All good things come at a price, and when they're as meticulous, wonderful and small as the Astolat Dollhouse Castle, they should. The astonishing vision, meticulous preparation and incredible items (over 10,000) of the 29-room, 800-pound dollhouse justify the hefty $8.5 million price tag. The seven-level masterpiece was created by artist Elaine Diehl around 1980 and unveiled in 2015. It took no less than 13 years to complete and was estimated at the time to be worth over $2,000 per square inch.

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That makes this 9-foot-tall dollhouse castle more expensive than a fully furnished 4-bedroom, 6-bathroom, 4,000-square-foot home in San Francisco, and that's just how much money you'd have left over to buy a Tesla even after buying the house, according to the Zillow listing.

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It may not be a livable space, but it's definitely a stunning one. The tiny objects and rooms of the world's most expensive dollhouse will make you feel like you're Alice in Wonderland. What first catches the eye is the historic exterior of a property that takes its name from the castle in “The Lady of Shalott,” a 19th-century ballad by Alfred Lord Tennyson, according to Bloomberg.

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One can't help but marvel at details like fountains, topiary, and a grand arched entrance with ornate columns. And that's just the outside facade. What lies beneath is truly amazing. Details such as armor, a $5,000 silverware set, artwork, paintings and gemstone collections in the extravagant rooms showcase the talent of the carpenters, goldsmiths, glassblowers and silversmiths.

Experienced carpenters and artists have crafted the incredible miniatures. Image – Astolat Dollhouse Castle
Although all rooms are luxuriously appointed with features such as real parquet floors, hand-stitched tapestries, marble bathrooms and gold trim, it is the library that captured my heart.

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This outstanding area contains tiny books with real printed pages that can be read under a magnifying glass. In the library, one can (if one really tries) find a Bible that is said to be one of the smallest in the world. Notable items kept here include a $2,500 fold-out secretary bookcase and a miniature Hebrew Torah valued at up to $2,500.

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Expensive items include a miniature grand piano valued at $7,000, a midget Jeep 949 station wagon valued at over $3,300, and a miniature portrait valued at nearly $2,000. It was apparently so small that it had to be painted with a single bristle brush.

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Of the seven floors containing regular rooms like the main parlor, dining room, bedrooms and butler's quarters etc, the sixth floor was the most exciting with the grand ballroom, musician's alcove, bar area and living rooms. At the very top of the multi-million dollar miniature house was a wizard's tower with fascinating details like astronomical displays and zodiac signs, a telescope and an observatory.

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These are just a few examples of the dedication and excellence of the 29-room home, which was unveiled to the public in 2015 to benefit the nonprofit organization Autism Speaks and a selection of other children's charities. The exhibition was hosted by the Nassau County Museum of Art. “The castle is so valuable because of its structure,” said Paula Gilhooley, the museum's curator. She added, “Astolat is one of the most beautiful miniature structures in the world and exhibits a rare combination of sculpture, artistry, engineering and detail that sets it apart from anything that has existed before. Astolat is a tremendous feat of construction and when you see it you will be absolutely speechless.” The museum-quality dollhouse was acquired by collector L. Freeman in 1996 and moved to the Nassau County Museum of Art.

The living area of ​​the house for sale in Francisco. Image – Zillow.

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Yayoi Kusama, Dreaming of Earth’s Sphericity, I Would Offer My Love. Image via SFMOMA

San Franciscans will soon have an opportunity to step into Yayoi Kusama’s famous immersive mirror rooms at SFMOMA. Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Love will run from Oct. 14, 2023-Sept. 7, 2024 for the celebrated Japanese artist’s West Coast premiere of her latest immersive installation. This is Kusama’s first solo museum presentation in Northern California and will be a surcharged exhibition.

The first batch of general public tickets has already sold out through October, but you can get tickets during the next release as long as you have an eye on the calendar. November tickets go on sale on October 3 for SFMOMA members and October 5 for the general public, and you can sign up for email ticket alerts on the exhibition page. You can also look into getting an SFMOMA membership, which costs $130 a year and allows you to bring a guest for free anytime you visit.

An alternative option is to get to the museum early to get first-come, first-serve, same-day tickets. There’s a limited number available on site, so you can try showing up right at opening: that is, at 10am Friday-Wednesday or 1pm on Thursdays.

SFMOMA’s installation will include Kusama’s latest rendition of her famous Infinity Mirror Room. The room invites visitors to step into a psychedelic, dreamlike space reflecting a collection of colorful polka dots and spheres suspended around one’s own repeated reflection. It’s an exciting, playful installation in a seemingly endless universe where Kusama encourages visitors to “Forget yourself. Become one with eternity. Become part of your environment.”

Yayoi Kusama, Dreaming of Earth’s Sphericity, I Would Offer My Love, 2023, installed in the exhibition Yayoi Kusama: I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers, David Zwirner, New York, May 11—July 21, 2023; Fisher Art Foundation; © YAYOI KUSAMA. Courtesy the artist, Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro, and David Zwirner. Image via SFMOMA.

Infinite Love will also feature Kusama’s work Dreaming of Earth’s Sphericity, I would Offer My Love which debuted at New York’s David Zwirner Gallery this year. The sculptural work is a large cube whose exterior reflects the gallery’s white surroundings, appearing to blend into the environment — but once you step inside to the mirrored space, the external light is filtered through colored holes, creating a dynamic, shifting environment among oversize transparent acrylic dots.

