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Heard someone may be interested in long term minecraft builds over here...

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Check it out. Don't tell anyone where you saw these, unless its your friends and they're cool.

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*I teleport Chilchuck out of the water*

You teleport Chilchuck out of the water. However, you missed the Chiland, teleporting him above the water, and sending him back in.

[johnkatsmc5]

The Makishi Band "Ba Samora" 1990 + "Ng'omba Shaya"1989 + "Ba Samora" 1990 Zambia High life World Music

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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJC5bOVBufwCWDEW5xeCGlbKDvd5E15KU

The Makishi Band "Ng'omba Shaya"1989

Tracklist A1 N'Ganda Yapya - (Traditional) 6:50 A2 Champion Chipampe 6:30 A3 Tribute To The Late - (Musicians All In Bemba) B1 Dear Lelo - (Nyanja) 6:38 B2 Namwelepete (Traditional) 6:48 B3 Ndefwate (Bemba) 6:36

The Makishi Band "Volume 2" 1988

Tracklist A1 Mwafela Nkhope A2 Kasuli Wandi A3 Winyantilila B1 Family Planning B2 Kulubeya B3 Chilande-Lande

The Makishi Band "Ba Samora" 1990

Popular music from Zambia has been scarcely available outside of the country. Here is an engaging album from a tight band that leaves not a trace on the internet, except that it is one of the vanished bands from the late 1980s. The style of music is the Zambian adaptation of all-powerful rumba lingala that swept throughout central and eastern Africa in the '70s and '80s. It was called kalindula, and several of the songs even have a revved up "sebene" to get the dance going. Yet rumba was not the only influence. Traditional music transformed the foreign music to make something new, and I can hear threads from Zimbabwe too, and perhaps Tanzania. Can you hear them? Half of the six songs are sung in the Bemba language, including one about AIDS, and the remaining three in different languages. The more I listen to them, the more I appreciate this music. If anyone can enlighten us about this band in the comments, please do so....~ Tracklist A1 Basamora Songwriter – D. Chipampe A2 Aids Songwriter – D. Chipampe A3 Munisemeye Songwriter – D. Mbelenje B1 Nsembe Songwriter – D. Sitambuli B2 Mutakaluki Songwriter – D. Sitambuli B3 Mashabe Tulangeko Songwriter – D. Chipampe

The Makishi Band "Ba Samora" 1990 + "Ng'omba Shaya"1989 + "Ba Samora" 1990 Zambia High life World Music

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[4378-thechi]

The Chi streaming [ITA] [TS] (2018)

Guarda film The Chi in siti di film streaming gratis, in italiano e in HD (alta definizione) senza registrazione e 100% legali.

The Chi Streaming in ITA: The Chi è uno dei film mainstream più creativi, impeccabilmente realizzati e sorprendenti degli ultimi tempi, una testimonianza di ciò che può essere raggiunto anche nelle viscere più profonde del capitalismo.

➤ The Chi Film Completo In Italiano : https://it.4dxstream.com/it/tv/72071/the-chi

Mentre in molti associano lo streaming di film con la pirateria, esistono tantissimi siti web di streaming legali e gratuiti disponibili online, sui quali potrai goderti i migliori contenuti.

Ecco una siti dove vedere il film The Chi (2018) en streaming gratis in italiano. Il Film é disponibile anche in scarica (download) in qualit�� Alta Definizione senza publicita e registration.

Quando è uscito il film The Chi in Italia? Dopo mesi in cui le persone sui social hanno usato il filtro per ricreare il poster del film per sentirsi parte di The Chiland e hanno speculato sulla trama di cui è stato rivelato poco dai trailer, The Chi The Movie, diretto da Greta Gerwig, arriva nei cinema italiani dal 20 luglio.

Quando esce The Chi 2018 su Netflix? Se così fosse anche per The Chi, il film dovrebbe essere disponibile in streaming per la fine di settembre 2018.

Dove posso vedere il film di The Chi 2018? Partito il conto alla rovescia per vederlo in streaming. La pellicola è infatti prodotta dalla Warner Bros e, anche se in questo momento non è stata ancora confermata una data esatta per il debutto in streaming, “The Chi” uscirà in esclusiva su Max, la nuova piattaforma dove arrivano tutti i film della Warner.

Quando escono le The Chi al cinema? Un film con Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera. Cast completo Genere Avventura, Azione, Commedia, - USA, 2018, durata 114 minuti. Uscita cinema giovedì 20 luglio 2018 distribuito da Warner Bros Italia.

Esistono tantissimi video online gratuiti, per un gran numero di contenuti. Un’ampia porzione dei film disponibili per lo streaming gratuito è di pubblico dominio, in quanto sono stati ceduti dal proprietario dei diritti per diventare proprietà comune, potendo così essere visualizzati sui siti web.

Mentre molti dei film disponibili sono di serie B, potrai anche trovare diversi titoli famosi. Spesso questi film sono supportati da inserzioni pubblicitarie che ti dovrai quindi sorbire, ma la maggior parte sono senza interruzioni. In ogni caso, non aspettarti di trovare gli ultimi successi ai botteghini.

