City park or flood defense? How about both.
11/13/2018, 2:24:02 AMA Bangkok park offers a green solution to urban flooding. ✔ When Thai architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom was a little girl she used to play in the flood waters of Bangkok ✔ Beneath the porous ground is a water tank with a capacity of nearly 160,000 gallons (600 cubic meters) ✔ It will take some time, but these good solutions are convincing for other private investors and government structures or municipalities to follow this model
Trump approves expedited major disaster declaration for California wildfires
11/13/2018, 2:38:28 AMPresident Trump approved Monday an expedited request for a major disaster declaration for California as the state grapples with devastating wildfires that have left 31 dead. ✔ Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2018 The declaration was requested Sunday by Democratic Gov ✔ Jerry Brown to boost the state’s response to destructive wildfires in Butte, Los Angeles and Ventura counties ✔ Mr. Trump has criticized poor forest management for fueling the wildfires, while Mr. Brown has blamed human-caused climate change
Trump sparks California wildfires debate on clearing versus climate
11/13/2018, 2:11:38 AMThe California wildfire disaster marked Monday a deadly milestone as frustrated calls for more aggressive forest management—led by President Trump—met with climate-change pushback from Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown. ✔ Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests ✔ Today, however, millions of Americans live in or near where those forests will burn ✔ Of the large wildfires, only the Hill fire in Ventura County was mostly contained at 80 percent, searing 4,531 acres so far
Hundreds Missing In Northern California Wildfire As Blazes Continue Across State
11/13/2018, 3:49:35 AMAt least 42 people are dead and over 200 missing in the Camp fire, the deadliest in the state’s history. ✔ My hope is someone caught a glimpse of them, Janes said of her aunt and uncle ✔ It’s an ongoing process to find those that are still alive, McLean noted ✔ As people rush to evacuate, some may take hours or even days to reach all those concerned with updates on their whereabouts ✔ Keep sharing, keep loving, keep trying, she added
Liam Hemsworth returns to Malibu after wildfire destroyed property
11/13/2018, 12:15:05 AMLiam Hemsworth and big brother Luke were spotted surveying the damage cause by the Californian wildfires On Monday. Both actors protected themselves from the smoke with face masks. ✔ Liam Hemsworth has been spotted during California's wildfire crisis ✔ Earlier, the 28-year-old's girlfriend revealed Sunday that her 'house no longer stands' on her $2.525M Malibu compound after being scorched by the raging wildfires ✔ The goddaughter of Dolly Parton's two-story contemporary home had four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and it was located just East of Paradise Cove
'No fresh air': wildfire smoke sets apocalyptic haze over Bay Area
11/13/2018, 2:24:54 AMAn eerie glow is hanging over the region as authorities warn people to stay indoors to avoid unhealthy air quality ✔ Hundreds of miles from the wildfires that have torn through swaths of California and killed dozens, a thick cloud of smoke has enveloped the normally picturesque Bay Area in a dystopian haze ✔ From the deck of a ferry, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is obscured
Empire State Building lighted up in support of California during wildfire losses
11/13/2018, 1:53:40 AMEmpire State Building lighted up in support of California during wildfire losses ✔ Read More Nov. 12, 2018, 4:33 p.m. Woolsey fire By Alejandra Reyes-Velarde Nov 12, 2018 | 4:33 PM 8 of 13 mountain lions with working collar trackers in the Santa Monicas are detectable during fires A young male mountain lion is shown in Verdugo Hills
California fires: Trump issues MAJOR disaster declaration as DEADLY fires plague state
11/13/2018, 1:59:07 AMUS PRESIDENT Donald Trump has issued a “major disaster declaration” in response to the deadliest wildfires to ever plague the state of California. ✔ Wanted to respond quickly in order to alleviate some of the incredible suffering going on ✔ That fire now equals the deadliest on record in California - the 1933 Griffith Park disaster in Los Angeles ✔ Families have taken to social media to attempt to reach out to people who may have seen their relatives
Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration For California As Deadly Wildfires Rage On
11/13/2018, 3:49:38 AMDays earlier, the president had blamed California for the fires and threatened to cut off federal funding. ✔ We know tens of thousands of residents will be displaced and many will be left homeless, he wrote in his letter to the president ✔ The governor’s office dismissed the president’s tweet as inane ✔ Additionally, most of the lands affected by the wildfires were managed by the federal government
