured in money, and that was happiness. My clients were happy because, as a result of the matches I picked for them, they met someone special with whom they could share their lives, during good times and trying ones. Someone who they loved. It was a great gig for the present, I thought. What more could a girl in her twenties ask for?
A lot, actually. I wanted what I was finding for my clients. And if I hadn’t learned what it takes to make sustainable matches, I would’ve passed Mike right by, the guy I ended up marrying — and staying married to — all of these years and three children later. The guy who wasn’t my usual type, the guy who I didn’t think was all that funny on our first date, and the guy who, at first, didn’t give me the butterflies I felt with all of those other wrong guys.
There was obviously something between us, maybe not the brightest of sparks, but something. I just didn’t know what it was yet. Thankfully, I stuck around long enough to find out.
I had been in the matchmaking field for a little while when Mike and I first met. What I had already seen with my clients was that I made the best matches when I deviated from their MO, from what they kept doing but was never working for them. So, Mike and I continued to date and got to know each other better. Turns out, he was my type after all. Four years later, we married.
I want that for you. That being marriage. If, of course, you want marriage. And, if you don’t, that’s great, too. I want you to have the relationship you envision, one characterized by mutual respect, compassion, emotional support, happiness, and most of all, love.
A tall order, no doubt. Especially today, when 21st-century dating means wading through a dating pool that feels more like an ocean. And why, as part of the concierge dating services I offer, I can turn that ocean back into a pool. Merging my now digitized “little black book” of eligible singles with multiple online dating platforms, I present every client with a pared-down group of viable matches.
Chosen and vetted exclusively for you, the list I bring to you, handpicked by me, not some assistant, is the list you wouldn’t have sourced for yourself. And therefore, it’s the list with the most chances for success.
Even better is that with my ’round-the-clock services and “my office never closes” policy because I am the office, I’m always only a phone call away, 24/7, to offer you honest relationship advice, experienced guidance, and tried and true dating tips. And the chance for me to become the most trusted wingwoman you’ve ever had.
Not convinced yet? I’ve got thousands of happy clients who can tell you their love stories. So, come join me. And join them.
PT Trim Fat Burn Reviews – Legit Diet Pills With Real Results?
What is inside the PT Trim Fat Burn supplement? Does it really help with quick weight loss? Find out more in this PT Trim Fat Burn review.
By What is inside the PT Trim Fat Burn supplement? Does it really help with quick weight loss? Find out more in this PT Trim Fat Burn review.
PT Trim Fat Burn is a newly released dietary supplement that relies on naturally-derived ingredients for safe and effective weight loss. As stated on the official website, PT Trim incorporates some of the rarest ingredients like the ancient pink tea from Kenya that work by resetting the natural weight setpoint in a rapid way.
PT Trim Fat Burn is convenient to add into the daily routine and is expected to work independently without the need to go on restrictive diets or exercise programs. Exclusively available through the official website, the pills are up for grabs at discounted rates and with exciting bonus items so place your order today.
Do you know that the human body has a natural setpoint that determines its body weight. This setpoint mostly relies on a combination of genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors and is responsible for determining how much weight you will carry throughout your life irrespective of how much you eat or exercise.
Without nudging this setpoint, it is almost impossible to make any significant changes to your body weight which is the reason why the conventional weight loss programs fail to work in most people. If you consider yourself as one of the unfortunate ones who never seem to lose the stubborn fat around your belly or arms no matter what you do, it might be worth considering resetting this point. But is this something that’s even possible? This is when supplements like the PT Fat Trim Burn can come in handy.
Read this in-depth PT Fat Trim Burn review to know more about this supplement, its working mechanism, pricing, and more.
Weight loss is the dream of many, but only a few are lucky enough to actually experience and maintain it. For the rest, it still remains something that’s extremely hard and next to impossible to achieve as nothing seems to work for them. For such people who always find weight loss as a challenging task, a deeper dive into the bottom of the weight loss process is needed.
Despite the recent advancements and extensive research conducted in the field of weight loss, experts have still failed to educate people about how their body weights are predetermined through a setpoint. As long as this setpoint is not changed, nothing you do is ever going to affect your body weight. Keeping this in mind, a new product under the name of PT Fat Trim Burn has been introduced into the market to help all such people
According to the PT Fat Trim Burn official website, it is a natural weight loss supplement that works to improve your metabolism and trigger weight loss. The pills take help from the ancient purple tea made from Camellia Sinensis. These tea leaves have been described to hold even more health benefits than the black and green tea. Using it has been linked to rapid weight loss without any risky side effects.
With this tea along with other natural ingredients, the supplement can help you lose the accumulated layers within a few weeks of use. The company states that you can lose as much as 100 pounds within a few months only.