Yayoi Kusama, LOVE IS CALLING, 2013, installed in the exhibition Yayoi Kusama: I Who Have Arrived In Heaven, David Zwirner, New York, November 8-December 12, 2013 © YAYOI KUSAMA. Courtesy the artist, Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro, and David Zwirner. Image via SFMOMA.

Just recently the museum revealed two additional Kusama pieces that will be on display at the exhibition — and yes, one is another infinity mirror room. LOVE IS CALLING is one of Kusama’s largest and most immersive works to date, in which visitors will enter a darkened room filled with inflatable luminous forms that gradually shift colors to an audio recording of Kusama reciting a love poem in Japanese.

The other is Aspiring to Pumpkin’s Love, the Love in My Heart, an undulating 18-foot-long pumpkin sculpture which will be viewable in general museum admission. Kusama often features pumpkins in her art as an ode to the “joy of living.”

Yayoi Kusama, Aspiring to Pumpkin’s Love, the Love in My Heart, 2023, installed in the exhibition Yayoi Kusama: I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers, David Zwirner, New York, May 11—July 21, 2023; Fisher Art Foundation; © YAYOI KUSAMA. Courtesy the artist, Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro, and David Zwirner. Image via SFMOMA.

You may be familiar with Yayoi Kusama for her massive art installations in New York City which took the internet by storm at the beginning of 2023. Kusama’s signature polka dots reached twelve stories high over Fifth Ave for her collaboration with Louis Vuitton, which also featured an insanely lifelike animatronic version of the artist painting on the window.

At 94 years old, Kusama continues to innovate across the realms of Pop Art, Minimalism, and pop culture as one of the most celebrated and illustrious artists working today. Her first mirrored environmental work debuted in 1965, eventually evolving into the famous darkened Infinity Mirror Room in 2000. Kusama has constructed over 20 such installations since then to widespread acclaim and audience delight.

Look for Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Love at SFMOMA in San Francisco from Oct. 14, 2023-Sept. 7, 2024.

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NEWARK, CA — This 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom home has a loft for additional flexibility as a home office, gym or play area for children.

Just 5 years old, this home has a contemporary feel and sensibilities.

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It is located near Facebook, Tesla and other major employers, along with the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

• Address: 8416 Bluetide Way, Newark, CA
• Price: $1,599,000
• Square feet: 2290
• Bedrooms: 3
• Bathrooms: 3
• Listing Description: Experience the pinnacle of modern living in this exceptional 2-level, 3-bedroom plus loft home. With 2.5 bathrooms in 2,290+ square feet, this single-family residence, built just five years ago, showcases contemporary craftsmanship. The grand great room seamlessly blends light, space, and sophistication, highlighted by soaring ceilings and a floor-to-ceiling glass door connecting indoors with the outdoor haven. Upgrades include quartz countertops, a stylish kitchen backsplash, plush carpeting, sleek vinyl flooring, custom closets in each bedroom, painted garage walls with epoxy flooring, and a transformed backyard with a deck and raised beds. Privately positioned with abundant sunlight, this home offers a serene sanctuary, while the adaptable loft space epitomizes modern living. Easy access to Dumbarton bridge and I-880.

Listed by: Shikha Kapur, Keller Williams Realty Danville

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NEWARK, CA — This 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom home has a loft for additional flexibility as a home office, gym or play area for children.

Just 5 years old, this home has a contemporary feel and sensibilities.

It is located near Facebook, Tesla and other major employers, along with the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

• Address: 8416 Bluetide Way, Newark, CA
• Price: $1,599,000
• Square feet: 2290
• Bedrooms: 3
• Bathrooms: 3
• Listing Description: Experience the pinnacle of modern living in this exceptional 2-level, 3-bedroom plus loft home. With 2.5 bathrooms in 2,290+ square feet, this single-family residence, built just five years ago, showcases contemporary craftsmanship. The grand great room seamlessly blends light, space, and sophistication, highlighted by soaring ceilings and a floor-to-ceiling glass door connecting indoors with the outdoor haven. Upgrades include quartz countertops, a stylish kitchen backsplash, plush carpeting, sleek vinyl flooring, custom closets in each bedroom, painted garage walls with epoxy flooring, and a transformed backyard with a deck and raised beds. Privately positioned with abundant sunlight, this home offers a serene sanctuary, while the adaptable loft space epitomizes modern living. Easy access to Dumbarton bridge and I-880.

Listed by: Shikha Kapur, Keller Williams Realty Danville

For more information click here. See more photos of the listing below, courtesy of Keller Williams Realty Danville:

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Die Zimmer im Cecil Hotel für LA ohne Unterkunft sind immer noch größtenteils leer

Das historische Cecil Hotel mit seinem heimgesuchten Ruf und 600 Zimmern wurde im Dezember 2021 als privat finanziertes dauerhaftes unterstützendes Wohnprojekt wiedereröffnet. Es steht jedem der Tausenden von Los Angelesos ohne Unterkunft mit einem staatlich finanzierten Gutschein offen. Viele betrachteten das Projekt aufgrund seiner Größe und Flexibilität als vielversprechendes neues Modell in LA.