California fire is deadliest in US history as death toll climbs to 42
11/13/2018, 3:40:32 AMNorthern California's Camp Fire has become the deadliest wildfire in United States history as the death toll climbs to 42. ✔ 'It was hot, it was smoky and - this sounds like such an exaggeration, but - it was apocalyptic,' she said ✔ 'This is the new abnormal.' A deck is seen burning at a Malibu mansion that was hit by the Woolsey fire, which consumed more than 70,000 acres All that is left standing of what was once a weight room in the backyard of a Malibu mansion is seen on Sunday afternoon
Gerard Butler films devastation around his smoldering neighborhood
11/13/2018, 12:15:01 AMGerard Butler filmed the devastation around his smoldering neighborhood just a day after a horrifying California wildfire tore through the area. ✔ 'It's like a war zone,' Butler tells viewers as he surveys the area ✔ Meanwhile the Kardashian clan, Simon Cowell, Will Smith, Lady Gaga and Martin Sheen were among other those who had to evacuate the star-studded Malibu and Calabasas areas ✔ Fire crews said they stopped forward progress of the flames around 1pm
After the flames, fears of looters in Woolsey fire area
11/13/2018, 3:48:29 AMThe Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has deployed about 500 deputies to patrol evacuated homes in the Woolsey fire burn area to help prevent looting. ✔ From about 7:30 Friday morning through that afternoon, Zadeh, 70, limped around his property, triaging the encroaching spot fires in a fight for his life ✔ #WoolseyFire pic.twitter.com/Q2KafTpVVP The Malibu Times (@TheMalibuTimes) November 12, 2018 Read More
Death toll from Paradise fire jumps to 42, making it the worst fire in California history
11/13/2018, 2:53:13 AMDeath toll from Paradise fire jumps to 42, making it the worst fire in California history ✔ The rows of pine and oak trees in his corner of paradise, the fruits of a career as an engineer with Los Angeles County's public works department ✔ The National Weather Service in Sacramento explained why that region in still being hit so hard ✔ Others may cap coverage at a certain level, frequently $5,000
Guy Fieri Brings Comfort Food To Firefighters And First Responders
11/13/2018, 3:49:36 AMThe Food Network chef thanks those battling the Camp fire in Northern California with some home-style food. ✔ This isn’t the first time the Food Network host has responded to a disaster ✔ And earlier this year he helped cook meals for emergency responders, as well as people who had lost their homes, in Northern California after the Carr fire ✔ So many great people stepping up to take care of one another #ProudAmerican #CampFire pic.twitter.com/VgXgBJuPT0 Guy Fieri (@GuyFieri) November 12, 2018 Download
Opinion | In California, moments that test you under fire
11/13/2018, 12:40:41 AMThe wildfires have found a way to forge us together like nothing before. ✔ By John Heubusch November 12 at 6:07 PM John Heubusch is a novelist and the executive director of the Reagan Foundation and Library in Simi Valley, Calif ✔ Scores of neighborhoods around me lie quiet, without power, many guarded by police to prevent looting or the return of owners trying to find if their houses still stand
No health risk from Woolsey fire that burned nuclear cleanup site, state officials say - Los Angeles Times
11/13/2018, 2:45:03 AMState regulators and outside experts are tamping down concerns from advocacy groups about the Woolsey Fire, which burned part of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory nuclear cleanup site, saying it likely posed no risk to the public beyond what is normal for wildfire smoke. ✔ There are plans to demolish buildings and remediate contaminated soil and groundwater ✔ But more than a decade later, the cleanup has not begun ✔ Watchdog groups, meanwhile, called for greater transparency and accused authorities of understating the risk to the public
Bank of Japan's balance sheet now larger than country's GDP
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California politicians take Trump to task for threatening to withhold federal fire funds
11/13/2018, 12:41:12 AMAs fires were continuing to claim lives across California, Trump tweeted there was "no reason" for such fires other than "poor" management of forests. ✔ Cal Fire Chief 'Every year it seems to get worse' AP Nov 9, 2018; Paradise, CA, USA; Bakersfield, California-based firefighter Jason Kingsley, 30, stands amidst smoke and steam as he sprays down a destroyed home with water to prevent it from sparking any more fires in Paradise, California, following the Camp Fire devastation on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 ✔ Doug LaMalfa, was openly critical of Trump's comments