The PT Fat Trim Burn supplement comes in the form of pills and is; therefore, quite easy to consume. You can easily add it to your daily routine and use them no matter how busy your daily schedule is. The company mentions that these pills alone can work on improving the weight loss mechanism inside the body. However, combining it with a healthy diet and light exercise can significantly improve the results.
All ingredients added to the PT Fat Trim Burn pills have been sourced naturally. The company takes care not to add any synthetic or artificial chemical to ensure maximum safety. The official website also states that no artificial coloring or flavors have been added to the pills to maintain its purity. The pills are being manufactured in an advanced facility under the GMP standards. Each batch is verified through third-party testing or unbiased quality control.
Note – Individual benefits and the time required to produce them can vary from one user to another. The company suggests using the PT Fat Trim Burn for at least 30 days before giving a verdict about its efficacy.
According to the company behind PT Fat Trim Burn capsules, the supplement works by altering the set point that determines the body weight for a particular individual.
1. What is the setpoint for body weight?
Latest research suggests that every person has a predetermined set point according to which his body keeps maintaining its weight. This setpoint is mostly dependent on genetics but can also be influenced by other factors like hormones and environmental factors. This setpoint is what decides how much weight you can carry throughout your life.
Renewable energy companies building hundreds of power plants. Biotech startups using artificial intelligence to create personalized medicine for children with rare diseases. Hospitality companies quietly powering thousands of local events. Consumer brands growing from beach-town startups into national businesses. These are the kinds of companies driving San Diego’s economy today, and the businesses recognized at this year’s San Diego Business Impact Awards offer a snapshot of where the region is headed.
Hosted July 23 by San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and JPMorganChase, the second annual awards event honored four local companies for innovation, growth, and economic impact. More than 100 nominations from San Diego’s middle-market businesses were reviewed by a 10-person judging committee, with winners selected across four categories: startup, early-stage innovator, rising star, and established heavyweight.
Two-time honoree Jimbo Someck, founder of Jimbo’s organic grocery stores, also joined the event for a fireside chat on buying local, supporting emerging brands, and giving back to the community.
“San Diego’s strength comes from its makers and builders—the resilient people who endure great risks and overcome obstacles to build and scale a company,” says Aaron Ryan, San Diego Region Manager and Middle Market Banking at JPMorganChase & Co. “These awards aren’t just recognition; they spotlight the talent, grit, and innovation shaping our region’s future. By celebrating those who create and build, we foster connections and fuel the growth that keeps San Diego thriving.”
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Building the Infrastructure Behind Clean Energy
Heavyweight honoree SOLV Energy has grown alongside the country’s rapid investment in renewable power. “It’s an exciting time for SOLV Energy as we are experiencing significant growth,” says CEO George Hershman. “The business has doubled over the last year and has almost double-digit growth since its inception.”
The Rancho Bernardo-based company designs, builds, operates, and maintains utility-scale solar and energy storage facilities. Since its founding in 2008, SOLV Energy has built more than 500 power plants.
Growth has translated directly into hiring. About 200 employees work from the company’s local headquarters, including roughly 20 interns. “Our intern program is a big part of the way that we grow our workforce,” Hershman says. “Last year, 43 percent of our interns became full-time employees. We believe San Diego is a great community to build and grow a high-tech infrastructure and technology company because of the incredible workforce—the ability to attract top talent and draw from world-class universities.”
Developing Medicine One Patient at a Time
Startup honoree La Jolla Labs is tackling one of medicine’s biggest challenges by developing personalized RNA therapeutics for patients with rare diseases—many of them children with neurological disorders like ALS. Using proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning tools, the biotech company develops treatments tailored to each patient’s specific genetic mutation.
CEO Tamar Grossman says the recognition reflects how far the company has come despite limited resources. “We’re honored to be recognized for our ability to change and save patients’ lives and turn our lean startup into a clinical company with very minimal resources,” she says.
Grossman credits San Diego’s concentration of research institutions—including UC San Diego, the Salk Institute, and Scripps Research—with creating a pipeline of talent and collaboration. “San Diego is one of the world-leading centers for technology, genomics, and RNA therapeutics,” she says. “We have over 30 RNA therapeutics companies here, and we support each other and help with anything related to drug discovery.”
She says that collaborative spirit extends beyond formal partnerships. “You can walk around Torrey Pines, go into a café, and find colleagues from the industry and have an ad hoc conversation,” Grossman says. “That’s something very unique to San Diego.”
While Snake Oil Venue Company may not be a household name, chances are many San Diegans have attended one of its events. The early-stage innovator honoree has expanded from beverage catering and mixology consulting into venue management, operating Julep Venue in Mission Hills, Bramble Bay Venue in Imperial Beach, Vesper Venue, the Chapel at Liberty Station, and five outdoor venues throughout Liberty Station—more than 500,000 square feet of event space altogether.
