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Daily Report: Environment

Earthquake-prone Japan makes nuclear energy work

November 18, 2010, 12:05 AM
The city of Kashiwazaki, on the Sea of Japan, is home to the world's largest nuclear power plant. It has six reactors and the capacity to supply electricity for more than 2.4 million homes. But it has also been rocked by two 6.8-magnitude earthquakes in the past six years. The epicenter... + 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
Anita Cook worked at Kindred Healthcare's San Leandro hospital for 16 years but said managers did not share potential dangers.
Spotlight: Health and Welfare

State doing little to track hospitals with severe earthquake safety risks

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. + read more
Spotlight: Health and Welfare

Common questions about hospital seismic safety evaluations

November 6, 2010, 2:05 PM
Find answers to common questions about earthquake safety in California hospitals. + read more
Screenshot of map showing hospitals at risk in an earthquake
Data: Health and Welfare

Which hospitals have the highest known risk of quake collapse?

November 6, 2010, 2:05 PM
This map shows the location of hospitals with buildings that have a 10 to 32 percent chance of collapsing in an earthquake. Click on the links below to see more information about the 14 buildings located at these hospitals. + read more
Cal Poly Pomona's CLA building
Daily Report: Higher Ed

Cal Poly Pomona wants to raze iconic but seismically unstable building

September 20, 2010, 12:05 AM
The California State University Board of Trustees will consider a proposal this week that would allow Cal Poly Pomona to raze an iconic but seismically unsafe building on campus and build a new, $78 million replacement.   Anyone who has visited Cal Poly Pomona in the last decade has... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

Legislature approves $344 million in UC, CSU seismic-safety projects

June 3, 2010, 12:24 AM
Six seismic-safety-related construction projects in the UC and CSU systems have won funding approval from budget committees in both the Assembly and the Senate. If they're included in the final budget, the state would issue $341 million in new lease revenue bonds and $3 million in general... + read more
Spotlight: Higher Ed

MAP: Seismically hazardous buildings at UC Berkeley

March 20, 2010, 6:17 PM
Explore this interactive map to see which buildings at UC Berkeley have been deemed seismically hazardous.  + read more
Spotlight: Higher Ed

MAP: Seismically hazardous buildings at UCLA

March 20, 2010, 6:07 PM
Explore this interactive map to see which buildings at UCLA have been deemed seismically hazardous.  + read more
Spotlight: Higher Ed

Tip Sheet: Shaking loose information on seismic safety at public universities

March 19, 2010, 2:12 PM
Reporter Erica Perez shares how journalists can cover seismic safety in public universities + read more
Spotlight: Higher Ed, Public Safety

MAP: Seismically hazardous buildings in the CSU system

March 18, 2010, 9:55 AM
Explore this interactive map to see which buildings in the CSU system have been deemed seismically hazardous.  + read more
Earthquake, seismic, faults
Daily Report: Environment

Calculating America's earthquake risk

February 17, 2010, 12:04 AM
In a report to Congress, the likelihood of devastating earthquakes occurring within the United States is balanced against the costs associated with reducing the nation's vulnerability. "Close to 75 million people in 39 states face some risk from earthquakes," according to the report... + read more
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