California carnage: 31 dead in wildfires, 200 missing, 250k evacuated (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
11/13/2018, 1:11:42 AMThe death toll in California has risen to 31 and 228 people are still missing as three major wildfires continue to sweep across the state. An estimated 250,000 people have been displaced from their homes. ✔ Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests ✔ I am grateful for Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) November 12, 2018 View this post on Instagram this is my street as of two hours ago praying for the safety of all my malibu fam, grateful to our brave firefighters please stay safe 🙏🏼 A post shared by Orlando Bloom (@orlandobloom) on Nov 9, 2018 at 3:40pm PST Reality star Kim Kardashian, actress Alyssa Milano, Orlando Bloom, Lady Gaga and director Guillermo del Toro were also among the celebrities forced to pack up and flee their upscale homes in Calabasas and Malibu, with flames licking at their heels
Louis Tomlinson's son Freddie 'evacuated' from home amid California wildfires
11/13/2018, 12:19:59 AMThe former One Direction star and X Factor judge shares the two-year-old with ex-girlfriend Briana Jungwirth ✔ Speaking previously about his relationship with his son, Louis, 26, said: When I look back to baby photos of myself and he does look very similar it's real nice ✔ Get in touch with us at webcelebs@trinitymirror.com or call us direct 0207 29 33033 Read More California Wildfires Death toll reaches 31 Robin Thicke's home burned down Terrifying footage of wildfire flames Specialist DNA teams identify the dead
Kim and Kanye 'hired private firefighters to save £47m home from flames'
11/13/2018, 2:04:00 AMKIM Kardashian and Kanye West reportedly paid for a private team of firefighters to help save their mansion and their neighbours’ homes from the devastating California wildfires. The power co… ✔ So anything that we can do to help the many organizations - no form of help is too small ✔ Satellite pictures lay bare the true scale of the unfolding disaster, with thick smoke blanketing vast areas ✔ But hot dry devil winds are expected to whip up flames until the end of tomorrow, hampering desperate efforts to quell the rampaging fire storms
Strong Santa Ana winds take an unusual path as they slam San Diego County - Los Angeles Times
11/13/2018, 12:13:30 AMThe winds have caused SDG&E to turn off power to many people in east and north San Diego County. ✔ San Diego County has so far avoided such chaos, largely because its mountains are aligned in a roughly north-south direction ✔ Schools in these districts will be closed because of the planned power shutoff: Julian Union School District Julian Union High School District Mountain Empire Unified School District Spencer Valley School District
Devastated Gerard Butler vows to rebuild his ravaged Malibu home
11/13/2018, 1:54:25 AMEXCLUSIVE: The Hunter Killer actor is now teaming up with local community leaders to raise money ✔ Its just really sad, people give their lives to get to a place like this and all their belongings ✔ Read More California Wildfires Death toll reaches 31 Robin Thicke's home burned down Terrifying footage of wildfire flames Specialist DNA teams identify the dead
These are the astonishing numbers behind the California wildfires
11/13/2018, 12:39:10 AMAs if the gut-wrenching images weren't powerful enough, the staggering numbers behind the California wildfires show this recent rash of infernos is unlike any other: ✔ 6,453 homes The Camp Fire has destroyed more than 6,700 structures, making it the most destructive fire in California history ✔ 8,000+ firefighters More than 8,000 firefighters -- including many from out of state -- are battling the Camp, Woolsey and Hill wildfires ✔ The total is now greater than the size of Rhode Island ✔ CNN's Stella Chan and Taylor Ward contributed to this report
Red-carpet fanfare dropped amid deadly California fires
11/13/2018, 1:53:55 AMLOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood cut back on the glamor trappings of movie premieres as a wildfire destroyed or imperiled the homes of celebrities and other Southern California residents. Red carpets for the Sandra Bullock film "Bird Box" and "Under the Silver Lake" with Andrew Garfield were canceled Monday, an American Film Institute festival spokeswoman said. That followed the decision to call off the AFI Fest's Sunday red carpet for filmmaker-brothers Ethan and Joel Coen's "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs." Separately, Paramount canceled a red carpet and after-party for "Instant Family" with Rose Byrne and Mark Wahlberg.
