0 Real Estate The fair market rent for a two-bedroom rental increased from the previous year. Local Data , Patch Staff Posted Reply IRVING, TX — Home prices in the United States have risen dramatically in large swaths of the country, but the same can’t be said for all rentals. While rents for single-family homes have experienced big increases as renters and buyers compete for the same limited quantity of homes on the market, apartment rents haven't increased as swiftly. In Irving, the fair market rent estimate for a one-bedroom rental property in ZIP code 76155 increased from $1,020 in fiscal year 2020 to $1,110 in fiscal year 2021, while a four-bedroom rental increased from $2,140 to $2,260. Fiscal year 2021 runs from October 2020 to the end of September 2021. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development provides data for all U.S. communities on fair market rents, which are estimates of the rent paid for a … [Read more...] about See How Rents Have Changed In Irving Area
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‘Simply deplorable’: State investigates farmworkers’ working conditions at Half Moon Bay shooting sites
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — The state has opened investigations into labor and workplace practices at the two sites of Monday’s fatal shootings in Half Moon Bay that left seven people dead and cast a spotlight on the lives of California’s farmworkers who often live and work in dangerous conditions. The investigation comes after Gov. Gavin Newsom visited the beach side community Tuesday, where he spoke with the victims’ families and coworkers about the deadly shooting and their workplace environments. Without naming specifics, Newsom said some farmworkers were “living in shipping containers” and working for $9 an hour, well below the state minimum wage of $15.50. Advertisement “No healthcare, no support, no services, but [they’re] taking care of our health, providing a service to us each and every day,” he said at the news conference. California ‘He took on the father role’: Here are the 7 victims of the Half Moon Bay shootings The San Mateo … [Read more...] about ‘Simply deplorable’: State investigates farmworkers’ working conditions at Half Moon Bay shooting sites
Asian-American Artists, Now Activists, Push Back Against Hate
Early in the pandemic, word started to travel among Asian-American artists: racist attacks were on the rise. Jamie Chan told a fellow artist, Kenneth Tam , about getting kicked out of an Uber pool ride by the driver who noticed her sniffling. Anicka Yi , an artist based in New York, called Christine Y. Kim , a curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, to talk about being spit at on a Manhattan street; Kim, in turn, recounted being accosted in a Whole Foods parking lot. Tam decided to start recording these incidents in a Google spreadsheet he named “We Are Not COVID.” It circulated on social media first among arts communities, then to wider audiences. Over the last several months, the document has filled up with reports ranging from microaggressions to outright violence. “I had assumed that things like this were going to start happening, but not so quickly, and not to people I knew,” Tam said in a phone interview. “It made me realize that I needed to educate … [Read more...] about Asian-American Artists, Now Activists, Push Back Against Hate
Jimmy Kimmel on What He Remembers From the First Night of His Talk Show 20 Years Ago: ‘I Was Totally Unprepared’
Click here to read the full article. The odds that “ Jimmy Kimmel Live” would still be here, 20 years after its launch on Jan. 26, 2003, were astronomically low. The network hadn’t done a traditional late-night talk show since the short-lived “Into the Night With Rick Dees” (hosted, coincidentally, by another Los Angeles radio veteran) in 1991, and the time slot’s previous inhabitant, “Politically Incorrect,” had been canceled due to declining ratings — and controversy over 9/11-related comments host Bill Maher had made. Those early reviews were rough ( including Variety , which lamented that “ABC is stuck with a show designed by a network that’s not quite ready for cable”) and the show struggled in its early months to book guests. And soon, Kimmel’s biggest backer at the network, then-ABC chairman Lloyd Braun, was out the door. More from Variety Jimmy Kimmel to Executive Produce Vice TV Series Based on 'Super70sSports' Twitter Feed 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' … [Read more...] about Jimmy Kimmel on What He Remembers From the First Night of His Talk Show 20 Years Ago: ‘I Was Totally Unprepared’
Adam Schiff Runs for Senate on the Enemies He’s Made
Adam Schiff, scourge of MAGA-land. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images In the conservative imagination, California is sort of an evil empire of leftism. It’s where white people have been relegated to a minority for decades; where tree-hugging hippies still frolic; where Hollywood and Big Tech work 24/7 to undermine sturdy American-folk virtues; where rampaging unions and arrogant bureaucrats make it too expensive for regular people to live. But in truth California’s dominant Democratic Party has as many mild-mannered moderates as it does fiery progressives. One of them, Dianne Feinstein , has held a Senate seat for over 30 years. As the 89-year-old political icon moves toward an almost certain retirement in 2024 (though she now says she won’t announce her intention until next year), another ideological moderate has just announced a bid to succeed her. Los Angeles congressman Adam Schiff , though, has an asset most centrist Democrats (those not named Clinton or Biden, … [Read more...] about Adam Schiff Runs for Senate on the Enemies He’s Made
Amazon Web Drama Draws the Wrath of India’s Hindu Nationalists
NEW DELHI — Bollywood once again has fallen into the cross hairs of India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party — and major Western streaming services like Amazon and Netflix increasingly find themselves caught in the middle. Two separate criminal complaints were filed with the police over the weekend against the makers of “ Tandav, ” a splashy new big-budget web series on Amazon. The fast-paced political drama, which seems to borrow heavily from India’s political scene, may cut uncomfortably close to current events and the country’s biggest controversies. The complainants, which include a politician with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, have insisted that the government pull the series off the air or take out key scenes. Among other objections, they accused the series of disrespecting Hindu gods, belittling members of individual castes and sullying the office of the prime minister. If the police find merit to the complaints, Amazon and the show’s promoters could wind up in … [Read more...] about Amazon Web Drama Draws the Wrath of India’s Hindu Nationalists