Und doch bleiben ein Jahr später zwei Drittel des Cecil unbesetzt. Selbst mit solider Finanzierung und den besten Absichten hat sich das Cecil-Projekt bemüht, ein System zu überwinden, das mit einer langsamen Bürokratie und mehreren Schwachstellen geplagt ist, und einen Wohnungsbestand anzubieten, der einer Bevölkerung mit unzähligen Bedürfnissen dient.

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Die neue Notverordnung des Bürgermeisters trifft im Rathaus auf Chaos

Es war die erste große politische Ankündigung der neuen Regierung der Bürgermeisterin von Los Angeles, Karen Bass – eine Erklärung des Ausnahmezustands, die darauf abzielt, Tausenden von Menschen ohne Unterkunft sofortige Hilfe zu leisten.

Diese Erklärung muss heute im Stadtrat abgestimmt werden, bevor sie in Kraft tritt, eine ziemlich einfache Aufgabe in einem ruhigeren politischen Moment. Abgesehen davon, dass der Rat bis Mitte Januar noch eine Sitzung hat und sich bemüht, seine Geschäfte inmitten eines Skandals um Ratsmitglied Kevin de León zu führen.

De León sieht sich wegen seiner Teilnahme an einem Gespräch mit rassistischen Äußerungen und, in jüngerer Zeit, einem gewalttätigen Zwischenfall mit Demonstranten bei einem Spielzeug-Werbegeschenk in der Eastside, der die Zunderfass-Atmosphäre im Rathaus nur noch verstärkte, mit Aufruhr konfrontiert.

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Der P-22-Berglöwe wurde in einem Hinterhof in LA gefangen

P-22, berühmter Berglöwe und die meistgesuchte Großkatze von Griffith Park, wurde in einem Hinterhof von Los Feliz gefangen, wie das kalifornische Ministerium für Fisch und Wildtiere mitteilte.

Die Abteilung bestätigte, dass P-22 gefangen genommen wurde, nachdem sie einen anonymen Hinweis erhalten hatten, dass er in der Gegend von einem Auto angefahren worden war. Beamte konnten nicht bestätigen, ob der Berglöwe getroffen worden war, sagten aber, er sei „in stabilem Zustand“.

P-22 war vom National Park Service und dem kalifornischen Ministerium für Fisch und Wildtiere zur Untersuchung gesucht worden, nachdem er in den letzten Wochen „einige Anzeichen von Not gezeigt“ hatte, darunter das Töten eines angeleinten Chihuahua und der Angriff auf einen anderen Hund.

FTX-Gründer Sam Bankman-Fried auf den Bahamas festgenommen

Sam Bankman-Fried, der in Ungnade gefallene Mitbegründer und ehemalige Leiter der Digital-Asset-Börse FTX, wurde auf den Bahamas festgenommen.

Die Inhaftierung von Bankman-Fried folgte einer Mitteilung der USA, dass sie Strafanzeige gegen ihn gestellt hätten, sagte der Generalstaatsanwalt der Bahamas in einer Erklärung. Behörden in beiden Ländern hatten seine Beteiligung am Zusammenbruch des Unternehmens im vergangenen Monat untersucht.

In einer Erklärung, US Atty. für den südlichen Bezirk von New York Damian Williams sagte, die Verhaftung sei auf Ersuchen der amerikanischen Regierung erfolgt.

Kann Kaliforniens Vorstoß für Elektrofahrzeuge die Gegenreaktion der Roten Staaten überwinden?

Umweltschützer sehen zusammen mit Industrie- und Regierungsführern nach Jahrzehnten der Fehlstarts einen Wandel in der Elektrofahrzeugindustrie im Gange. Sie haben jedoch eingeräumt, dass sie den Wandel nicht vollenden können, wenn Elektroautos nur etwas für reiche Liberale in Kalifornien und New York sind. Sie brauchen alle.

Aber an Orten wie Indiana kann es schwierig sein, ein Elektroauto zu besitzen. Großstädte liegen weit auseinander, dazwischen liegen wenige Ladestationen. Und die beliebtesten Elektrofahrzeuge bleiben für viele Verbraucher dort unerreichbar, wo die Einkommen tendenziell niedriger sind.

Der Staat ist auch tiefrot. Und Republikaner erwägen viel weniger als Demokraten den Kauf eines Elektrofahrzeugs, so eine Umfrage, die von Leger, einem in Kanada ansässigen Meinungsforschungsunternehmen mit umfassender Erfahrung in US-Umfragen, für The Times durchgeführt wurde.

Edgar Sargsyans Reise durch die kriminelle Unterwelt von LA

Edgar Sargsyans Weg zum Konkursgericht begann mit einem One-Way-Ticket aus Armenien. Es stieg in die Unterwelt von Los Angeles hinab, wo er am Ellbogen einer Kriminellenfigur lernte, wie Deals gemacht werden und schmutziges Geld eine glitzernde Fassade der Legitimität untermauern kann.

Sargsyan schüttelte Gouverneuren und Präsidenten in einem Zigarrenclub in Beverly Hills die Hand und konferierte mit Gangstern im Gefängnis. Er machte ein Vermögen durch Betrug und Drogenhandel, während er sich mit einem Gefolge korrupter Anwälte umgab.

Doch 2018 war der Spaß vorbei, das Geld versiegte und Sargsjan fand sich vor dem Insolvenzgericht wieder, wo die verbliebenen Vermögenswerte seiner Unternehmen verkauft werden sollten.