Meghan Markle's childhood home in the path raging California wildfires as death toll rises to 31 and 200 missing
11/13/2018, 1:22:46 AMMEGHAN Markle’s childhood home is close to being destroyed by the unstoppable California wildfires as the death toll of the tragedy rises to 31. The Duchess of Sussex grew up in a modest two-bedroo… ✔ A local resident told the Mirror: We’ve watched the flames in the distance coming closer by the day ✔ I am grateful for Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) November 12, 2018 all I have left ✔ The safe was punctured with bullet holes from guns inside that went off in the scorching heat ✔ We've had them come right up to the city limits…but nothing like this
'No longer a symbol of hope': Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Amnesty award
11/13/2018, 12:26:01 AMAmnesty International on Monday stripped Aung San Suu Kyi of its highest honour over the de facto Myanmar leader's "indifference" to the atrocities committed by the military against Rohingya Muslims. ✔ Her National League for Democracy (NLD) party swept to power in a 2015 landslide that brought hope of Myanmar correcting injustices inflicted over 50 years of brutal military rule ✔ She has also lost numerous smaller awards from individual universities and local and regional governments
Caitlyn Jenner Reveals Malibu Home Survived 'Devastating' Woolsey Fire as She Returns to Property: 'We're Very Lucky'
11/13/2018, 1:13:06 AM"Yay, our house made it!" Caitlyn Jenner shared ✔ It was also spotlighted in a 2015 article on Architectural Digest , in which she talked about creating a home that reflected her new life ✔ To help victims of the California wildfires, visit the American Red Cross , the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and the California Fire Foundation for more information
Federer was the smash hit: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV
11/13/2018, 3:28:57 AMStopping for a breather on Running Wild With Bear Grylls (ITV), after abseiling down a frozen waterfall in Switzerland, Bear asked guest Roger Federer about his infamous teenage temper. ✔ We’d already guessed he knew nothing about the sport when he warned Federer to look after his ‘tennis hand’ ✔ There was a deal more graffiti and rap music than you get with Prue Leith too ‘I ain’t even gonna lie,’ as I believe the young people say ✔ He’s lively and sometimes silly, but a lot less annoying than established ‘cheeky geezers’ like Jamie Oliver
Alpacas Find Refuge on Zuma Beach During California Fires: 'We Need a Miracle'
11/13/2018, 2:08:52 AMAs three devastating California wildfires raged across the state, Zuma Beach became a temporary refuge for many horses, llamas and… ✔ As three devastating California wildfires raged across the state, Zuma Beach became a temporary refuge for many horses, llamas and alpacas ✔ Get push notifications with news, features, and more ✔ We need a miracle!!! We have evac trailers coming to ZUMA BCH but HWY patrol won’t let them thru
'It was like a monster was coming' 71-year-old man save his house on his own as fire raced in
11/13/2018, 1:30:27 AM'It was like a monster was coming' 71-year-old man save his house on his own as fire raced in ✔ Property insurance lawyers say it’s not uncommon for insurers to do everything possible to minimize payouts, especially after catastrophic blazes such as the ones now raging in Northern and Southern California ✔ But it also has resulted in some breathtaking time-lapse videos
Air quality improves in Southern California, still bad in Northern California
11/13/2018, 1:30:30 AMAir quality improves in Southern California, still bad in Northern California ✔ The National Weather Service in Sacramento explained why that region in still being hit so hard ✔ The husky in the online photo had burned ears and a brown spot on her forehead where the fire had singed her fur ✔ Los Angeles County (@CountyofLA) November 12, 2018 Read More
