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GOLDEN, Colo. — When Sarah Clement moved to the Golden Hills mobile home park two years ago, she felt like she had won the lottery. After years of squeezing into one-bedroom apartments with her, her 7-year-old son finally settled into his own bedroom, his toys splayed out in the yard and his school just at the edge of the park. Ms. Clement loved the friendliness of her neighbors and getting to watch the sun rise over the scrubby mesa to her east and set behind the foothills of the Rocky Mountains to the west. And living there was affordable on her salary as an athletic trainer: After purchasing the manufactured home, the rent for the plot it sits on was just $625 a month. But just six months after she moved in, the plot of land and all of the stability and comfort that came with it seemed suddenly ripped out from under her. The Colorado couple that owned the park for years had put it up for sale. Ms. Clement and her neighbors knew that if the park was taken over by one of the big … [Read more...] about Investors Are Buying Mobile Home Parks. Residents Are Paying a Price.

MONTAUK, N.Y. — When they were growing up in the 1970s and ’80s, Cherie and Merry Doughan spent their summers at Montauk Shores, a mobile home park that is about as far east as you can live on the East End of Long Island and still have a roof over your head. Only the Montauk Association Houses, where Andy Warhol and Dick Cavett summered, and the lighthouse keeper’s place lie beyond. “It was the Wild West back then,” Cherie Doughan said. “Or I guess you’d call it the Wild East. People sure knew how to party.” Both sisters fondly recall the bathtub their father, Alpha, had found who knows where. It sat crookedly on the lawn in front of their white and beige Liberty mobile home, and their father would regularly fill it with suds and climb in with a case of beer or a big jug of Gallo wine. He would invite passers-by to join him for a drink, and many obliged, splashing in beside him. The tub is gone, replaced by a deck overlooking the Atlantic, but otherwise the home, 12 … [Read more...] about Mobile Home Park on the Atlantic Appeals to the Rich

0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Orange County | Local Event nitesh bhatia , Neighbor Jun 3 Event Details Sat, Jun 3, 2023 Add to calendar 17811 Sky Park Cir, Irvine, CA, 92614 We are dedicated to supporting the well-being of the Orange County community through Free Yoga Sessions that promote physical health, mental balance, and overall wellness. 9 -10 am: Yoga for Success: Offers offers simple practices to activate the neck and shoulder region; and to activate the lumbar region and strengthen the muscles along the spine. Includes a guided meditation to harness the power of the mind, and manifest what you want in your life. Duration: 75 min. Ages 7+. 10:30 - 11:30 am: AUMkar Meditation: In the yogic culture, the entire existence is seen as a web of sounds, for which the root sounds are "Aa", "Oo" and "Mm", uttered together as … [Read more...] about Free Yoga Day, Orange County CA(Walk-ins are welcome)

“Don’t get too hung up on appearances,” Frank Rolfe reminded us as our tour bus made its way to the first of several trailer parks we would visit on a bright Saturday afternoon in Southern California. “Remember, you don’t have to live in these homes.” It was Day 2 of Mobile Home University, an intensive, three-day course on how to strike it rich in the trailer-park business. Seventy-five or so students had signed up for the class, which Rolfe offers every other month in different places around the country. Most of the enrollees weren’t real estate speculators; they were jittery members of a hard-pressed middle class. They were nervous about retirement. Or they were worried about their jobs moving overseas. Or they were making $100,000 a year, maybe even $200,000, but felt the need to earn more. All of them, though, had somehow come to see the lowly mobile home as their vehicle to financial freedom. “It’s about self-preservation,” one 42-year-old attendee told me. He had flown down … [Read more...] about The Cold, Hard Lessons of Mobile Home U.

LOS ANGELES — The Department of Justice opened a civil rights investigation on Thursday into whether the Orange County district attorney’s office improperly used jailhouse informants and withheld evidence. The announcement brings the threat of a federal lawsuit into a long-running controversy in a county where some murder convictions have already been overturned. The investigation has been set in motion more than three years after a public defender, Scott Sanders, first began to lay out evidence that prosecutors had obtained illegal jailhouse confessions and withheld information that could help defendants. The misconduct has been examined in a series of cases in criminal court, causing several murder convictions to be thrown out. Over a dozen criminal cases in the county have been affected, with reduced sentences or new trials. It is possible that more prosecutions will fall apart as the county is forced to disclose more information as a result of court rulings. … [Read more...] about U.S. Examines Whether Orange County Violated Defendants’ Rights

1 Orange County, CA | Local Event Susan C. Schena , Patch Staff Jul 15 Event Details Sat, Jul 15, 2023 Add to calendar More info here OC Fair July 14-Aug. 13, 2023 Wednesdays, Thursdays & Sundays: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays: 11 a.m. – Midnight OC Fair & Event Center, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA From OC Fair : "The 2023 OC Fair is set for July 14-Aug. 13 and we are thrilled to welcome everyone back for 'Happy Together™.' "From piggies to pies to particularly thrilling rides – you won’t want to miss out! "Advance ticket purchase is required as we are limiting the number of admission tickets available for each day. "Choose your days and plan your summer!" Concert/event line-up at Pacific Amphitheatre, The Hangar & Action Sports Arena MORE INFO & ADMISSION TICKET LINKS HERE --Shutterstock image Interested … [Read more...] about Orange County Fair 2023: OC Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa