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Daily Report: K–12, Money and Politics

Imperial County earthquakes highlight unresolved school risks

October 10, 2012, 12:05 AM
The swarm of earthquakes that rippled through Imperial County in late August has exposed more fissures in the state's system for identifying and fixing school buildings considered structurally unsound. At Brawley Union High School, an Aug. 27 inspection of the school's ... + read more
Daily Report: K–12, Money and Politics

Assembly to decide future of school seismic safety bill

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... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Nuclear plant operators haven't reassessed quake risk, report says

May 30, 2012, 12:05 AM
UPDATE, May 31, 2012: PG&E responded to the Government Accountability Office report. PG&E and Southern California Edison, operators of California's two nuclear power reactors, haven't done a comprehensive risk assessment of their plants' vulnerabilities to... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

State funding for quake safety oversight at risk

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... + read more
Daily Report: General Assignment

New seismic inventory identifies potentially unsafe buildings

October 31, 2011, 12:05 AM
As many as 17,000 older concrete buildings in California could be vulnerable during a major earthquake, according to a new inventory by a coalition of volunteer structural engineers, universities and government agencies. A number of schools, state and local government buildings, and other... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

How 'deadly sins' and bathtubs relate to hospital seismic safety

November 8, 2010, 11:06 PM
When a fault ruptures and the world shakes, buildings are going to shake fast and slow, evenly and haphazardly. Scientists and engineers dedicate careers to measuring the way buildings sway, equating certain building styles to risks of harm in an earthquake. And like everything else in... + read more
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