Los Angeles (CBSLA) – Leticia Ruiz doesn’t really enjoy sitting on her veranda in Koreatown these days because the mountain of rubbish covers her neighbor’s front yard.

The putrid smell and the numerous living things allow you to retreat to the safety of your home.

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“Every time I had a complaint someone came, they took a picture and that was it,” said Leticia Ruiz. “You would just write a letter … and nothing (would) happen.

The 2.40 m high rubbish wall contains items such as old doors, lamps and laundry baskets. It has been cited multiple times by the city for violating the code since 2010, according to records from the Los Angeles Department of Construction and Security. Ruiz and her neighbors on Harvard Boulevard said they had filed complaints with the city for several years, but nothing had ever happened. However, one day after the story was broadcast, prosecutors confirmed that the homeowner had signed an “entry permit” that allows crews to clean up the garbage free of charge at 8am on Thursday.

“I’m so happy,” said Ruiz. “Everyone is so happy.”

Other neighbors shared Ruiz’s sense of relief after watching the garbage pile gradually grow for over a decade.

“I’m finally glad that something is being done about it,” said neighbor Edward Lim.

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Hoarders in Koreatown

The homeowner could not be reached for a conversation.

According to a family friend, a 90-year-old woman lives in the house with her son, who has been hoarding junk for years.

“I’ve seen the resident get in and out of their car a couple of times and they have things that keep getting worse,” said neighbor Sharonda Williams.

Family, friends and neighbors were concerned for the elderly woman’s well-being as she had difficulty moving and had fallen several times.

On Tuesday afternoon, firefighters, medical professionals and representatives from Councilor Mark Ridley Thomas’s office visited the homeowner to ensure her safety. After the 90-year-old homeowner confirmed her health and safety, she signed the agreement to have the property clean up through the city.

While the neighbors understand this is a step in the right direction, some additional concerns have emerged.

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“The only major concern I have right now is that as soon as we remove these things, all of the inconvenience that was in there will come out and hopefully not end up in our house,” said Lim. At least it is now hopefully done . “

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The architecture firm Woods Bagot has clad a block of flats in San Francisco’s Dogpatch district with a five-story green wall.

The residential building, named 2177 Third Street, includes 114 condominiums with amenities like a private courtyard, beach access, and a spa – or “spa” – for dogs.

2177 Third Street is in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco

Once a center of the shipbuilding industry, the Dogpatch harbor district is now home to trendy bars and cafes.

Woods Bagot designed the block of flats to take advantage of California’s mild climate, with an inner courtyard and individual balconies. Open pedestrian bridges connect different parts of the building and let the wind through.

The green wall is five stories high

The living wall, which covers much of the exterior, was created by Habitat Horticulture’s local living wall specialists and contains 13 species of plants, such as geranium and agapanthus, arranged in a swirling pattern.

“Many of these were chosen to attract local pollinators, and any day you can find honeybees, moths and bumblebees all at the same time,” said David Brenner, founder of Habitat Horticulture.

“Our approach carefully examines the microclimate, potential growth rates and lighting levels of the installation space to ensure that an appropriate type is specified for each location on the wall,” he told Dezeen.

Teal glazed bricks are from a local supplier

The green wall at 2177 Third Street is 14.6 meters high and 7.6 meters wide.

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Habitat Horticulture carries out maintenance work on the lower part of the wall on a monthly basis. A swing stage is used twice a year to maintain the upper portions and, if necessary, to replace plants.

The green wall is visible from inside the building

The wall is visible through floor-to-ceiling glazing that lines the corridors on all levels of the building. The green complements the bronze-colored facade of the building with box-shaped balconies that protrude between the window walls.

“A simple window wall system for the facade integrates bespoke bronze anodized aluminum profiles that frame the 4.5 meter long facade modules,” Woods Bagot told Dezeen.

“A mixture of framed balconies and metallic fritted glass gives the exterior of the building a dynamic look.”

Pedestrian bridges overlook the courtyard

On the ground floor, the shop windows are framed by glazed blue-green bricks that are sourced locally from the Dogpatch district.

Bronze accents can be found in the lobby, with highlighting the elevator doors and reception counter.

A rooftop lounge offers fire pits for residents to gather in, and the condominiums at 2177 Third Street also provide access to a co-working space, bike repair shop, and resident lounge with a “kitchen / kitchen”.

2177 Third Street is crowned by a rooftop terrace with fire pits

Woods Bagot is a global architecture firm founded in Australia in 1896. The office’s recent US projects include a Manhattan restaurant and the office’s own New York offices.

The photograph is courtesy of Woods Bagot.

Project Loans:

Client: Align real estate
Woods Bagot Architectural Team: Guion Childress and Hannah Cao
Woods Bagot interior team: Katy Mercer and Hannah Cao
Landscape architecture: Marina Design Group and Surface
Structural analysis: Nishkian Menninger
Civil engineer: BKF engineers
Mechanical and electrical engineer: Meyers + engineers
Sanitary engineering: SJ engineers
Living wall: Horticulture habitat
Facade: AGA design build
Sustainability consultant: Urban Fabrick

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November 7, 2021 10:00 am

Americans have had a period of exceptional mobility – and the top city Americans are moving to is Sarasota, Florida.

The high cost of living and real estate prices in large coastal cities like New York and San Francisco are part of the reason Americans move. Low mortgage rates have also made homes more affordable, and the COVID-19 pandemic has allowed people who work from home to move from cities where their businesses have offices to almost anywhere in the country. (These are the best cities to live and work from home in 2021.)

A by-product of this increased mobility is that home prices have skyrocketed in some modest (by population) states and cities. The people of Idaho, Oregon, Tennessee, and South Carolina along with a few cities have huddled within their borders. The 2021 census data will likely show more than the US average population growth in these states and cities.

24/7 Wall St. reviewed a study by the major Mayflower moving company, entitled “Find home.” Mayflower’s data from locations where the company supported a total of 800 or more moves showed the locations – states and cities – with the most inbound moves between July 2019 and July 2021.

The states with the most inbound moves were Idaho, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida.

In addition to migration data, a survey was conducted between September 13 and September 23, 2021 that claims to reflect the US population by gender, generation, and census by region.

The survey found that “nearly three-quarters of Americans (74%) feel they have a hometown”. However, the meaning of “hometown” is not the same among respondents: “58% consider their hometown to be the place they come from, while 42% consider their hometown to be the place where they currently live.”

Whether people are moving to or from their new hometown or not, the city with the most inbound moves was Sarasota, Florida, where 76.9% of all moves were recorded. It was followed by Wilmington, North Carolina; Fort Myers, Florida; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Boise, Idaho. Find out if these cities are some of the best cities to live in.

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Americans went through a period of extraordinary mobility. The high cost of living and real estate in large coastal cities like New York and San Francisco are partly responsible. Also, low mortgage rates have made homes more affordable, and the COVID-19 pandemic has made it possible for people who work from home to move from cities where their businesses have offices to almost anywhere in the country.

An iconic by-product of mobility is that home prices have skyrocketed in some (by population) humble states and cities. The people of Idaho, Oregon, Tennessee, and South Carolina along with a few cities have huddled within their borders. The 2021 census data is likely to show population growth in these states and cities in excess of the US average.

Mayflower, the major moving company, recently published a study called Finding Home.

The study measured the moves of people who entered the state and the city between July 2019 and July 2021. The data were collected between September 13th and September 23rd. The study claims that the data reflects gender, generation, and measures from the census by region. The researchers drew one conclusion from the data:

[It] reported that nearly three-quarters of Americans (74%) feel they have a hometown. However, the meaning of “hometown” is in the eye of the beholder: 58% consider their hometown to be the place they come from, while 42% consider their hometown to be the place where they currently live.

The states with the most inbound moves were Idaho, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida.

The city with the most inbound moves was Sarasota, Florida, which was home to 76.9% of all moves. It was followed by Wilmington, Fort Myers, Santa Fe and Boise.