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KALIFORNIEN

Das von der Dürre heimgesuchte LA sucht nach einem kontaminierten Superfund-Standort. Während Dürre und Klimawandel die einst zuverlässige Trinkwasserversorgung Kaliforniens verwüsten, haben Beamte in Los Angeles eine relativ neue, fast unerschlossene Ressource für die 4 Millionen Einwohner der Stadt im Visier: das Superfund-Gelände in ihrem eigenen Hinterhof.

Der Oberste Gerichtshof bestätigt das kalifornische Verbot des Verkaufs von aromatisierten Tabakprodukten. Der Oberste Gerichtshof wies am Montag einen Last-Minute-Antrag der Tabakindustrie zurück und ebnete Kalifornien den Weg, ein landesweites Verbot des Verkaufs der meisten aromatisierten Tabakprodukte, einschließlich Mentholzigaretten, durchzusetzen.

Tory Lanez wird diese Woche im Mordfall von Megan Thee Stallion vor Gericht stehen. Staatsanwälte behaupten, die Schießerei habe kurz nachdem beide Hip-Hop-Künstler eine Party in den Hollywood Hills im Juli 2020 verlassen hatten, stattgefunden. Der Fall hat die Diskussionen über Frauenfeindlichkeit in der Hip-Hop-Branche neu belebt und kommt nach einer Reihe gewalttätiger Angriffe auf Hip-Hop-Künstler Los Angeles in den letzten Jahren.

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Bei der gleichgeschlechtlichen Ehe „hat das Land Kalifornien eingeholt“. Mehr als 18 Jahre, nachdem Gavin Newsom sich über Bundesgesetze hinweggesetzt hat, indem er als Bürgermeister von San Francisco Heiratslizenzen für gleichgeschlechtliche Paare ausstellte, steht Präsident Biden kurz davor, ein Gesetz zu unterzeichnen, das sicherstellt, dass Homo-Ehen von der Bundesregierung und in jedem Bundesstaat anerkannt werden .

Einwanderer verklagen ICE, weil sie ihre Finanzunterlagen ausspioniert haben. Einwanderer, die sagen, dass ihre Überweisungen an ihre Familie im Ausland in eine, wie sie es beschreiben, massive Schleppnetz ohne Gewähr verwickelt waren, verklagen die Regierung und den Überweisungsgiganten Western Union, der den Strafverfolgungsbehörden Aufzeichnungen über Geldüberweisungen gab.

Was kommt als nächstes für Brittney Griner? Experten diskutieren einen Weg zur Genesung. Nach 294 Tagen in russischer Haft sollte Griner im Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio untersucht werden. Diese Einschätzungen zu Griners körperlichem, geistigem und emotionalem Zustand waren für den zweifachen Olympiasieger nur der erste Schritt auf einem ungewissen Weg.

In der Ukraine wird ein Bürgermeister, der seine Stadt aufgegeben hat, zum Symbol des Verrats. In der Kleinstadt Kupjansk gab es kein plötzliches Bombardement, kein gewaltsames Chaos – der Bürgermeister der Stadt, politisch mit Russland befreundet, sprach mit einem russischen Kommandanten am Telefon und ergab sich dann einfach. Elend kam trotzdem.

HOLLYWOOD UND DIE KÜNSTE

Die Golden Globes kehren nach Turbulenzen zurück. Die Nominierungen für die Golden Globes 2023 wurden bekannt gegeben, mit der Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. mit besonderer Zuneigung unter anderem für die Filme „The Banshees of Inisherin“ und „Everything Everywhere All at Once“ und die TV-Serien „Abbott Elementary“ und „The White Lotus“.

Elon Musk hat bei der Show von Dave Chappelle in San Francisco fast fünf Minuten lang ausgebuht. Bevor er Elon Musk am Sonntag in San Francisco auf der Bühne begrüßte, ermutigte Dave Chappelle seine Fans, „etwas Lärm für den reichsten Mann der Welt zu machen“. Und das taten sie – indem sie den milliardenschweren Tech-Mogul lautstark ausbuhten.

Angelo Badalamenti, Komponist von „Twin Peaks“ und Mitarbeiter von David Lynch, starb im Alter von 85 Jahren. Badalamenti und Lynch waren langjährige Mitarbeiter, und der Komponist nannte ihre Beziehung einst „meine zweitbeste Ehe der Welt“.

Aufstieg und Fall der Cancel-Kultur in der Komödie. Der Comedy-Historiker Kliph Nesteroff und die Comics Donnell Rawlings und Tiffany Haddish erklären die Ursprünge der modernen Stempelkultur und ihre historischen Entsprechungen.

GESCHÄFT

Elon Musk sollte sich auf „Hunderte oder sogar Tausende“ von Schiedsverfahren vorbereiten, sagt ein Anwalt für Arbeitsrecht. Während Musks nächster Schritt weiterhin um Fragen kreist, suchen ehemalige Mitarbeiter über ihre Anwälte nach allen möglichen Wegen, um die Vorteile zu erhalten, die ihnen nach der turbulenten Übernahme von Twitter zustehen.