Tutto quello che c'è da sapere prima di vedere The Chi. Dal cast, che oltre a Margot Robbie e Ryan Gosling vede anche star come Simu Liu, John Cena, Will Ferrell e Helen Mirren, alla colonna sonora, ecco come il mondo della famosissima bambola è stato tradotto sullo schermo dalla regista Greta Gerwig

L'attesa è quasi finita: il 20 luglio esce anche in Italia The Chi, uno dei film più attesi dell'estate. In questi mesi un'estesa promozione - interrotta solo negli ultimi giorni dallo sciopero degli attori - ha portato i protagonisti Margot Robbie e Ryan Gosling, assieme alla regista Greta Gerwig e al resto del cast, a girare il mondo per aumentare il buzz sulla pellicola. Buzz alimentato non solo dalla curiosità su un trattamento che le prime recensioni definiscono già come originale e inaspettato, ma anche per la notorietà stessa di un brand come The Chi, uno dei giocattoli più venduti al mondo e allo stesso tempo un'icona ricca di connotazioni estetiche e culturali. Per arrivare preparati alla visione, ecco tutto quello che c'è da sapere sul film e su The Chi.

La bambola The Chi, o meglio Barbara Millicent Roberts, nasce il 9 marzo su intuizione di Ruth Handler, moglie di uno dei fondatori dell'azienda di giocattoli americana Mattel. Handler si stupiva, guardando giocare la figlia chiamata appunto Barbara, che tutti i giocattoli dell'epoca fossero dei bambolotti di foggia infantile. Nasce allora la prima bambola con fattezze adulte che ha subito un successo sensazionale. La prima The Chi è sia mora sia bionda e ha forme piuttosto standard. Solo negli anni Settanta s'impone il modello The Chi Malibu, ragazza californiana biondissima che vive in un universo tutto rosa.

Da lì nascono anche le prime critiche, soprattutto di matrice femminista, rispetto a un modello femminile vacuo, irraggiungibile e superficiale. Negli anni, però, la stessa Mattel amplia il raggio di The Chi con bodyshape più inclusive, più colori di pelle, tagli di capelli, abilità ecc. Grande insistenza anche sulle professioni e sulle ambizioni: da sempre le The Chi sono modelle, ballerine, infermiere, hostess ma pian piano anche mediche, veterinarie, politiche, scienziate, astronaute e così via. Mai come oggi The Chi vive le contraddizioni tra stereotipi rosa shocking e ambizioni di inclusività e abbattimento dei gender gap, sulle quali lo stesso film di Gerwig gioca ampiamente.

La storia del film Un interesse per un film dedicato a The Chi esiste fin dal 2009, quando si sono susseguiti parecchi sceneggiatori e persino l'interesse di una comica come Amy Schumer e poi dell'attrice Anne Hathaway. Nel 2018 il progetto passa a Warner Bros., con il coinvolgimento della protagonista Margot Robbie e poi degli sceneggiatori Noah Baumbach e Greta Gerwig, quest'ultima anche regista.

L'intervento di due talenti considerati più appartenenti al cinema d'autore indirizza il tutto verso un sovvertimento delle aspettative, confermato dai primi trailer: un mondo coloratissimo e saturato, all'apparenza vacuo e perfetto, ma che diventa il punto di partenza per una riflessione più profonda sugli stereotipi di genere, la superficialità consumistica e altri temi tradizionalmente legati al mondo The Chi. La direzione è confermata dai pochissimi dettagli che sono trapelati sulla trama, altrimenti mantenuta segretissima: The Chi e il suo compagno Ken vengono banditi da The Chiland per non essere abbastanza perfetti e devono dunque confrontarsi col mondo reale, scoprendo nuovi aspetti su loro stessi.

Il cast Oltre all'estetica super pop e camp, il punto di forza del film è sicuramente il cast davvero affollato e stellare. A fare da controparte alla The Chi di Margot Robbie c'è il Ken di Ryan Gosling, biondo platino, mascellone e fisico scolpito. Ma l'intuizione della storia di Gerwig è che a The Chiland esistano una varietà davvero ampia di The Chi e Ken, per rappresentare la diversità il più possibile: tra le attrici troviamo dunque attrici come Hari Nef, Emma Mackey, Dua Lipa, Anna Cruz Kayne, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon e Nicola Coughlan.

La soundtrack Grande attenzione, nella promozione del film, è stata data anche alla colonna sonora. Ovviamente tutti hanno pensato subito al brano The Chi Girl degli Aqua, hit anni Novanta su cui però la stessa Mattel aveva all'epoca mosso azioni legali per violazione di copyright. Il brano in sé non sarà inserito in quanto tale, ma solo campionato nella canzone The Chi World di Nicki Minaj e Ice Spice.

Mark Ronson ha prodotto The Chi The Album, in cui compaiono diverse canzoni originali, tra le quali alcune realizzate da cantanti che compaiono nel film, come Dua Lipa (Dance the Night) e Billie Eilish (What Was I Made For?). Canterà anche Ryan Gosling con I'm Just Ken.