“We do a lot of launch parties for corporations and new products,” says CEO Mike Esposito. “I really like working on the entrepreneur side of things, where new businesses are entering the San Diego market and looking to make a splash.”
Snake Oil has executed more than 16,000 events, employed more than 1,000 people, and partnered with more than 900 local vendors, including caterers, florists, photographers, entertainers, and other hospitality businesses. The company also works with many of San Diego’s nonprofits, museums, and cultural institutions. “We get to celebrate people’s most important moments,” Esposito says. “Whether that’s a wedding, celebration of life, or quinceañera, we’re fortunate to be involved in the community in so many different ways.”
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Growing a Beach-Town Brand into a National Business
Rising star honoree ALOHA Collection is proof that a simple idea can grow into a thriving company. Founded by two roommates who wanted a better way to carry wet swimsuits after a day at the beach, the lifestyle brand has grown into a business while maintaining strong year-over-year growth.
Now headquartered in Carlsbad, ALOHA Collection employs more than 100 people and operates its California flagship store in Encinitas, which is slated for a remodel. With roots in Hawaii, the company is known for its lightweight, splash-proof travel bags that have become a familiar sight on beaches in San Diego and beyond.
“‘Aloha’ is part of our name, but it’s also how we move through the world,” says CEO Lynna Barnard. “It’s how we show up for people, the way we travel, the way we give back.” Since day one, the company has maintained a 5 percent giveback to Hawaii conservation efforts, contributing millions of dollars over the years.
“I think what’s so inspiring about ALOHA Collection, and the founders in particular, is when you dream big, those dreams can come true when you work hard and trust in the universe,” Barnard says. “It’s inspiring to be a role model for other people wanting to start businesses from humble beginnings. Start small and watch it grow.”
Together, businesses like these form a cornerstone of San Diego’s economy—not only through the jobs and revenue they generate—but through the local workers they hire, vendors they support, and investments they make in the region. Their growth doesn’t happen in isolation; it ripples outward, strengthening the broader business community and the people who call San Diego home.
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Enter Our Ultra Lean Grilling Photo Contest, Presented by Michelob Ultra
Lighten up your grilling spread and show us what lean eats you’d pair with a crisp Michelob Ultra
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Health & Wellness Summer 2026
It’s a Self-Care Summer. Because your best self is our favorite self.
If you’re anything like us, it can be easy to get so caught up in taking care of everyone else, that your own needs get lost in the ether. But while this may be a cliché, that doesn’t make it any less true: You can’t give your best self to other people unless you’re taking care of yourself.
Sometimes, that looks like stopping in for your regular acupuncture or chiropractic appointment. Other days, it means giving your body the fresh, organic fuel it needs to truly feel and function at its best. And some other times still, it involves leaving your responsibilities behind for a weekend to pamper yourself at an incredible resort and spa.
Only you can decide what your truly need. We’re just here to help you find the best ways to get it.
Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort & Spa
Island living meets desert luxury at the Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort & Spa in Indian Wells. When you step onto the 11-acre property, you’ll be surrounded by sweeping view of the Santa Rosa Mountains with olive trees and fragrant citrus groves decorating the grounds. In other words, everything about this relaxed but refined resort is primed to help you let go of the stress from home and enjoy easy sun-soaked days and gorgeous starry nights.
The rooms blend calming, woven textures with Tommy Bahama’s signature tropical prints and feature private lanais, making it easy unwind the moment you walk in the door. If you book one of the four Villa Suites, you’ll be treated to exclusive Tommy Bahama furniture and unique personal touches to further that feeling of instant ease.
At the award-winning Spa Rosa, the expert team will help reset and recharge your body and mind using methods and rituals inspired by the desert. The 12,000-square-foot retreat includes outdoor soaking pools, eucalyptus steam rooms, and outdoor cabanas, as well as massages, facials, and body masks—all aimed at creating a day dedicated to you. We’re particularly partial to the Day Long Escape, an indulgent all-day affair of CDBs soaks, renewing scrubs, life changing massages, and transformative facials.
Following your treatment, continue the experience with a meal on the patio at Grapefruit Basil. We love the Hamachi Crudo, a light, citrus-forward dish featuring premium yellowtail, house-made ponzu, creamy avocado, and fresh seasonal garnishes.
Whether you’re strolling the gardens, relaxing beside its saltwater pools, or indulging in a restorative treatment, you’ll be able to escape in style and relax in luxury at the Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort & Spa.
