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☆ Twitch's CEO has been living his own version of the van life
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy is traveling the US in a van to meet top streamers and hear their concerns. AdvertisementAdvertisementTwitch CEO Dan Clancy is taking an unusual approach to strengthen the relationship between the company's leadership and its community of creators. Higa previously raised over $500,000 in a single online auction to fund her animal sanctuary with help from other big streamers. AdvertisementAdvertisement"He asked a lot of questions about how it works, and how we use Twitch," Higa told Bloomberg. Clancy went viral earlier this year after giving an impromptu singing performance in a Twitch livestream.

Persons: Dan Clancy, Clancy, Emmett Shear, —, He's, Twitch, Tyler, Ninja, Blevins, Higa, DJClancy, John Denver's Organizations: NASA, Service, Bloomberg

☆ Read Your Way Through Lima
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Augusto Higa Oshiro | Translated Jennifer Shyue | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

When I was born, in 1946, Lima was home to 640,000 people. Now, as I’m about to turn 77 in the year 2023, Lima is a city of 10 million. In some ways, you could say that I’ve survived alongside the city. For Lima has taken the white veil; and there is a higher horror in this whiteness of her woe. I myself have approached Lima from different points of view: I’ve written stories about young people in the margins, in the working-class neighborhoods of Lima, and also, as the son of Japanese parents who settled in Peru, I’ve set Limeñan nikkeis to fiction.

Persons: Lima, I’ve, Herman Melville, Moby Dick ”, tearless, Francisco Pizarro, la Vega, He’s, Ricardo Palma Organizations: Incas Locations: Lima, tearless Lima, Peru, Spanish, ”, Lisbon, Lima . Palma

Loeffler fears a land grab on Maui would mean the loss of Hawaiian culture. Affordable housing advocates such as Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action (HAPA) are calling for a moratorium on foreclosures. At stake is the survival of Hawaiian culture, said Kaliko Baker, an associate professor at the University of Hawaii. "If people buy land and build their own Lahaina does that include Hawaiian language schools?" Loeffler plans to rebuild her plantation-style family home with insurance money so Lahaina can again "look like Lahaina."

Persons: Deborah Loeffler, Liliana Salgado, Loeffler, Josh Green, Marlena, Sterling Higa, Andrew Rumbach, Kaliko Baker, Baker, Sam, Andrew Hay, Rachel Nostrant, Daniel Trotta, Jonathan Allen, Donna Bryson, Michael Perry Organizations: REUTERS, Hawaii Alliance, Progressive, Consumer, Reuters, Housing, Urban Institute, University of Hawaii, Thomson Locations: Lahaina, Kaanapali, Hawaii, U.S, Maui, Paradise , California, New Mexico, Maui County, Oklahoma City, Florida, Honolulu, Washington, Loeffler, Taos , New Mexico

☆ I work as a creative director for a YouTube star. Here's what my job is like and how I got the role.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Preston White is YouTube star Ryan Trahan's creative director. When Preston White applied to compete in YouTube star Ryan Trahan's new video series, he didn't think it would lead to a major career — and life — change. White and two other contestants — including Zach Levet (who also landed a job with Trahan) — ended up as finalists in Trahan's three-part video series. For the video series, the contestants spent almost a week straight with Trahan, which led to White, Levet, and Trahan keeping in touch after the competition. YouTube creators typically set their own schedules, and they can choose to work as much, or as little, as they want.

Persons: Preston White, Ryan Trahan's, White, —, Ryan Higa, Zach Levet, Trahan, There's, YouTubers, Ryan, They'll, they'll Organizations: YouTube, Walmart Locations: Austin , Texas, Trahan's, Austin

☆ Maui wildfires made Hawaii's housing market crisis worse — residents already feared being priced out
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The wildfires that destroyed Lahaina last week exacerbated a housing crisis in Hawaii. Many Native Hawaiians and locals can't buy a home in Maui, where the average cost is $1 million. A woman digs through rubble of a home destroyed by a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii. Rick Bowmer/Associated PressHiga rents a home with his family in Haiku on the North Shore of Maui that was spared from the wildfires. He also serves on a working group that the governor convened in July after declaring Hawaii's affordable-housing shortage an emergency .

Persons: Josh Green of, he'd, Green, Sterling Higa, Higa, Rick Bowmer Organizations: Service, Maui, Gov, Housing, Press Locations: Lahaina, Hawaii, Maui, Hawaiian, Josh Green of Hawaii, United States, Lahaina , Hawaii, Shore

☆ Fears of predatory land grabs mount in the ashes of Maui, opening old wounds
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The threat of predatory outsiders swooping in to buy up property under the ashes of Maui is sparking outrage and opening old wounds for locals. “And every time there’s a crisis, it accelerates.”Homes consumed in recent wildfires are seen in Lahaina, Hawaii, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. Jae C. Hong/APA week after wildfires razed through west Maui, killing more than a hundred people and displacing thousands, locals are grieving and rallying together to take care of those who lost everything. It’s through these community-based efforts, Ing said, that the people of Maui will best find a way to equitably rebuild. An offering of flowers is left on the ground following the Maui fires in Lahaina, West Maui, Hawaii, August 16, 2023.

Persons: ”, Kaniela Ing, Jae C, insurrectionists, Queen Lili’uokalani, Sterling Higa, ” Higa, Justin Sullivan, Josh Green, don’t, he’s, ” Green, we’re, wrongdoers, ” Mana Moriarty, Ing, ” Ing, kanaka, Yuki Iwamura, Green, Higa, ” “, GoFundMe, “, “ That’s, it’s Organizations: CNN, Homes, Housing, “, Hawaii’s Department of Commerce, Consumer Affairs, Consumer, Green New Deal, Getty Locations: Maui, Hawaiian, Lahaina , Hawaii, American, Kingdom of Hawaii, United States, Lahaina, Hawaii, Lahaina , West Maui, AFP

☆ How to land a job working for a YouTube star and what it's like, according to Ryan Trahan's creative director
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Preston White is YouTube star Ryan Trahan's creative director. When Preston White applied to compete in YouTube star Ryan Trahan's new video series, he didn't think it would lead to a major career — and life — change. White and two other contestants — including Zach Levet (who also landed a job with Trahan) — ended up as finalists in Trahan's three-part video series. For the video series, the contestants spent almost a week straight with Trahan, which led to White, Levet, and Trahan keeping in touch after the competition. White immediately called Trahan, and was then thrown into a trial period as Trahan's producer, which later lead to his full-time gig as creative director.

☆ Japan's nuclear wastewater: There's a difference between perception and reality, says food company
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailJapan's nuclear wastewater: There's a difference between perception and reality, says food companyErnest Higa, chairman and CEO of Higa Industries, discusses safety concerns around Japan's plan to release into the ocean treated wastewater from its Fukushima nuclear plant, and says the country's government is "on top of this."

Persons: Ernest Higa Organizations: Higa Industries

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