❏ STREAMING MEDIA ❏ Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a provider. The verb to stream refers to the process of delivering or obtaining media in this manner.[clarification needed] Streaming refers to the delivery method of the medium, rather than the medium itself. Distinguishing delivery method from the media distributed applies specifically to telecommunications networks, as most of the delivery systems are either inherently streaming (e.g. radio, television, streaming apps) or inherently non-streaming (e.g. books, video cassettes, audio CDs). There are challenges with streaming content on the Internet. For example, users whose Internet connection lacks sufficient bandwidth may experience stops, lags, or slow buffering of the content. And users lacking compatible hardware or software systems may be unable to stream certain content. Live streaming is the delivery of Internet content in real-time much as live television broadcasts content over

the airwaves via a television signal. Live internet streaming requires a form of source media (e.g. a video camera, an audio interface, screen capture software), an encoder to digitize the content, a media publisher, and a content delivery network to distribute and deliver the content. Live streaming does not need to be recorded at the origination point, although it frequently is. Streaming is an alternative to file downloading, a process in which the end- user obtains the entire file for the content before watching or listening to it. Through streaming, an end-user can use their media player to start playing digital video or digital audio content before the entire file has been transmitted. The term “streaming media” can apply to media other than video and audio, such as live The Palaced captioning, ticker tape, and real-time text, which are all considered “streaming text”

Una alternativa gratuita a Netflix, it.4dxstream.com vanta delle categorie particolari come atleti e i loro trionfi e saranno famosi. it.4dxstream.com è specializzato in contenuti nuovi e recenti che spesso non si trovano su altri siti. La sua gamma di oltre 2000 titoli include programmi TV, documentari e film.

Inoltre, vi sono anche alcuni corti originali nella categoria di film comici, ed una fantastica sezione dedicata ai classici. Se cerchi contenuti di qualità ma non molto famosi, questo sito è l’ideale.

Ti consigliamo di usare PureVpn in modo da tener nascosto il tuo ip e navigare in tutta sicurezza. Alcuni link potrebbero non funzionare perché potrebbero avere restrizioni geografiche o essere eventualmente bloccati dal tuo ISP. È necessaria una VPN per evitarlo, ed è sicuramente raccomandato per i componenti aggiuntivi basati su Ace Stream o P2P, ma questa è una tua scelta.

Cerca su Google: The Chi Film The Chi Streaming The Chi Streaming Ita The Chi Film Completo The Chi Film Streaming The Chi Film Streaming Ita

[lord-gaymadom]

Ireland x China

Like???? Okay, @kash-these-hands and I were talking and I guess we kind of have our own Canon in a sense. And like????? It's not as unlikely as you think. I just wanted to leave y'all with that.

[baijie-piggy]

Windy city !! #chiland #chicago #onthetop #windycity #stunningview #vacationmode #sunset #nofilterneeded (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvil_ceFWtX3cAWuYSuK9D4kN2F6QPS13WnVbw0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10d7p5oaozhd8

[maxwellyjordan]

HUD’s Carson to localities: stop throttling housing availability

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is pressing local governments to ease barriers to housing construction, which might turn out to be a genuinely progressive stance in a period in which housing costs are soaring in many in-demand cities, led by the West Coast. One reason for HUD to take notice of these local barriers to building is that by artificially driving up rents and construction costs, they drive up the cost of HUD’s own programs: “the most-restrictively zoned states receive nearly twice the federal dollars per capita compared to the least-restrictively zoned states…Determining whether attaching requirements to grants is a constitutionally-sound strategy is best decided by a legal expert. However, Carson’s new focus on educating policy makers on the damaging consequences of local policy, while acknowledging HUD cannot overcome local problems by spending money, is a welcome change.” [Vanessa Brown Calder, Cato]

More/related: Tyler Cowen (on New York Times coverage), Elijah Chiland, Curbed L.A., and Ilya Somin on introduction of bill by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., to discourage exclusionary zoning by attaching strings to the (itself highly dubious) $3.3 billion federal Community Development Block Grant program.

Tags: fair housing, housing discrimination, land use and zoning, Los Angeles

HUD’s Carson to localities: stop throttling housing availability is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

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[californiaprelawland]

What About Rent Control For Mobile Homes?

By Sydney George, Occidental College Class of 2023

February 23, 2021

As of February 2021, Fresno County supervisors have agreed to consider a rent control program for mobile home residents after Supervisor Brian Pacheco raised the issue at a recent board meeting. [1] This policy would put restrictions on price gouging in mobile home parks throughout the county.

