August 16, 2012, 12:05 AM
A state Assembly committee will decide today the fate of legislation seeking to improve the seismic safety of public schools. The legislation by Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro, would require a panel of independent experts to assess internal reforms made at the Division of...
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June 12, 2012, 12:05 AM
The office that oversees the seismic safety of California's public schools can't show that it has approved all building plan changes, heightening the risk that some schools don't meet standards and are unsafe, according to a state auditor's report. The Division of the...
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April 24, 2012, 3:30 PM
A state Senate committee voted today to support legislation that would create a task force to strengthen the state's oversight of earthquake protections for public schools. Sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro, SB 1271 now heads to the Appropriations Committee...
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April 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
California's Seismic Safety Commission could lose funding this year due to a 2010 ballot initiative that made it harder to impose government fees on businesses and individuals. The state Legislative Analyst's Office determined last week that the governor's proposed method of...
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June 9, 2011, 12:05 AM
California Watch's investigation of seismic safety in public schools featured an interactive database identifying campuses that are home to hundreds of buildings with structural flaws and potential safety hazards. Our interactive now features more potentially risky construction projects at...
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April 21, 2011, 12:06 AM
A decision to lay off Pomona Unified's entire facilities department has raised questions about the district's efforts to fix school buildings deemed potentially unsafe in an earthquake. The school board voted to wipe out the district's construction oversight jobs during a January...
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March 18, 2011, 4:16 PM
Federal officials said today that a Sacramento radiation detector found a miniscule amount of a radioactive isotope that is consistent with material released from a stricken Japanese nuclear reactor complex.
A joint Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy press release says the...
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March 16, 2011, 12:05 AM
In just the past year, three major earthquakes have rocked the Pacific Plate. There was last week’s 9.0 temblor off the coast of Japan; the February quake that toppled Christchurch, New Zealand; and the magnitude 8.8 that shook Chile last year. If you were to look at the Pacific...
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