Here are the top 10 cities where people are moving:

• Sarasota, Florida (76.9% incoming)
• Wilmington, NC (75.9% incoming)
• Fort Myers-Cape Coral, Florida (75.1% incoming)
• Santa Fe, NM (73.1% incoming)
• Boise, Idaho (69.8% incoming)
• Huntsville, Alaska (68.0% incoming)
• Daytona Beach, Florida (66.8% incoming)
• Knoxville, Tennessee (66.7% incoming)
• Nashville, Tennessee (65.1% incoming)
• West Palm Beach, Florida (64.7% incoming)

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (CBS SF) – Eine Wand aus Flammen des Caldor Fire brauste am Montagabend über dem Echo Summit am Highway 50 und raste den Berghang hinunter in Richtung Lake Tahoe Basin, wo Tausende von Einwohnern gezwungen waren, ihre Häuser in einer Massenflucht zu verlassen, die verstopft die wenigen Wege aus der Region.

Flammen brannten auf beiden Seiten des kurvenreichen Abhangs des Highway 50 – ein bekannter Straßenabschnitt für Besucher, die nach Tahoe reisen – in den Highway 89 und Meyers. Es gab Berichte, dass sich das Feuer am Montagabend in das südliche Ende von Meyers verlagerte.

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„Das ist auch ein Klettergebiet da oben. Dieser Hang. Es ist gekocht“, sagte Will Cottrell.

Der 77-Jährige wartete bis zur letzten Minute, um sein Zuhause südlich von Meyers zu verlassen, schaltete die Sprinkler ein und packte alles zusammen, was er konnte

„Ich bin Arzt und deshalb ist mein gesamtes medizinisches Homeoffice, in dem ich letztes Jahr arbeiten musste, jetzt hinten im Auto gequetscht“, sagte Cottrell, als Flammen seine Nachbarschaft umgaben. “Was ich jetzt sehe, sagt Bail-out.”

Laut CalFire haben sie zusätzliche Streikteams gerufen, um zu versuchen, die Tausenden von Häusern und Geschäften im Tahoe-Becken zu schützen, die vom Caldor-Feuer bedroht sind.

„Dies ist derzeit die oberste Priorität in der Nation bei Waldbränden, daher können wir die Ressourcen beschaffen, die wir brauchen“, sagte Captain Bob Foxworthy.

Inzwischen hatte South Lake Tahoe – eine Gemeinde mit fast 22.000 Einwohnern – das Aussehen einer Geisterstadt angenommen. Stundenlang machten sich Evakuierte, die aus ihren Häusern gezwungen wurden, langsam in Sicherheit. Unter ihnen war Mel Smothers, der aus seinem Fahrzeug stieg und den Autofahrern mit seiner Geige ein Ständchen brachte.

Während sich der Verkehr, der South Lake Tahoe verließ, zu einem Kriechgang verlangsamte, als Tausende von Einwohnern aus der Gegend flohen – viele sagten, es dauerte mehrere Stunden, um nur ein oder zwei Meilen zu bewegen – waren die Straßen am frühen Montagabend unheimlich ruhig und verkehrsfrei.

KPIX-Reporterin Katie Nielsen war dabei, als Feuerwehrleute ihren letzten Graben machten und versuchten, das Caldor-Feuer davon abzuhalten, über den Echo Summit in das darunterliegende Tahoe-Becken zu kommen, als der Wind am Montagabend kurz vor 18 Uhr weiter aufwirbelte und die Flammen entfachte.

Das passiert beim #EchoSummit auf dem #CaldorFiee. Winde versuchen, das Feuer über den Gipfel und hinunter zum #TahoeBasin zu blasen. Red Flag Winds passieren jetzt. @KPIXtv pic.twitter.com/tvtdXap1HU

— Katie Nielsen (@KatieKPIX) 31. August 2021

Nielsen berichtete später aus den größtenteils menschenleeren Straßen von South Lake Tahoe, als das Feuer über dem Gipfel ausbrach. Die einzigen Menschen, die noch anwesend waren, waren die Bewohner, die keine Autos hatten, um aus der Gegend zu evakuieren. Sie waren zu sehen, wie sie Rucksäcke und Seesäcke mit ihren Habseligkeiten zu den Evakuierungsbussen trugen, die das Gebiet verlassen würden.

Evakuierungszentren wurden im Douglas County Community Center in 1329 Waterloo Lane in Gardnerville, Nevada und in der Truckee Veterans Hall in der 10214 High Street in Truckee eingerichtet.