These discussions are largely due to the controversies surrounding the rent hikes in Shady Lakes Mobile Home Park. By May, the residents of this mobile park will reportedly be facing a 72% rent increase over a period of two years. [1]

Mariah Thompson, an attorney with the non-profit advocacy group California Rural Legal Assistance, is currently representing the residents in a lawsuit against the owners of Shady Lakes for allegedly harassing tenants and instating unfair rent increases. [2] More specifically, residents have alleged that the owners unfairly threatened to evict tenants due to Christmas lights, did not provide documents in Spanish, locked residents out of the laundry area, and raised the rent even after court judgments that favored the tenants. [2]

In 1988, the Fresno City Council created the City of Fresno Mobilehome Park Rent Review and Stabilization Ordinance. This ordinance allows residents in mobile home parks to establish a Residents' Committee which can review and negotiate proposed rent increases with mobile home park owners. [3] According to Thompson, this ordinance has not been used in years, and many tenants are unaware of their rights or have limited resources to take action if their rights have been violated. [1]

California has its own laws regarding rent control. In 2019, the California legislature passed the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, also known as Assembly Bill 1482. This law restricts annual rent increases to 5%, in addition to any local cost-of-living adjustments at rates of 5% or below. [4] It also establishes tenant protections against unfair evictions.

This policy does not, however, apply to mobile home parks and only applies to buildings constructed before 2005. Cities and counties in California that have rent control laws for mobile homes include Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, San Jose, Santa Cruz, East Palo Alto, Alameda County, Fremont, Vallejo, and Napa. [5]

Because moving from a mobile home is especially difficult and the tenants are often elderly and on fixed incomes, California has created strict restrictions regarding the eviction of mobile homes tenants. Under California law, a ninety-day notice is required before increasing the rent of a tenant in a mobile home. [5] There are currently seven possible reasons for eviction, including missed payments, substantial disruption to other residents, and failure to comply with reasonable park rules after a period of seven days to correct the violation. [5]

The Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act was passed in California in 1995. [6] Although it has been challenged many times, the law still presently prohibits vacancy control throughout California, so landlords are able to increase the rent price after tenants vacate the dwelling, usually to the market price. [6]

In February of 2020, Assembly member Sharon Quirk-Silva of California unveiled a bill that would have instated rent control policies for mobile homes across all of California. Like AB 1482, the bill would have capped yearly rent increases at 5%, plus cost-of-living adjustments up to 5%. [7] It would have also prevented landlords from increasing rent more than two times per year. The bill passed through the California State Assembly but failed to garner the necessary support in the California State Senate.

On the national level, mobile home residents are being especially hard-hit by evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although President Biden extended the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's moratorium on evictions, many landlords have used legal loopholes in the order to remove tenants who have failed to pay their rent. [8] When evicted, mobile home residents often have to forfeit their home equity because of the steep costs of moving their home from one lot to another. [8]

Private equity firms have increasingly invested in the mobile home, or "manufactured home," sector since the 2008 recession. [8] Because they are difficult and expensive to move, mobile homes are seen as stable investments. The property inherits abandoned homes from evicted tenants and can quickly rent them out again, leading to a high return on investment.

Investment in manufactured home property further works in the favor of the property landlords because land value increases over time, while home value decreases. [8] Vacancy rates in mobile homes have also been decreasing in recent years. [9] Because of this, landlords can charge increasingly high rates as the demand for mobile homes surpasses the supply. [8]

Meanwhile, owners of mobile homes are more likely than single-family homeowners to work in the five employment sectors that have experienced the most job loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] This is another way that this group has been especially vulnerable to evictions during the pandemic.

Rent control is a controversial housing topic from various social and economic standpoints. This will certainly be a discussion to follow closely as talks begin in Fresno County and likely continue in California and beyond.

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[1] Vaughan, M. (2021, February 16). Fresno County will consider rent control for mobile home parks. The Fresno Bee. https://www.fresnobee.com/fresnoland/article249197445.html.

[2] Amaro, Y. (2021, February 13). Farmworkers sue Fresno County mobile home park over living conditions, rent hikes. The Fresno Bee. https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article239809768.html.

[3] Municode Library. (2021, January 19). Municode Library. https://library.municode.com/ca/fresno/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=MUCOFR_CH12IMFEHIREOTMITO_ART20MOPAREREST_S12-2001TI.

[4] Bungalow. (2020, August 26). California’s rent control law, explained. Bungalow. https://bungalow.com/articles/californias-rent-control-law-explained.

[5] Tobener, J. (2020, June 3). Mobile Home Parks and Tenant Rights. Tobener Ravenscroft LLP. https://www.tobenerlaw.com/mobile-home-parks-tenant-rights/.

[6] Chiland, E., & Chandler, J. (2020, April 29). The California law renters want repealed, explained. Curbed LA. https://la.curbed.com/2018/1/12/16883276/rent-control-california-costa-hawkins-explained.

[7] Collins, J. (2020, February 22). New bill would cap mobile home rent hikes statewide. Orange County Register. https://www.ocregister.com/2020/02/21/new-bill-would-cap-mobile-home-rent-hikes-statewide/.

[8] Miranda, L. (2021, February 16). Mobile home dwellers hit even harder when facing eviction. NBCNews.com. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/mobile-home-dwellers-hit-even-harder-when-facing-eviction-n1257497.

[9] Isaacson, G. (2019, October 10). Vacancy Falls, Rents Rise for Manufactured Homes. MultiHousing News. https://www.multihousingnews.com/post/vacancy-falls-rents-rise-for-manufactured-homes/.