Healcove Chiropractic
There’s no shortage of ways to stay active in San Diego—but if you really want to enjoy everything the city has to offer, you’ve got to make sure you’re giving your body its tune-ups. Enter: Healcove Chiropractic. The board-certified chiropractors and wellness professionals at Healcove are experts at addressing that stage where you’re not injured, exactly, but you’re not at 100%, either. Maybe you’re feeling a bit tense or stressed out. Or it could be that you’re not quite moving the way you want to. Sometimes, it’s just that the accumulation of days, weeks, or even years of daily strain is starting to take a toll. No matter what stage you find yourself at, the Healcove Chiropractic team can provide integrated, preventative care centered on long-term, science-backed approaches that ensure you can always stay active and live the life you want to live pain-free.
This starts by providing truly individualized care. Every patient can expect a thorough 60-minute consultation session that includes a posture and movement screening. This allows the team to develop a completely personalized plan. That plan might include chiropractic care, acupuncture, or massage therapy, as well as functional fitness training, vibration and sound therapy, and Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization, a clinical rehabilitation method that retrains the body’s stabilization systems. Whatever the team recommends, you can be sure that it’s tailored to meeting your body’s needs today and the future.
There’s a reason that San Diego Magazine named Healcove the “Best Chiropractor in San Diego”—don’t wait until you’re struggling with an injury to find out why. Book an appointment today for holistic, integrated care that helps ground and heal your body before it reaches a crisis point.
Juice Holler
West Coast wellness culture meets the community feel of Southern Appalachia at Juice Holler. Juice Holler’s menu consists of made-to-order smoothies and smoothie bowls, as well as grab-and-go cold-pressed juices, wellness shots, salads, and more. It operates from the blissfully simple premise that fueling up with food and drink that’s guilt-free and good your body should be simple, accessible, and, above all else, delicious. And if you haven’t yet made it out to the Encinitas café, which opened just this year, let us be the first to tell you: Juice Holler delivers on each and every of these fronts.
We love the Supercharger smoothie, a mood-lifting and body-fueling option made with banana, almond butter, blue spirulina, maca, grass-fed whey protein, raw cacao nibs, medjool dates, and coconut milk. We’re also partial to the Thrive Alive smoothie bowl, where avocado, mango, sea moss, spirulina, mint, coconut milk, and agave are mixed and topped with coconut, chia seeds, strawberry, mango, and chocolate drizzle. The wellness shots include the Detoxifier, a cleansing blend of kale, cucumber, lemon and spirulina, plus a shot specially designed to fight inflammation (named, fittingly, Anti-Inflammation). Probiotic overnight oats, lemon turmeric bars, and strawberry shortcake chia pudding are other standouts on the grab-and-go menu.
Much of the vibe feels beachy North County chic—think green tile with orange and pink accents, grounded with greenery and natural wood—but Juice Holler founder Kelly Sergott, a longtime Encinitas local, has also enfused the space with her Kentucky roots. In Appalachia, a holler is small valley between hills and mountains, where nature reigns, community is king, and nourishment comes right from the land. At Juice Holler, Sergott has created a holler for the busy modern times, using local ingredients to create a spot for people to come together and enjoy fresh, fast, feel-good fuel for their day.
Everwell Acupuncture
We’ve all had that experience with a medical professional where we’ve felt rushed, ignored, or misunderstood—and ultimately, like we didn’t get the answers that we needed. But at Everwell, the holistic acupuncture practice located in Solana Beach, the care team wants to transform your understanding of what healthcare can look like.
Patients at Everwell experience care rooted in intentional listening and radical empathy—and trust us, those aren’t just corporate buzzwords. This place actually puts those ideas into practice. You will always be given the time you need to tell your story— initial in-take appointments are two hours long—and you can rest assured that your story will be believed. Every single question and concern will be addressed by a dedicated practitioner who wants to find the specific solutions that work best for you, and you’ll receive care that’s aimed at healing the body, mind, and spirit.
Everwell’s highly trained, doctorate-level practitioners blend evidence-based acupuncture with the practice of classical Chinese medicine. (If you’ve never tried acupuncture before or aren’t sure if the team will be a fit, we’d highly recommended Everwell’s complimentary 20-minute consultations.) Research shows that by stimulating specific points on the body, acupuncture activates a natural healing response in the body, helping to restore balance, regulate the nervous system, and improve overall wellbeing. This allows the practice to address an incredibly wide range of conditions from chronic pain and autoimmune disorders to digestive issues, from stress and burnout to headaches migraines, fertility and postpartum struggles, hormonal imbalances, sleep concerns and more.
At Everwell, you can expect to feel heard, trusted, respected, and cared for. This is a space that doesn’t want to be just another healthcare provider you visit; it wants to provide patients with dedicated partner who will be there for their entire health journey.