Im Skigebiet Sierra-at-Tahoe verwandelten Mannschaften Beschneiungsmaschinen in provisorische Feuerwehrschläuche. Die Behörden sagten, das Feuer habe einen Teil des Landes und der umliegenden Bäume verkohlt, aber die Feuerwehrleute konnten alle Gebäude des Resorts retten und glauben, dass alle Sessellifte noch intakt sind.

Am Montagabend wuchs das wütende Feuer auf mehr als 186.568 Hektar an und war zu 15 Prozent eingedämmt. Drei Feuerwehrleute und zwei Zivilisten wurden verletzt und ein Polizeibeamter aus Galt, der auf dem Weg zur Polizei in der Brandzone war, kam bei einem Unfall ums Leben.

Um 11 Uhr wurde die Evakuierung des unteren Lake Tahoe-Beckens angeordnet. Alle Anwohner wurden angewiesen, das Gebiet östlich auf dem Highway 50 in Richtung Nevada zu verlassen.

Caldor Fire Evakuierungsbefehl für den 30.08.21 um 11:00 Uhr pic.twitter.com/g1WxBKeWds

– CAL FIRE AEU (@CALFIREAEU) 30. August 2021

Caldor Fire Chief Thom Porter sagte bei einem Briefing über die Waldbrände des Staates, dass das Caldor Fire seit Sonntag um mehr als 20.000 Morgen gewachsen sei und sich das Feuer unter Umständen in alle Richtungen ausbreitete.

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„Schwierige Straßenverhältnisse, schwer zugänglich. Es brennt in schwerem Holz, nur sehr, sehr schwierige Bedingungen“, sagte Porter. „Wir haben manchmal Fortschritte gemacht. Ich habe letzte Woche darüber berichtet, wie wir effektiv eine Inversion haben, die die Feueraktivität gewissermaßen eindämmt. Aber wenn sich die Luft dann klart, ist es, als würde man einen Topf mit kochendem Wasser den Deckel abnehmen. Plötzlich kommt diese Wolke aus Hitze und Dampf heraus, dasselbe passiert bei einem Feuer. Außerdem saugt es Sauerstoff aus allen Richtungen an, setzt Brände und punktiert Brände in alle Richtungen. Das ist gestern passiert.”

Porter sagte, nachdem die Flammen Twin Bridges und das Skigebiet Sierra-at-Tahoe erreicht hatten, war das Feuer jetzt im Tahoe-Becken mit Punktbränden in den Gebieten Lower Echo Lake, Aloha Lake und Desolation Wilderness.

Es war auch das zweite Mal, dass ein Waldbrand ein Ende der Sierra zum anderen überquerte, ein weiteres Beispiel für die beispiellose Waldbrandsituation des Staates.

“Wir hatten noch keine Waldbrände von einer Seite der Sierras zur anderen”, sagte Porter. „Das haben wir mit dem Dixie gemacht [Fire], jetzt haben wir mit dem Caldor. Zweimal in unserer Geschichte und beide passieren diesen Monat. Wir müssen uns also wirklich bewusst sein, dass es in Kalifornien Feueraktivitäten gibt, die wir noch nie zuvor gesehen haben.“

Porter forderte diejenigen, die sich in Evakuierungswarngebieten befinden, auf, eine frühzeitige Evakuierung in Betracht zu ziehen, bevor eine obligatorische Evakuierungsanordnung erlassen wird.

„Sei jetzt bereit. Seien Sie jetzt bereit, bevor es eine Warnung gibt“, sagte Porter. „Wenn es eine Warnung gibt, packt man alles ins Auto und fährt los, oder man wartet auf die Bestellung und geht. Seien Sie jetzt bereit.“

Das Sheriff-Department des El Dorado County hatte am Montagmorgen obligatorische Evakuierungsbefehle für das Westufer des Lake Tahoe von Emerald Bay nach Tahoma auf der Placer County-Linie und dann nach Westen bis zur Grenze der Desolation Wilderness erlassen.