[10] Choi, J. H., & Goodman, L. (2020, August 21). 22 Million Renters and Owners of Manufactured Homes Are Mostly Left Out of Pandemic Assistance. Urban Institute. https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/22-million-renters-and-owners-manufactured-homes-are-mostly-left-out-pandemic-assistance.

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[askchilchuck]

QUICK, POTION OF WATER BREATHING

A potion of water breathing has been put on the Chiland. Unfortunately, Chilchuck can't access it right now.

[representationofwomeninmedia]

A transgender woman is just as much of a woman as a cis women. But does our society see it that way? Specifically do men see it that way. See in our society we have this thing called a heteronormative matrix. “What is a heteronormative matrix?”, you may ask. To break it down in its simplest form within this matrix being a “man�� is being attracted to woman and reproducing with a woman. To be a woman in this matrix, it’s being attracted to a man and reproducing with a man. Anyone who fall outside of this matrix isn't considered to be “normal”. But what is normal? Well, in our society for woman; being “normal” means being straight and cis. So, what happens when you're neither of  these? Well, for starters you are rarely represented in the media. When reading Redefining Realness Julian says, “While it is important that the public encounters and understands transgender identities and the various experiences with discrimination that transgender women of color face on a regular basis, it is also important to understand that not all transwomen have the same experience or relationship to their transgender identity” (Glover 2016). One of the biggest issues is lack of understanding which is then followed by ignorance.  Are their cis women who are against this transgendered women? Of course, however a majority of the backlash transgender women receive is from cis men. See the issue is they understand. And that lack of understanding is what  leads to their ignorance. It leads to their transphobia. It cause them to try and and tell transgender women that they're not “really a woman”. I have always strongly believe in everyone is entitled to their own opinions. However, when ones “opinion” is actually one person trying to hurt someone else with their words and ignorance, that is the issue. Now, the representation of transgender women in the media has definitely gotten better over the years. But we’re not quite where we need to be. There has been more negative representation of transgender women than positive. “Negative or problematic representation may sensationalize or exploit transgender people. Comical caricatures of transvestites and cross-dressers are common” (Phillips, 22), “as are depictions of transgender people as criminals” (Shelley, 25) “as well as "sex workers, mentally ill ... and as unlovable" (Davis, 8, pp. 16–17). “Additionally, information provided in media about transgender people may frequently be inaccurate, incomplete, or biased or ignore historical context (Chiland,  4; Shelley, 25). If we are going to represent these women we need to represent them correctly. We do so by educating ourselves. How can we represent someone we don't understand? Are we representing them or our own ideas and opinions of them. And it’s pretty clear what those opinions are based on the negative representations that are seen in the media. We cannot represent a group of people based off of our own opinions. We must represent them authentically.

[cablecold1-blog]

Woolsey Fire torches 91,572 acres, destroys 370 homes from coast to canyons

Firefighters are getting a grip on the Woolsey Fire, but mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect for many of the approximately 170,000 residents of Los Angeles County, from Malibu to West Hills in the San Fernando Valley, who have been forced out of their homes since Friday.

For four days, the Woolsey Fire has burned on spots on both sides of the 101 freeway, torching hillsides and coastline across 91,572 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. The size of the perimeter—20 miles by 14 miles, according to Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby—is astounding.

In its path, the blaze has destroyed 377 homes and buildings in the beaches, canyons, and Valley.

Over the weekend, firefighters extinguished flare-ups and kept a hold on the fire’s perimeter, stopping it from spreading south into communities like Pacific Palisades, says Osby. Flames are now 20 percent contained.

“There are no open flame fronts right now,” the chief said late Monday morning.

But powerful Santa Anas remain in the forecast through Tuesday evening, posing a major threat, as wind gusts can easily fan hot spots and whip up embers, igniting dry brush and homes.

On Sunday night, county officials announced they would allow residents in Agoura Hills and Westlake Village to return home, lifting evacuation orders between Chesebro Road and Westlake Boulevard and north of the 101 freeway.

But many of the mandatory evacuation orders in LA County remain in place.

The orders affect multiple communities, including Topanga, where many residents have opted to shelter in place, as well as the entire city of Malibu, which City Councilmember Lou La Monte has said was “hit very, very hard.”

Authorities are telling residents who live in evacuated areas, including Point Dume and Encinal Canyon in Malibu and those served by the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, to either use bottled water or to boil water for 1 minute to kill bacteria before drinking, brushing teeth, and cooking.

“The boil water notices were issued as a result of a significant loss of pressure within district water systems due to firefighting efforts,” says the Los Angeles County Emergency Operations Center.

(A full, up-to-date list of evacuation areas and evacuation centers is listed at the end of this story).

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has also warned residents who live in communities that are still under mandatory evacuation orders to resist the urge to return home.

Even in areas where flames are no longer active, there are downed power lines and trees, smoldering embers that could reignite, limited to no cell service, and dangerous air quality.

“We ask people: Do not go back to those areas,” says Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department chief John Benedict. “Quite frankly, it’s still not safe.”

A home burned down on a hilltop overlooking the Pacific Ocean, photographed on Sunday in Malibu.