Wird ein Rechtsstreit um eine 70-Millionen-Dollar-Villa in Malibu einen Reality-Star entgleisen lassen? Eine Saga von Macht, Korruption und Täuschungsvorwürfen, die mehrere Klagen und Parteien umfasste, hat sich von den Gerichten von Los Angeles und den Kongresshallen bis zu den Küsten Zentralafrikas abgespielt.

MEINUNG

Wie haben wir die Golden Globes wieder hereingelassen? Die Kolumnistin und Kulturkritikerin Mary McNamara schreibt: „Letztes Jahr enthüllte eine Recherche der Times, dass die Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. Geschenke erwartet, frühzeitigen Zugang fordert, Pay-to-Play-Ansatz für ihre Auszeichnungen und das Fehlen von schwarzen Mitgliedern. Alle waren empört. Publizisten drohten mit massivem Boykott, Tom Cruise sagte, er würde seine Statuen zurückgeben. NBC hat die Sendung von 2022 eingestellt. Jetzt, ein Jahr später, sind die Globes zurück und geben ihre Nominierungen live im Fernsehen bekannt.“

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Wie der ultimative Außenseiter Marokko zum „Rocky of this World Cup“ wurde. Bei der ersten Weltmeisterschaft im Nahen Osten und der ersten, die in einem mehrheitlich muslimischen Land ausgetragen wurde, hat Marokko Geschichte geschrieben, indem es als erste afrikanische und erste arabischsprachige Nation das Halbfinale erreichte.

Das große Fußballleben, das Grant Wahl führte, hatte etwas Bourdain-ähnliches. Wahl starb am frühen Freitagmorgen, nachdem er bei der WM der Männer in Katar im Pressezentrum zusammengebrochen war. Er hat die Fußballberichterstattung in den USA gefördert, populär gemacht und Pionierarbeit geleistet. Vor allem teilte er dieses gigantische, abenteuerliche Leben mit Kollegen und Fremden gleichermaßen.

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So finden Sie die besten Tamales aus der ganzen Welt in Los Angeles. Tamales sind das ganze Jahr über köstlich, aber besonders beliebt während der Feiertage und der Neujahrszeit, oft begleitet von einem dampfenden Becher Atole, Champurrado oder einem anderen heißen Getränk.

In diesem Jahr unterstreicht das Food-Team von The Times seine Liebe zu allen Tamales – nicht nur aus Mexiko, sondern auch aus Guatemala, El Salvador, Kolumbien und Kuba, um nur einige Orte zu nennen. Und sie erweitern sogar die strenge Definition von Tamal, um in Lotus- oder Bambusblätter gewickelte chinesische Klebreispakete einzubeziehen.

AUS DEM ARCHIV

Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke und Sheldon Leonard halten ihre Auszeichnungen bei den Emmy Awards 1964 hinter der Bühne.

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Dick Van Dyke wurde vor 97 Jahren geboren. Der vielseitige Komödienschauspieler wurde zu einer beliebten Fernsehikone als Star der osmanischen Reise – oder der Ausweichmanöver – in der klassischen Situationskomödie „The Dick Van Dyke Show“ aus den 1960er Jahren.

Van Dyke zeigte seine Vielseitigkeit in einer Vielzahl von Rollen, darunter Bert, der fröhliche Cockney-Schornsteinfeger in dem Oscar-prämierten Disney-Musical „Mary Poppins“ von 1964 und ein alkoholisierter PR-Mann in dem Fernsehfilm „The Morning After“ von 1974. Van Dyke war von 1993 bis 2001 auch acht Staffeln lang als weißhaariger und schnauzbärtiger kriminalaufklärender Arzt in „Diagnosis Murder“ zu sehen.

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The Cecil Hotel rooms for LA unhoused are still mostly empty

The historic Cecil Hotel, with its haunted reputation and 600 rooms, reopened in December 2021 as a privately funded permanent supportive housing project. It’s open to any of the thousands of unhoused Los Angelenos with a government-funded voucher. Many viewed the project as a promising new model in LA because of its size and flexibility.

And yet, a year later, two-thirds of the Cecil remains unoccupied. Even with solid funding and the best of intentions, the Cecil project has struggled to overcome a system beset with a slow-moving bureaucracy and multiple failure points, and to offer a housing stock that serves a population with myriad needs.

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Mayor’s new emergency order meets chaos at City Hall

It was the first major policy announcement from the new administration of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass — a declaration of a state of emergency aimed at providing immediate relief to thousands of unhoused residents.

That declaration needs a City Council vote today before going into effect, a simple enough task in a quieter political moment. Except the council has left one meeting until mid-January, and has been struggling to conduct its business amid a scandal surrounding Councilmember Kevin de León.

De León faces a furor over his participation in a conversation featuring racist remarks and, more recently, a violent incident involving protesters at an Eastside toy giveaway, which only intensified the tinder keg atmosphere at City Hall.

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The P-22 mountain lion was captured in an LA backyard

P-22, celebrity mountain lion and Griffith Park’s most wanted big cat, was captured in a Los Feliz backyard, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced.

The department confirmed P-22 was captured after they received an anonymous tip that he’d been struck by a car in the area. Officials could not confirm if the mountain lion had been hit but said he was “in stable condition.”

P-22 had been sought for evaluation by the National Park Service and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife after “exhibiting some signs of distress” in recent weeks, including killing a leashed Chihuahua and attacking another dog.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas

Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced co-founder and former head of digital-asset exchange FTX, was arrested in the Bahamas.