Der Auftrag umfasste auch das Wohn- und Gewerbegebiet, das bis zur Kreuzung des Highway 50 mit dem Lake Tahoe Boulevard führt – einer beliebten Abzweigung zu den Casinos in Stateline – und das Gebiet östlich des Pioneer Trail und südlich des Skigebiets Heavenly Valley Erholungsort.

Die Evakuierungen erfolgten, weil das Feuer in beängstigender Geschwindigkeit vorrückte.

„Wir hatten einen Flächengewinn von mehr als 25.000 Acres“, sagte Tim Ernst, Chief Operations Chief von Cal Fire. “Gestern hat es das Feuer aufgrund des Wetterwechsels um etwa 8 1/2 Meilen nach Osten verschoben.”

Das Feuer machte am Sonntag einen Lauf von Strawberry auf dem Highway 50 nordöstlich zum Echo Lake, wo es am Montagmorgen brannte.

„In diesem Bereich gingen eine Reihe von Strukturen verloren“, sagte Ernst.

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Die Aufgabe, das Caldor-Feuer einzudämmen, wird für die Feuerwehr in den nächsten Tagen nicht einfacher. Bis Mittwochabend gilt für die Region eine Rote Flaggenwarnung mit heißen Temperaturen, niedriger Luftfeuchtigkeit und starken Winden.

Red Flag Warning jetzt in Kraft und wurde verlängert

Jetzt – Mittwoch 23 Uhr
N. Sierra & S. Kaskaden
Böser Wind & extrem trocken

Sind Sie auf ein Lauffeuer vorbereitet? Besuchen Sie https://t.co/4PbDmtOuXj für Tipps zur Vorbereitung. #CAwx #CAfire pic.twitter.com/X4UH8xntNw

– NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) 30. August 2021

Bisher haben die Flammen 472 Häuser zerstört – viele davon in der vom Feuer verwüsteten Gemeinde Grizzly Flats – und bedrohten weitere 21.451 Gebäude. In den kleinen Gemeinden, die den Highway 50 säumen – eine Hauptverkehrsader zwischen Sacramento und South Lake Tahoe – wurden über 24.000 Einwohner aus ihren Häusern vertrieben.

In der Nacht zum Sonntag wurden Bewohner von Myers, Fallen Leaf Lake, Kirkwood und Christmas Valley aufgefordert, ihre Häuser sofort zu verlassen, als Hütten in der Nähe von Camp Sacramento brannten. Flammen bedrohten das Skigebiet Sierra-at-Tahoe, in dem riesige Beschneiungsmaschinen verwendet wurden, um das Gelände zu benetzen und 25 zusätzliche Streikteams in den Kampf geschickt wurden, um zu verhindern, dass Flammen in South Lake Tahoe brüllten.

Vorsorglich setzten Beamte auch Schulbusse und Krankenwagen ein, um das Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe zu evakuieren.

KALDOR-FEUER:

„Heute war ein harter Tag“, sagte Jeff Marsolais, National Forest Supervisor von El Dorado, bei einer Pressekonferenz am Sonntagabend. „Da gibt es keine Knochen. Ich denke, das Team leistet hervorragende Arbeit, um vor einem sich sehr entwickelnden Feuer zu bleiben … Heute hat es losgelassen.“

Erich Schwab, Chef der Feuerwehrabteilung von Cal, sagte, die Aufhellung des Himmels am Sonntag habe aufsteigende Pyrocumulus-Wolken ausgelöst, die die Flammen am östlichen Rand der massiven Flamme aufpeitschten.

„Um es ins rechte Licht zu rücken, wir haben in den letzten Wochen jeden Tag etwa eine halbe Meile Bewegung auf dem Umkreis des Feuers gesehen, und heute hat sich dies bereits bei uns mit 2,5 Meilen bewegt, ohne Anzeichen dafür, dass es so ist beginnt sich zu verlangsamen “, sagte er auf der Pressekonferenz am Sonntagabend.

Und jetzt sollte am Montag um 14 Uhr eine Warnmeldung für böige Winde und knochentrockene Luftfeuchtigkeit in Kraft treten.