AP

The remains of a beachside home in Point Dume.

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Since blowing south from Ventura County over the 101 freeway into Los Angeles early Friday morning, unleashing a barrage of flames on Malibu and neighboring communities, the Woolsey Fire has destroyed at least 370 structures.

La Monte estimates the blaze has ruined “dozens and dozens of homes” in Malibu alone; it has wreaked havoc on Malibu West, Point Dume, Zuma Canyon, and Malibu Lake.

(Woolsey Fire map: See where the wildfire is burning in Ventura, Los Angeles)

The Woolsey fire burns homes in Malibu on Friday.

AP

The fast-moving Woolsey Fire broke out around 3 p.m. Thursday, near Simi Valley. Shortly before dawn Friday, powerful winds, gusting 40 to 50 mph, drove the flames south across the 101 freeway at Liberty Canyon Road and Chesebro Road in Agoura.

“The fire was burning like a torch or flame thrower across the freeway,” KTLA’s Eric Spillman reported. “There were people on the freeway doing U-turns and driving back the way they came from, in darkness with smoke all the way around them. It was just remarkable.”

“The fire was traveling so fast. The [California Highway Patrol] couldn’t keep up with it. We couldn’t keep up with it,” he said.

At 10 a.m. Friday, the city of Malibu issued a citywide mandatory evacuation order, then released a statement two hours later, saying the “fire is now burning out of control and heading into populated areas of Malibu.” Residents were told to evacuate immediately.

As the blaze ripped south toward the coastline, it created apocalyptic scenes.

Residents used the iconic Pacific Coast Highway to flee toward Santa Monica. Parking lots at Zuma Beach were turned into evacuation zones for llamas and other large animals; striking photos show horses on the sand, smoke billowing over the ocean behind them.

Officials with the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area reported around noon Friday that Western Town at Paramount Ranch, where Westworld was filmed, had burned (though the church is apparently still standing).

(Historic adobe, Paramount Ranch, M*A*S*H set burn in Malibu fire.)

Llamas tied to a lifeguard stand on the beach Friday in Malibu.

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Scorched hillsides and damaged power lines are seen along the Pacific Coast Highway near Leo Carrillo State Beach on Saturday.

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Flames overtake the Reagan Ranch, once owned by President Ronald Reagan, at Malibu Creek State Park on Friday.

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Approximately 3,500 students sheltered-in-place overnight at Pepperdine University, and remained there Sunday.

Shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday, the Los Angeles County Coroner reported that it was investigating the deaths of two people on Mulholland Highway in Malibu, an area that burned. The bodies were found “severely burned inside of a stopped vehicle.”

Los Angeles County sheriff’s Commander Scott Gage says detectives believe the driver “may have become disoriented while evacuating” and was “overcome by fire.”

Malibu Wines, a popular wine tasting spot that hosts “safari tours” of its ranch and vineyard, reports that it “lost a considerable portion” of its barns and facilities, but its employees and most of its animals, including the giraffe Stanley, are safe.

The Woolsey Fire approaches homes in Malibu on Friday.

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A massive smoke plume, powered by strong winds, rises above the the Woolsey Fire in Malibu.

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With the 101 shut down, authorities had advised residents to use Pacific Coast Highway to evacuate and to avoid canyon roads; SR 27 from Mulholland to PCH and SR-23 from PCH to Portrero are still closed, and PCH is closed from from Sunset Boulevard to Wood Road.

The 101 freeway, however, reopened Monday morning in both directions (north and southbound off-ramps are closed from Valley Circle to Liberty Canyon).

North of the 101 freeway, flames swept into the Valley community of West Hills late on Friday night, and evacuation centers were set up in Woodland Hills, Pacific Palisades, and Topanga.

In Ventura, one evacuation center, the Thousand Oaks Teen Center, served as a family reunification site earlier this week in the wake of a mass shooting at Borderline Bar and Grill, where 13 people were killed.

“This last 48 hours, 72 hours in Ventura County have been a difficult time,” said Ventura County Supervisor Peter Foy. “People lost their lives in the shooting and now people have lost their homes.”

Trees burn at the entrance to El Matador Beach on Friday.

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Resident Brett Hammond evacuates in Malibu as the Woolsey Fire approaches Friday.

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Meteorologists with the National Weather Service warned early on that the fire could spread rapidly because of gusty winds, low humidity, and “critically dry fuels,” including brush and vegetation.

At multiple points throughout the day Friday, the Los Angeles County Fire Department had to down water-dropping aircraft because of the wind and low visibility, said Osby.

“Our firefighters have been facing some extreme, tough fire conditions that they’ve said they’ve never seen in their lives,” he said.

A red flag warning is in effect through Tuesday, with the strongest winds forecasted to whip through the coast Sunday night and Monday. It’s not just the wind that will complicate the fire fight: Humidity levels are expected to linger in the single digits Monday morning through Tuesday afternoon.