Camp Hess Kramer and Camp Hilltop helped give life to the Chicano movement of the 60s. They were destroyed in fire
11/13/2018, 1:42:37 AMUpon joining the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in 1949, one of his first actions was to start a camping program. Wolf envisioned a place that would be like the antithesis of the Nazi Germany he came from, where not ony Jewish children of the temple, but for all members of Los Angeles’ diverse commun... ✔ Read More Nov. 12, 2018, 3:42 p.m. Woolsey fire A new fire burning in Malibu Canyon A new spot fire has been reported Monday afternoon in Malibu Canyon ✔ Investigators think the driver got disoriented in the fire and turned in the driveway, thinking it was a roadway, while trying to escape
Opinion | California’s Paradise Lost
11/13/2018, 1:26:27 AMTrump is a bully, but he’s right about bad forest management. ✔ Once upon a time the U.S. Forest Service’s mission was to actively manage the federal government’s resources ✔ Yet numerous laws over the last 50 years, including the Endangered Species Act and National Environmental Policy Act, have hampered tree-clearing, controlled burns and timber sales on federal land ✔ Appeared in the November 13, 2018, print edition
Lena Waithe Aims to 'Bring People Together' with Moving Love Has No Labels Short Film
11/13/2018, 12:10:54 AMLena Waithe has a special message during times of hardship ✔ The moment is witnessed by a young woman going on a run with her girlfriend and several other neighbors all of different ethnicities ✔ While the tension was palpable between the groups, all came together to save the boy’s family from drowning in a storm ✔ Rising will be available by Showtime and On Demand
No reason to bulldoze the Bladensburg Peace Cross
11/13/2018, 3:33:09 AMThe Supreme Court will now decide on their claim that the cross violates the Constitution’s Establishment Clause. ✔ The Supreme Court’s Establishment Clause prohibits the government from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, but it is increasingly misused by activists to erase any semblance of religion from public life ✔ • Emilie Kao is director of The Heritage Foundation’s DeVos Center of Religion & Civil Society
UK increases pressure on Saudis and UAE in Yemen ceasefire bid
11/13/2018, 12:00:44 AMJeremy Hunt in Riyadh after airstrikes reportedly kill 150 people in 24 hours in Hodeidah ✔ Before flying to Saudi Arabia, Hunt had consulted with his key American and European allies to ensure he was carrying a joint message ✔ Asked if the UK had been given access to a secret Turkish audio tape of Khashoggi’s murder, Hunt said: We don’t comment on intelligence matters, but my understanding of what happened actually is not dissimilar to what I have read in the newspapers
Trump is preparing to remove Kirstjen Nielsen as Homeland Security secretary, aides say
11/13/2018, 3:58:49 AMShe is trying to complete a full year in the job, but the president wants her out sooner, officials say. ✔ Trump has told White House officials he has begun contemplating replacements for Nielsen ✔ The last thing we want is someone who needs hand-holding ✔ Days later, under withering criticism, the president changed his mind and ordered an end to the separations
Wildfires and Thousand Oaks shooting prompt AFI Fest to cancel events
11/13/2018, 1:16:20 AMOut of respect for the victims of last week’s Thousand Oaks shooting and those affected by the California wildfires, AFI Fest canceled Monday evening's red carpet festivities for Sandra Bullock’s horror-drama “Bird Box." ✔ Back when he left Montreal to peddle his wares in New York City, as he put it Friday night, he wasn’t an obvious pop star gunning for radio hits ✔ The move comes just after RiRi’s lawyer sent the White House a cease-and-desist letter earlier this week upon learning that Trump played her 2007 hit Don’t Stop the Music at a rally in Chattanooga, Tenn., over the weekend
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