Das Feuer ist auf die Nordseite des Highway 50 übergesprungen und auf Ralston Ridge entstanden. Die Besatzungen ergriffen Verteidigungsmaßnahmen, um die Gebäude im Süden des Skigebiets Sierra-at-Tahoe zu schützen, aber Nachtfotos aus dem Resort zeigten Flammen, die sich den Skiliften näherten.

In der Nähe von Camp Sacramento verbrannte das Feuer am Sonntagabend mehrere Hütten entlang der Mt. Ralston Road.

Feuersturm in der Nähe von Camp Sacramento, als Feuer den Highway 50 von S nach N überquerte, erheblicher Sachschaden #CaldorFire pic.twitter.com/2YLvlbeAEW

— craig philpott (@CphilpottCraig) 30. August 2021

Tragische Verluste zumindest zwischen Camp Sacramento und der Sierra Tahoe abbiegen. Unbekanntes E von dort. #CaldorFire Hwy 50 mit Blick nach Norden in Richtung Osten pic.twitter.com/8amM7NZ7cW

— craig philpott (@CphilpottCraig) 30. August 2021

Tahoe ist ein attraktiver Urlaubsort für Einwohner der Bay Area, insbesondere mit dem bevorstehenden Labor Day-Wochenende, aber der Feuerwehrchef von South Lake Tahoe, Clive Savacool, sagte, wenn sie gerade in der Gegend sind, müssen sie gehen.

„Touristen sollten weg sein“, sagte er. „Wenn noch jemand als Tourist hier ist, muss er packen und gehen. Jeder, der nicht in South Lake Tahoe sein muss, muss jetzt raus.“

Unter den vielen anderen Herausforderungen, denen die 3.500 Feuerwehrleute im Kampf gegen die Flammen gegenüberstehen, ist ein Gelände, das seinen eigenen Wind erzeugt.

„Dieses Feuer befindet sich in einem Gebiet mit mehreren tiefen, steilen Abflüssen“, sagte Steve Volmer, ein Brandverhaltensanalyst bei Cal Fire. „Wir haben ein Sprichwort: ‚Wo Wasser fließt, geht Wind.’ Sie können also alle Problembereiche des Feuers sehen, in denen wir Probleme in diesen tiefen, steilen Abflüssen entlang des Highway 50 hatten … Sie (die Winde) senden weiterhin Punktbrände entlang des Highway 50 aus, unten in Camp Creek und Slug Bergschlucht.”

Diese Stellen werden 3/4 Meile vor dem Hauptfeuer gezündet.

Volmer sagte, die Flammen würden auch durch die Brandgeschichte der Region angeheizt.

„Im Moment haben wir viel schweres, totes Daunenmaterial in diesem Brandbereich“, sagte er. „Das Gebiet hat sehr wenig Feuergeschichte, die bis 1940 zurückreicht, und fast keine aufgezeichnete Feuergeschichte vor 1940. Es gibt eine große Anzahl von Holzstämmen mit extrem großem Durchmesser, die immer noch in Flammen stehen. Sie brennen immer noch ab und produzieren immer noch den ganzen Rauch.“

Die Feuerwehrleute werden sich auch mit den Wetterbedingungen zur Warnung vor der Roten Flagge über der Feuerzone befassen, die sich am frühen Montag entwickeln und bis in den Dienstag hineinreichen werden.

Der Meteorologe von Cal Fire, Jim Dudley, sagte, dass die Winde in den oberen Lagen in der Nähe des Echo Summit bis zu 35 Meilen pro Stunde erreichen werden.

„Diese werden Sonntagnacht beginnen und die Geschwindigkeiten am Montag erhöhen und sie werden bis Montagnacht und bis Dienstag andauern“, sagte Dudley über die Winde.

Der Highway 50 ist von der Ausfahrt Sly Park Road bis zum Autobahnkreuz Highway 89 in Meyers weiterhin gesperrt.

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Das Feuer, das erstmals am 14. August in der Nähe der Gemeinde Grizzly Flats gemeldet wurde, wird voraussichtlich nicht vor dem 8. September vollständig eingedämmt sein. Beamte sagten, die Ursache werde untersucht.