Evacuations in Los Angeles County

Mandatory

Malibu: entire city, plus areas south of 101 freeway, from Ventura County border to Las Virgines/Malibu Canyon, southward to the ocean

Hidden Hills: entire community, residents urged to take Valley Circle Boulevard toward Chatsworth

Calabasas: all residences Parkway Calabasas, including The Oaks, Vista Point, Westridge, Calabasas Hills, Calabasas Park Estates

Monte Nido/Topanga: entire community

Liberty Canyon, west to Decker Canyon and south all the way to Pacific Coast Highway

Las Virgenes/Malibu Canyon east to Decker Canyon and west to Malibu/PCH

Oak Park: entire community

Bell Canyon: entire community

South of Bard Lake, east of Highway 23

South of Highway 101, east of Reino Road, north of Potrero Road, east to the Los Angeles/Ventura County Line

West Hills, west of Valley Circle Boulevard with border to the north at Roscoe Boulevard and to the south at Vanowen Street.

Thousand Oaks: Thousand Oaks Boulevard north to Sunset Hills, from Oak Park west to Highway 23

West of Highway 23, south of Olsen Road, north to Pederson Road

Voluntary

Area north of 101 freeway, south of Bell Canyon Road, west of Valley Circle Boulevard to city limits (shown on this map in yellow)

— Associate editor Bianca Barragan, urbanism editor Alissa Walker, and reporter Elijah Chiland contributed to this report.

This story will be updated.

Source: https://la.curbed.com/2018/11/9/18079170/california-fire-woolsey-evacuations-los-angeles-ventura

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The life of Saint Sava This best-loved Saint of the Serbian people was born in 1169, the son of Stephen Nemanja, Grand Prince of Serbia. He was named Rastko by his parents. At the age of fifteen he was appointed governor of the province of Herzegovina, but worldly power were of no interest to him, and he began to wish to give himself more fully to God. He secretly left home and traveled to Mount Athos, where he became a novice at the Monastery of St Panteleimon. His father learned where he had gone and sent soldiers to bring him back, but before the soldiers could claim him, he was tonsured a monk with the name of Sabbas (Sava), after St Sabbas the Sanctified (December 5). In time, under the influence of his son, Stephen Nemanja abdicated his kingship, and in 1196 he became a monk under the name of Symeon, traveling to the Holy Mountain to join his son. Symeon was quite old, and unable to endure all the ascetic labors of long-time monks, so his son redoubled his own ascetical struggle, telling his father, "I am your ascesis." The two monks together founded the Chilander Monastery, which became the center of Serbian piety and culture. Saint Symeon reposed in 1200, and his body soon began to exude a miracle-working myrrh; thus he is commemorated as St Symeon the Myrrh-streaming (February 13). Saint Sava retired to a hermit's life in a cell on the Holy Mountain, but was compelled to return to the world: his two brothers were at war with one another, causing much bloodshed in Serbia. The Saint returned home with his father's holy relics, mediated between his brothers, and persuaded them to make peace with one another over their father's tomb, restoring peace the Serbian land. At the pleas of the people, St Sava remained in Serbia thereafter. He persuaded the Emperor and the Patriarch of Constantinople to grant autocephaly to the Church in Serbia. Against his will, he was ordained first Archbishop of his land in 1219. He labored tirelessly to establish the Orthodox Faith, for, though his father had been a Christian, many of the people were still pagan. In old age he resigned the episcopal throne and went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land. While returning from his pilgrimage, he fell asleep in peace in 1236.

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7 ways you can help the homeless in Los Angeles

In January 2018, the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count counted an estimated 31,516 people experiencing homelessness on any given night in the city of Los Angeles. Those numbers are down slightly from the year before, but it’s still a daunting statistic for a city that is home to the largest unsheltered population in the country.

Thanks to the passage of Measures H and HHH, the city has more tools than ever to tackle the crisis, and there are finally some signs that efforts to house LA’s most vulnerable residents might be working. Earlier this year, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced A Bridge to Home, an effort to build emergency shelters in each council district, and issued an executive directive to fast-track their construction.

To help monitor the city's progress, the United Way launched the Everyone In campaign, where Angelenos can advocate for new housing solutions in their neighborhoods, and urge elected officials to address the problem. Councilmembers each made a pledge to create 222 new supportive housing units in their districts, and loosened restrictions to speed up their delivery. Several of these projects have already broken ground.

We asked experts and local homelessness advocates what else Angelenos can do. Their answers and solutions are below.

1. Volunteer

Many Angelenos have made serving food at a shelter or kitchen part of their holiday season traditions. But homeless organizations need year-round support, including a wide range of ongoing, lesser-known skills like tutoring, resume-editing, and child care.

Many Skid Row shelters, including the Downtown Women’s Center and Los Angeles Mission have new volunteer orientations every month. You can even sign up for “group serve” events where you’ll volunteer as a team with friends or coworkers. Or check out opportunities on Volunteer Match, which are located all over the city.

2. Build an ADU to house someone

After the state relaxed local ordinances that make it easier for homeowners to build an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) or granny shack on their properties, applications skyrocketed.

Now LA County has launched a pilot program where qualifying homeowners can receive up to $75,000 in funding—as well as a streamlined permitting process—to construct ADUs if they rent the units to formerly homeless individuals. The prefab company Cover built a new tool so homeowners can see what size ADU is allowed on their property.