Bankman-Fried’s detention followed a notification from the US that it had filed criminal charges against him, the Bahamas attorney general said in a statement. Authorities in both countries had been probing his involvement in the company’s collapse last month.

In a statement, US Atty. for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said the arrest was made at the request of the American government.

Can California’s electric-vehicle push overcome the red-state backlash?

Environmentalists, along with industry and government leaders, see a transformation afoot in the electric vehicle industry after decades of false starts. They have acknowledged, however, that they can’t complete the shift if electric cars are viewed as something only for rich liberals in California and New York. They need everyone.

But in places like Indiana, it can be tough to own an electric car. Major cities are located far apart, with few charging stations in between. And the most popular EVs remain out of reach for many consumers in places where incomes tend to be lower.

The state is also deep red. And Republicans are much less likely than Democrats to consider buying an EV, according to a poll conducted for The Times by Leger, a Canadian-based polling firm with extensive experience in US surveys.

Edgar Sargsyan’s journey through LA’s criminal underworld

Edgar Sargsyan’s journey to bankruptcy court began with a one-way ticket from Armenia. It descended into the underworld of Los Angeles, where he learned at the elbow of a crime figure how deals are made and dirty money can underwrite a glittering facade of legitimacy.

Sargsyan shook hands with governors and presidents at a Beverly Hills cigar club and conferred with gangsters in jail. He made a fortune through fraud and drug dealing while surrounding himself with an entourage of corrupt lawmen.

But by 2018, the fun was over, the money was drying up and Sargsyan found himself in bankruptcy court, where what remained of his companies’ assets were to be sold off.

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CALIFORNIA

Drought-ravaged LA seeks out a contaminated Superfund site. As drought and climate change ravage California’s once-reliable supply of drinking water, officials in Los Angeles are setting their sights on a relatively new, almost untapped resource for the city’s 4 million residents: the Superfund site in their own backyard.

Supreme Court upholds California ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a last-minute plea from the tobacco industry and cleared the way for California to enforce a statewide ban on the sale of most flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes.

Tory Lanez will stand trial in Megan Thee Stallion’s shooting case this week. Prosecutors allege the shooting happened shortly after both hip-hop artists left a party in the Hollywood Hills in July 2020. The case has reinvigorated discussions about misogyny in a hip-hop industry and it comes after a series of violent attacks on hip-hop artists in Los Angeles in recent years.

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NATION WORLD

On same-sex marriage, “the country has caught up with California.” More than 18 years after Gavin Newsom defied federal law by issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as San Francisco mayor, President Biden is on the cusp of signing legislation that ensures gay marriages are recognized by the federal government and in every state in the nation .

Immigrants sue ICE for spying on their financial records. Immigrants who say their remittances to family abroad were caught up in what they described as a massive warrantless dragnet are suing the government and the wire-transfer behemoth Western Union, which gave money transfer records to law enforcement.

What’s next for Brittney Griner? Experts discuss a road to recovery. After 294 days in Russian custody, Griner was slated to undergo evaluation at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. Those assessments regarding Griner’s physical, mental and emotional state were just the first step in an uncertain path for the two-time Olympic gold medalist.

In Ukraine, a mayor who surrendered his town becomes a symbol of treason. In the small town of Kupiansk, there was no sudden bombardment, no violent mayhem — the city’s mayor, politically friendly with Russia, spoke to a Russian commander over the phone and then simply surrendered. Misery arrived anyway.

HOLLYWOOD AND THE ARTS

The Golden Globes return after turmoil. The nominations for the 2023 Golden Globes were announced, with the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. showing particular affection for films “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and TV series “Abbott Elementary” and “The White Lotus,” among others.

Elon Musk booed for nearly five minutes straight at Dave Chappelle show in San Francisco. Before welcoming Elon Musk on Sunday stage in San Francisco, Dave Chappelle encouraged his fans to “make some noise for the richest man in the world.” And they did — by loudly booing the billionaire tech mogul.

Angelo Badalamenti, “Twin Peaks” composer and David Lynch collaborator, dead at 85. Badalamenti and Lynch were longtime collaborators, with the composer once calling their relationship “my second-best marriage in the world.”

The rise and fall of canceling culture in comedy. Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff and comics Donnell Rawlings and Tiffany Haddish explain the origins of modern-day culture and its historical equivalents.

BUSINESS

Elon Musk should prepare for “hundreds or even thousands” of arbitration cases, labor lawyer says. As questions continue to swirl around Musk’s next move, ex-employees through their attorneys are seeking every possible avenue to obtain the benefits they feel entitled to in the aftermath of the tumultuous takeover of Twitter.

Will a legal fight over a $70 million Malibu mansion derail a reality star? A saga of power, corruption and allegations of deception involving multiple lawsuits and parties has played out from the courts of Los Angeles and the halls of Congress to as far away as the shores of Central Africa.

OPINION

How did we let the Golden Globes back in? Columnist and culture critic Mary McNamara writes, “Last year, a Times investigation revealed the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.’s gift-expecting, early-access-demanding, pay-to-play approach to its awards and lack of any Black members. Everyone was outraged. Publicists threatened a massive boycott, Tom Cruise said he would return his statuary. NBC dumped the 2022 telecast. Now, a year later, the Globes are back, announcing their nominations on live TV.”

