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Some Families Who Left California Have Returned to the Golden State

Although many Californians who left the state are not looking back, Coree Ray’s family decided it’s ’time to go home' after three years in Idaho.
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Some Families Who Left California Have Returned to the Golden State
(L-R) Melvin Galang, his wife, Coree Ray, and their children in San Diego on June 22, 2024. Courtesy of Coree Ray
Kimberly Hayek
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Coree Ray’s family decided to move to Idaho from Southern California in 2021 after selling their home of 20 years, and they documented their experience on TikTok.

Ray and her husband, Melvin Galang, had always talked about moving, if only for a change of scenery. The COVID-19 pandemic finally spurred the conservative family to make the move.

Kimberly Hayek
Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.