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Last June, when most of the world remained closed, the Svane Family Foundation commissioned Bay Area artists with $ 10,000 each to create 100 new works, and paid out a total of $ 1 million. It was the foundation’s first program since its inception in 2019, and now the next phase is starting: an online auction and exhibition of the works resulting from the project entitled “Ark” at the San Francisco Art Institute from 7 to 27 May September. (Proceeds from the sale will benefit Bay Area ArtSpan, a nonprofit.)

We spoke to foundation founder Mikkel Svane, who is also CEO of software company Zendesk, about his move to collecting and how art philanthropy has made him rethink his own buying habits.

What was your first purchase (and how much did you pay for it)?

There are pieces in my collection that date back to a childhood portrait, so it’s almost impossible to remember when you first bought it. What really changed my approach to collecting was the Hospitality House Community Arts Program in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, next to our Zendesk office. I got drawn into it and ended up talking to people who lived in really difficult circumstances, but who had this opportunity to support themselves with their work. I was amazed how this studio and gallery could do such a good job of struggling with so much people, embracing the raw expression of life in this part of town, and that my art purchases were of immediate benefit to the life of the Artist would have. I think the first piece I bought there was by Charles Blackwell, and since then many, many works have been created. Eventually I started helping organize their annual fundraising auction, which resulted in my overall commitment to the local art scene here.

What was your last purchase?

Works by Camila Fernandez, Donna Personna, Lord Fredrick and Alicia Mccarthy, all on the Hospitality House auction. And a couple of random Danish nature paintings that remind me of home.

Woody De Othello, Face to Face (2021). Courtesy of the Svane Family Foundation.

Which works or artists would you like to add to your collection this year?

One of Woody De Othello’s ceramic pieces that has not yet come out of the gallery. There’s only so much space on the wall so you’ll have to collect media that don’t need it! There can be a lot of ceramics this year. I also recently bought Jackie Browns Cheetah camo and chiaozzas Bouquet sculpture No. 2 by Hashimoto Contemporary.

What is the most expensive work of art you own?

I have to insist that what you get out of a piece does not correlate with its price. I think my favorite piece I own is a Joe Turek painting. White collarwhich was not expensive, but really impressed me during the time I lived with it.

Where do you most often buy art?

Of course our local galleries, especially Jessica Silverman Gallery, Hashimoto Contemporary, Part 2 Gallery, Rebecca Camacho Presents, the Luggage Store and Gallery Wendi Norris. Artistic is a great pastime. And I follow these little auctions in Europe – there are so many jewels to discover there. I just found something special Robert Bechtle painting from an auction in Paris.

Is there a job that you regret buying?

My only regret is that I’m limited to how much I can collect. Wall space is limited, especially city life. We just moved to find more!

Emilio Villalba, Sixpack (2019). Courtesy of the Svane Family Foundation.

What work do you have hanging over your sofa? How does it look in your bathroom?

Now that we’re moving it’s up for discussion, but before packing we had a piece of Art Collaboration twfive, Venus and the swans, above a sofa. Above others were Emilio Villalbas Six pack, a painting of cigarettes (I always say collecting art is like smoking, it’s fun, and addicting), and Tammy Rae Carlands I’m dying here (Carole + Mitzi) –all “Ark” artists – and Peter Gronquists Ferns and roses. I hang my kids’ pictures in the bathroom and bedroom mixed with the professional artists so they are some of the first and last works I see today.

What’s the most impractical piece of art you own?

This huge painting by Casey Gray, The pursuit of happinessthat I wasn’t sure would even fit in the house. We had to test it out before buying it. Also a Jeppe Hein sculpture made of two balloons, Wishes for twothat you need to fix to the ceiling with magnets. But I never buy art for practical reasons other than to support local artists and keep the city creative and interesting.

Dashiell Manley, Black Rotation (2019). Courtesy of the Svane Family Foundation.

What work would you have liked to have bought when you had the opportunity?

That’s the thing, you almost always regret it if you don’t react faster. Dashiell Manley’s last show on Jessica Silverman is a huge regret. Got a little bit, but hesitated too long with my feet and missed what I really wanted.