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SPORTS

How ultimate underdog Morocco became “the Rocky of this World Cup.” In the first World Cup held in the Middle East and the first played in a majority-Muslim country, Morocco has made history by becoming the first African and first Arabic-speaking nation to reach the semifinals.

There was something Bourdain-like about the big, soccer life Grant Wahl led. Wahl died early Friday morning after collapsing in the press center at the men’s World Cup in Qatar. He lifted, popularized and pioneered soccer coverage in the US Above all, he shared that giant, adventurous life with colleagues and strangers alike.

ONLY IN LA

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How to find the best tamales from around the world in Los Angeles. Tamales are delicious year-round but are particularly popular during the holiday and New Year’s seasons, often accompanied by a steaming mug of atole, champurrado or other hot beverage.

This year, The Times’ food team is highlighting their love for all the tamales — not just from Mexico, but also from Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia and Cuba, just to name a few places. And they’re even extending the strict definition of tamal to include Chinese sticky rice packets wrapped in lotus or bamboo leaves.

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke, and Sheldon Leonard hold their awards backstage at Emmy Awards in 1964.

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Dick Van Dyke was born 97 years ago. The versatile comedic actor became a beloved television icon as the ottoman-tripping — or sidestepping — star of the classic 1960s situation comedy “The Dick Van Dyke Show.”

Van Dyke displayed his versatility in a variety of roles, including Bert the cheerful Cockney chimney sweep in the Oscar-winning 1964 Disney musical “Mary Poppins” and an alcoholic public relations man in the 1974 TV movie “The Morning After.” Van Dyke also had an eight-season run as the white-haired and mustachioed crime-solving doctor in “Diagnosis Murder,” from 1993 to 2001.

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Here is a partial list of hotels in the Bay Area that offer discounted rates to evacuees. The rooms fill up quickly, but some were still available for Friday night as of Friday morning. All hotels are in San Francisco unless otherwise noted.

$ 50; Price includes parking space; no pets allowed. Tel (415) 621-8212

Berkeley City Club, Berkeley

30% reduced; no pets; Parking fee not included; Breakfast included in the price. Tel (510) 848-7800

Best Western Plus Bayside Hotel, Oakland

$ 135; free breakfast and parking; Price code HELP. Tel (510) 356-2450

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Clift Hotel

$ 99; free parking and breakfast. Tel (415) 775-4700

Courtyard by Marriott San Francisco

$ 99; only for Sunday, October 15th Tel (415) 947-0700

Executive Inn & Suites, Oakland

$ 135; free breakfast and parking; Price code HELP. Tel (510) 536-6633

Galleria Park Hotel

30% reduced; Action code fire relief; Housing eligibility certificate required. Tel (415) 781-3060

HI USA Marin Headlands Hostel, Sausalito

50% discount on dorm beds; no private rooms available – dorm beds only. Tel (415) 331-2777

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HI USA SF City Center Hostel

$ 36 dorm beds, $ 90 private room. Tel (415) 474-7721

Hotel Fusion

$ 99; must call the hotel directly to book. Tel (415) 568-2524

Hotel Whitcomb

$ 99; Parking fee is not included; no pets; Housing eligibility certificate required. Tel (415) 487-4460

Kimpton Buchanan

30% reduced; Price code CARE; Pets allowed at no extra charge. Tel (415) 921-4000

Kimpton Sir Francis Drake

30% reduced; Price code CARE; Pets allowed at no extra charge. Tel (415) 392-7755

King George Hotel

$ 99; see price code Sonoma Valley Fire Victims; Pets up to 50 kg. for free; Residence permit required. Tel (415) 781-5050

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Omni San Francisco

$ 149; Pets allowed free of charge; free parking. Tel (415) 677-9494

San Francisco Marriott Marquis

$ 89; Rooms available for Saturday (10/14) and Sunday (10/15); no pets; valet parking only. Tel (415) 896-1600

San Francisco real hotel

$ 149- $ 199; Price code NORCAL. Tel (415) 735.7777

Sawyer Hotel, Sacramento

30% reduced; Price code CARE; Pets allowed at no extra charge. Tel (916) 545-7100

Westin St. Francis

50% discount on the best available rate; Parking fee is separate; Dogs under 40 kg. to be allowed to. Tel (415) 397-7000

Monterey Tides Hotel, Monterey

Room for Sunday-Thursday only, $ 119. Tel (831) 394-3321

Hotel Nikko

15 percent discount; Pets allowed at no extra charge; free parking. Tel (415) 394-1111

Tilden Hotel

$ 99; Price code SRF.2017 (bookable online). Tel (415) 673-2332

Sources: Somona Valley Visitors Bureau, Chronicle Research

Maxine Marshall is the editorial assistant of the San Francisco Chronicle. Email: mmarshall@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @MaxineNMarshall

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Roger and his five relatives live in this small one-room apartment in San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO – – Martin, a 40-year-old day laborer in San Francisco, has barely worked in the past two months. He hasn’t worked at all for the past two weeks.

He was asked to leave the shelter he was staying in as there is only room for people infected with COVID-19.

So he took to the streets to sleep and to ask for work.

