Rolling Hills Estate residents watch their world sink, hope to salvage memories after landslide
From his unfamiliar hotel room Tuesday morning, Weber "Wei" Yen instinctively looked for his favorite coffee mug — the one he's used almost every day for the last 25 years. "I can't get it anymore," said Yen, who had returned to his Rolling Hills Estates neighborhood to check on his collapsed home. He got the mug on a trip to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. "It's that kind of stuff," he said. "You ...
by Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times
Jul 12, 2023
4 minutes
From his unfamiliar hotel room Tuesday morning, Weber "Wei" Yen instinctively looked for his favorite coffee mug — the one he's used almost every day for the last 25 years.
"I can't get it anymore," said Yen, who had returned to his Rolling Hills Estates neighborhood to check on his collapsed home. He got the mug on a trip to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. "It's that kind of stuff," he said. "You try to reach for something that's no longer there."
Yen, 73, can't even begin to list everything he and his family have probably lost since their home on Peartree
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