At the beginning of the pandemic, I couldn’t buy anything. It just felt absurd. But then I realized how important it was to support local artists financially as all their options dried up, and to support them emotionally – to encourage them to keep working. So we made the Svane Family Foundation’s first program a commissioned composition of 100 pieces that will be featured on the Ark show in September. It was a bit of a revelation – why spend $ 1 million on a single work when that amount can support a whole community of artists?

If you could steal a piece of art without getting caught, which one would it be?

There is this very special piece at SFMOMA, Robert Bechtle Alameda Gran Torino (1974), a painting of a car with wood paneling. It reminds me of my father who grew up in the USA during the war and always told us these stories when I grew up in Denmark. It represents that kind of Americana that I associate with my childhood and my father.

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A Google Street view of the Hajoca showroom in Hendersonville, NC.

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Six months after a wall under construction on a plumber’s branch collapsed, killing a bricklayer and injuring four others, three North Carolina state companies were charged and fined.

A notice from the North Carolina Department of Labor said that distributor Hajoca Corp. and Robert Crawford Masonry were each cited with an alleged willful willful gross violation and an alleged serious violation of the North Carolina Labor Protection Act, with each company fined $ 30,800. The department also cited Pinnacle Grading Co. Inc. with alleged serious breach of the law and fined $ 2,800.

According to the city of Hendersonville, on the morning of Jan. 13, a retaining wall under construction in the parking lot of Hajoca’s showroom in Hendersonville, NC, collapsed, trapping five contracted masonry members underneath. A press release said a crew member who got away with minor injuries said that four other members were working with him. Rescue workers rescued three of them, followed by the 37-year-old man who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two of the injured were flown to hospitals and one was taken to a hospital by ambulance.

Hajoca describes itself as the United States’ largest private wholesaler of plumbing, heating and industrial supplies. It’s also one of the oldest – founded in 1858. Headquartered in Lafayette Hill, PA, northwest of Philadelphia, the company employs approximately 3,500 people.

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The Port of San Francisco (which manages 12 miles of the city’s waterfront, including the three miles that are supported by the seawall) had assumed the wall needed to be replaced, but it didn’t know how urgent until 2016 when officials did one preliminary study published the seismic vulnerabilities. Unlike some levees, San Francisco offers structural support as well as flood protection. The following 2020 report details its weaknesses on both fronts. As climate change raises sea levels, the dike will increasingly have to function in a context for which it was not designed. Since an earthquake could happen any day, the port has an immediate priority to ensure the integrity of the dike in such an event. However, the rise in sea level and its uncertainties as to how fast and how high must also be taken into account. Decisions now made to reduce risk must take into account the unrecognizable.

Patrick King, who heads port and maritime work at Jacobs, the engineering office that manages the port’s resilience program, formulates the urgent challenge of designing a future waterfront. “This infrastructure was built for a specific environment that no longer exists and is rapidly changing,” he said. And now we have to predict to the best of our knowledge what this environment will look like.

“Wall” is a generous word for the pile of stones lying on the mud that runs along the northeastern waterfront in San Francisco. During the feverish early days of the gold rush, the San Franciscans built the levee in a sloppy attempt to create some flat land on the edge of the hilly city. Horses struggled to haul carts filled with gold over the hills, and the San Franciscans needed warehouses and counting houses on level ground. Impatient for steam-powered shovels arriving from across the country, residents began dumping whatever was there into the marshland of Yerba Buena Cove: loose sand, remains of city construction, unwanted goods, trash, remains of abandoned ships. After a year, San Francisco had expanded three blocks into the bay.

To curb the building chaos, the California legislature has set up a Board of State Harbor Commissioners to draw up a port development plan. Construction of their first seawall – essentially a rescue mission for the ruined port – began in 1867. A better-funded effort began in 1878, and construction continued in stages over the next four decades.

Although longevity was not a priority, the wall still stands – long outlasts what everyone could expect. And that is worrying for some experts.

“I would suggest that San Francisco is triple at risk,” King said: earthquakes, sea level rise, and obsolete infrastructure.

So far the wall has mostly worked, if hardly at all. During the earthquake of 1906, the sea wall shifted into the bay, tram tracks broke, pipes broke and houses were destroyed. Entire stretches of road slid sideways; other parts fell a few meters. In today’s city, a similar disaster would be even worse.

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