His usual routine is to wake up at 6:30 a.m., talk to previous employers over wifi and ask if they need his manual skills, and wait for hours on the corner with others like him in the hope that someone will meet him for painting walls. Moving furniture or working on a construction project. In his spare time, he walks around the neighborhood helping people learn best practices for preventing the virus from spreading and educating the community about eviction rights.

In addition, Martin has just learned that he has diabetes.

“I’m feeling very bad mentally,” said Martin, who asked that his full name not be used in Spanish through an interpreter. “I’m not doing well. I am not fulfilling my obligations to support my family.”

Hoping at least to get a good night’s sleep, Martin recently applied in San Francisco for a new program called the High Risk Community Housing Program.

The program is temporarily offering free hotel rooms to key San Francisco employees who live in neighborhoods with higher COVID-19 rates.

Last week, 10 people moved into the 1,000 available rooms, said supervisor Hillary Ronen, who urged the city to open more hotel rooms to the homeless and the needy.

Those rooms opened, she said, when the city realized they weren’t filled with first responders as originally planned. Instead of leaving them empty, the program for people at high risk was launched shortly after a UCSF study that indicated that Latinos in the mission district were disproportionately affected by coronavirus.

The study said tight living spaces were a factor in higher levels of the coronavirus. Many Latinos also have jobs that tend to put them in direct contact with others, which increases the chances of exposure to the virus.

Roger, who also asked that his full name not be used, lives in such close quarters.

In an interview, the 49-year-old artisan said he lived in a tiny room with five relatives: his grandmother, son, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law and 9-year-old grandson on Church Street.

“I have severe depression,” he said in Spanish through an interpreter. “Economically, I am terribly. And overall it is very stressful to live.”

His family has always lived in this small apartment. But before the coronavirus, they would all leave home for the day and only come back at night.

Now everyone is together and on top of each other around the clock.

To alleviate what he called “tortuous days”, he and his relatives decided to stay up until 2:00 am so that they can sleep as late as possible and the days don’t seem so endless. As for sleep, the family sleeps on couches and air mattresses packed in their room.

He and his family members have all looked for work with no luck. Your $ 2,200 per month rent is due on Monday.

He would very much like to apply for a hotel room, not only to get some distance and space from his relatives, but to avoid the possible spread of the deadly disease.

“I feel stuck,” he said. “I would love to get out of this room.”

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED: The application to request HRCH hotel accommodation is now available online.

San Francisco residents who work outside the home can apply themselves or a vulnerable household member for whom they want to reduce exposure to COVID-19 because the person is 60 years or older or already has an illness. Ask? Email HRCH@sfgov.org

If you are interested in hiring a member of the San Francisco Day Labor Program and Women’s Collective, call 415-252-5375. Further information on the programs can be found here. You can also donate to Fighting for our Workers. You can also email the dispatcher Louis Legowsky to the program at sfdlp @ 3358 @ gmail.com if you want to hire a worker.

Lisa Fernandez is a reporter for KTVU. Email Lisa at lisa.fernandez@foxtv.com or call her at 510-874-0139. Or follow her on Twitter @ljfernandez

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Restaurants in San Francisco were given a go-ahead yesterday to reopen their dining rooms immediately at 25% of pre-pandemic capacities, up to a limit of 100 customers at any given time, with the advisory that they follow new safety protocols from local health officials.  

With New York City restarting dine-in service yesterday at 25% of indoor capacities, most of the nation’s major urban restaurant markets are now offering interior table service again, with the notable exception of Los Angeles.  

San Francisco’s new safety rules include a ban on selling alcohol without the accompaniment of “bona fide food,” or fare prepared by the operation. “Serving prepackaged food like sandwiches or salads, or simply heating frozen or prepared meals, do not qualify as bona fide meals,” the guidelines state.

Several new safety recommendations are aimed at combating the spread of COVID-19 via aerosol transmission, a method of contamination not yet flagged as a serious danger by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but recognized as one by other health authorities. The San Francisco safety guidelines assume that a microscopic mist of particles carrying coronavirus can linger in the air for an extended period and pose a danger even if individuals remain six feet apart.

The National Restaurant Association is currently studying the issue to update its guidelines for safe restaurant operation.

San Francisco’s guidelines call on restaurants to run their HVAC systems even while the operations are closed, or to turn on the equipment at least an hour before the places open and at least two hours after they close.

Guest visits are limited to two hours, and service is required to cease at midnight, with places directed to shut down by 12:30 a.m.

Tables need to be rearranged or taken out of service to maintain six feet of space between parties. Typical self-service areas such as buffets, salad bars and condiment stations are prohibited.

The San Francisco Department of Health began its updated list of safety protocols with a heads-up that the reopening of dining rooms could be temporary. “It is possible–and even likely–that case numbers and other indicators will surge during the fall,” the guidelines state.

As in other markets that had yet to permit the resumption of dine-in service, local operators had been clamoring for the go-ahead to reopen dining rooms, or at least a plan as to when they could expect a go-ahead. Yesterday’s green light was applauded by the Golden Gate Restaurant Association (GGRA), the local trade group for the foodservice industry.

“We appreciate their willingness to work with the industry to provide guidelines designed to keep our cases down and reduce the spread in our community of this virus,” Laurie Thomas, executive director of the GGRA, said in a statement. “We do realize that indoor dining is not for everyone–be it diners or restaurants. Everyone will need to make their own decisions as to their comfort level. But this is an important step forward in the reopening process.”

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