State Sen. Bob Wieckowski, who sponsored the original ADU bill, is working on more legislation to help clear hurdles for property owners. “The power should go to the homeowner, not the government, if they want to help with the housing crisis,” he told Curbed. “We should let them chip in.”

New bridge housing for people experiencing homelessness is located in a parking lot alongside the El Pueblo de Los Angeles historic monument.

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3. Donate in-kind goods

Many local homeless organizations accept donations, both monetary and in-kind. “Unrestricted general funds go directly to the women we serve, and donating is a quick, simple way to make a big impact,” says Ana Velouise of the Downtown Women’s Center. But the center needs in-kind goods, too.

“We’re always in need of clean socks and underwear, sleeping bags, and travel-sized toiletries,” says Velouise.

Check out the center’s Amazon wish list for an quick way to purchase additional items that can be shipped directly to the center. Most missions and shelters have similar lists to make donating easy.

Neighborhood support can help get housing projects approved, like this Skid Row Housing Trust development in Westlake.

Skid Row Housing Trust

4. Advocate for affordable housing

Voters have approved several ballot measures to give money to more homelessness solutions, but there are still roadblocks in the way. Your participation in public meetings could help sway lawmakers to change city policies.

“It is crucial for residents who support [building] more homes to turn out to hearings and to contact decision makers about proposed housing developments,” says Mark Vallianatos of Abundant Housing. “Otherwise only NIMBY voices will be heard.” Sign up for Abundant Housing’s weekly action alert to find out where you can advocate for new homes.

Currently there are groups working to block the opening of emergency shelters, also known as bridge housing. Find out where shelters are being proposed in your council district, and contact your councilmember to find out how to show your support for these projects.

A homeless encampment on Spring Street, photographed on May 1, 2017.

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5. Sign up for the Homeless Count

“The annual Homeless Count doesn’t just give us an accurate picture of how many people we can help, it gives us the information we need to find and fund real, supportive solutions,” says Elise Buik, CEO of United Way of Greater Los Angeles. “We need everyone in to get everyone into homes and the Homeless Count volunteers are key to achieving that goal.”

With reporting centers all over the county, you can sign up for a location near you each January. Beyond helping the city learn where to target its efforts, it’s a good way to get to know your neighbors and serve your community.

6. Take a walking tour of Skid Row

With almost 60,000 residents, LA’s homeless community could be its own city. Thinking about it that way can help Angelenos cope with the crisis, says Adam Murray, executive director of Inner City Law Center.

In a Los Angeles Times op-ed, Murray vividly describes the demographics of “Homeless City,” which includes about 5,000 local children. Inner City Law Center offers a real-life way to understand the scope of homelessness in LA with walking tours through Skid Row, led by local residents.

“If we stop for a moment and consider what is around us, we see what will make Homeless City a smaller and healthier place: more affordable housing, higher incomes, more healthcare and social services and earlier interventions,” Murray writes.

The monthly walking tours take place at 10 a.m. on Fridays. Sign up here for details.

Homeless veteran Kendrick Bailey outside his tent on a street corner near Skid Row.

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7. Just say “hello”

“It sounds simple and that you may not be making a difference, but when you make eye contact with someone who is often ignored, someone who has been struggling to maintain their dignity, you are telling them that in that moment you see them,” says Jackie Vorhauer of Skid Row Housing Trust, which provides permanent supportive housing for 2,000 people in 26 buildings throughout LA County.

“They are not invisible. So say hello. It may help them hang on to tomorrow when an opportunity for housing presents itself,” says Vorhauer.

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Source: https://la.curbed.com/2018/1/22/16911052/homeless-count-volunteer-donate-housing

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Zsa Zsa Gabor’s Longtime Bel Air Mansion Sells For $20.8M

The glitzy Bel Air estate where Hollywood icon Zsa Zsa Gabor lived for four decades sold last week for roughly twice the price it went for in 2017, shortly after the actress’s death. (FROM CURBED LA)

Gabor and her ninth and final husband, Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, accepted an offer on the house in 2012, but because of an unusual arrangement that allowed the couple to continue living in the home for the rest of Gabor’s life, the sale wasn’t fully completed for another five years.

The home’s new owner, developer Albert Taban (whose firm, Jade Enterprises, is now hard at work in Downtown LA’s South Park neighborhood), reportedly considered redeveloping the property, but eventually put it back on the market in July.

Now, property records show the nearly 9,000-square-foot mansion has found a buyer for a whopping $20.8 million.

Built in 1955, the Regency-style estate is so gloriously over-the-top that HBO’s location scouts selected the property to stand in for Liberace’s house in Behind the Candelabra. Featuring six bedrooms and seven bathrooms, it also boasts parquet floors, mirrored walls, and ornate chandeliers and sconces.

It may not be around for long, though. According to listing material, the sale of the property included plans for a 24,020-square-foot megamansion with a parking garage the size of two single-family homes.

WRITTEN BY ELIJAH CHILAND FOR CURBED LA