{"id":26192,"date":"2019-08-19T13:53:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T20:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=26192"},"modified":"2019-08-19T13:53:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T20:53:25","slug":"summers-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/summers-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Have Fun Before Summer&#8217;s Done!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/humhop.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pictured is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/beer-festivals-fortuna.html\">Hops in the Humboldt<\/a>\u00a0Aug.24, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Just a week away from Labor Day, adults are plotting their winter routines. \u00a0Summers are made for R&amp;R, but many of us fail to heed the warning that humans need fun in their lives.<\/p>\n<p>According to a leading professor of Oncology and Behavioral Science, long term, chronic stress that lasts many weeks or months with no definite end point (such as caring for a sick loved one, unemployment, finances, etc.,) can weaken your immune system, making you prone to diseases like cancer. Stress hormones can inhibit a process called anoikis, which kills diseased cells and prevents them from spreading.<\/p>\n<p>American Cancer Society research suggests that 42% of newly diagnosed cancers (caused by smoking, physical inactivity, excess body weight, excess alcohol consumption, and poor nutrition,) in the US &#8212; about 740,000 cases in 2019 &#8212; are potentially avoidable, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some weekend diversions that may help you relieve long-term stress, get active, and have fun. Moderation is recommended at the food \/ beverage events!<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/calendar\/ag24.html\">California Weekend Fun<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>AVILA BEACH: Apple Festival<br \/>\nBAKERSFIELD: Ice Cream Zoofari<br \/>\nBLUE JAY: Jazz Festival<br \/>\nBODEGA: Bodega Seafood, Art and Wine Festival<br \/>\nCOBB: Blackberry COBBler Festival<br \/>\nCOSTA MESA: OC Night Market<br \/>\nCULVER CITY: Fiesta La Ballona<br \/>\nDIXON: Downtown Wine Stroll<br \/>\nDOWNIEVILLE: Forest City Doins<br \/>\nELK GROVE: Heiva Ma&#8217;ohi O&#8217; Patitifa<br \/>\nFORTUNA: Hops in Humboldt<br \/>\nFRESNO: Greek Festival<br \/>\nGROVER BEACH: Stone Soup Music Festival<br \/>\nLAKEPORT: Taste of Lake County<br \/>\nLONG BEACH: Taste of Brews<br \/>\nLOS ANGELES: LA Food &amp; Wine Festival<br \/>\nLOS ANGELES: Leimert Park Village Book Fair<br \/>\nMAMMOTH LAKES: Mammoth Rocks<br \/>\nNEVADA CITY Uncorked<br \/>\nPASO ROBLES: Trading Day Kids&#8217; Flea Market<br \/>\nPLEASANTON: West Coast Nationals<br \/>\nPLYMOUTH: Midsummers Fairytale Celtic Fair<br \/>\nREDONDO BEACH: Endless Summer Beach Party<br \/>\nROLLING HILLS ESTATES: Remember the Music<br \/>\nSAND CITY: West End Celebration<br \/>\nSAN DIEGO: San Diego Spirits Festival<br \/>\nSAN DIEGO: \u00a0Union-Tribune Festival of Books<br \/>\nSAN FRANCISCO: Eat Drink SF Epic Food Festival<br \/>\nSAN JOSE: Italian Family Festa<br \/>\nSANTA ANA: Zoo Zoofari<br \/>\nSANTA BARBARA: Tikifari Zoofari Ball<br \/>\nSANTA CRUZ: Tequila and Tacos<br \/>\nSOLVANG: Wheels &amp; Windmills Car Show<br \/>\nTEHACHAPI: T-Town Rumble \u00a0Show<br \/>\nWATSONVILLE: Testicle Festival<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured is\u00a0Hops in the Humboldt\u00a0Aug.24, 2019 Just a week away from Labor Day, adults are plotting their winter routines. \u00a0Summers are made for R&amp;R, but many of us fail to heed the warning that humans need fun in their lives. According to a leading professor of Oncology and Behavioral Science, long term, chronic stress that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26192"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26193,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26192\/revisions\/26193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}