April 7, 2011, 9:21 PM
A state agency abandons responsibility to fully enforce California’s landmark seismic safety law for schools.
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April 7, 2011, 9:15 PM
Investigation reveals the Division of the State Architect shirked responsibility to fully enforce the law, approving at least 20,000 school building projects without final safety certification.
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April 7, 2011, 9:11 PM
App helps Californians find out just how close they are to seismic hazards. App also offers an emergency supply checklist, as well as a simple flashlight
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April 7, 2011, 9:02 PM
Book is available in English, Spanish, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese and Vietnamese as part of “On Shaky Ground,” California Watch’s 19-month investigation into seismic safety at public schools in California. The book is available for free from California Watch.
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April 7, 2011, 8:59 PM
The project started out as a simple Loma Prieta quake anniversary story by a solitary reporter. Nineteen months later, nearly four dozen reporters, producers, and freelancers had joined the project. Learn more about how we reported this series.
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April 7, 2011, 8:32 PM
A state geologist tips off California Watch reporter Corey G. Johnson to a controversy over state maps outlining seismic hazard zones. An initial effort by the California Geological Survey to identify these zones faced pressure from property owners, local government officials and real estate agents...
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April 7, 2011, 8:18 PM
The California Watch team prepares to send out its series on seismic safety to more than a dozen partners at print, online, radio and TV outlets across the state. They also reach out to new audiences with an iPhone app and through nontraditional methods, including a coloring book on seismic safety...
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April 7, 2011, 8:18 PM
California Watch reporter Corey G. Johnson notices the state architect's office is hastily changing the status of dozens of school projects once red-flagged during construction with safety defects or other problems. They were being re-listed as simply missing paperwork, without the state conducting...
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April 7, 2011, 8:18 PM
California Watch reporter Corey G. Johnson explains how a 1933 earthquake leveled dozens of schools in the Long Beach area. The catastrophe led to the creation of the Field Act, which set strict standards for school design and construction. Nearly 80 years later, how well do state regulators...
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April 7, 2011, 8:15 PM
When California Watch reporter Corey G. Johnson arrived in the Golden State from the South, he knew little about the state's earthquake history. Nineteen months, 30,000 documents and dozens of story drafts later, he may be one of the state's most knowledgeable experts on the oversight of seismic...
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April 7, 2011, 8:15 PM
California Watch's investigation reveals serious flaws in a California state agency's enforcement of earthquake regulations for public schools. Two residents of a coastal community have spent months trying to determine whether the school their children attended is safe.
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April 7, 2011, 12:05 AM
Tonight, 19 months after joining our staff, Corey G. Johnson finally gets his first byline at California Watch. I hope you will agree that it was worth the wait. At 9 p.m. Pacific Standard Time we will begin rolling out a three-part series on seismic safety in public schools called "...
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November 6, 2010, 2:05 PM
State authorities and hospital officials have discovered serious structural weaknesses at more than a dozen hospital buildings, but they have taken few steps to notify the public about the facilities or require a detailed inventory of hundreds of other potentially dangerous sites.
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March 20, 2010, 6:17 PM
Explore this interactive map to see which buildings at UC Berkeley have been deemed seismically hazardous.
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