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Category Archives: Natural Disasters
News Pix: Hovercraft on Ocean Beach, Art in Motion, Walk to School Day and More
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Fleet Week is back, which means military crafts and tourists descend on San Francisco. But lots of other things happened this week, affecting the lives of ordinary Bay Area citizens. San Francisco Fleet Week kicked off at Ocean Beach Wednesday … Continue reading
San Bruno Blast: Two Years Later, Stories of Lawsuits and Forgiveness
September 9 marks the two-year anniversary of the San Bruno natural gas pipeline explosion and fire that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. Last year, we talked to five different families who'd been affected, a year after the disaster. … Continue reading
Refinery Fire Probe Looks at Spark Sources
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RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) Investigators probing the cause of a blaze at Chevron's Richmond refinery in Northern California are looking at heaters and responding emergency vehicles as possible ignition sources for the massive vapor cloud that spewed from a leaky pipe. … Continue reading
Stanford Researchers Estimate More Deaths from Fukushima Fallout
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by Susanne Rust, California Watch New research suggests that the cancer and death toll from Fukushima may be higher than previously claimed. According to a team of Stanford University researchers, most of these deaths will likely occur in Japan, but … Continue reading
National Park Service Closes Almost 20 Yosemite Sites Because of Avalanche Hazards
(AP) — Falling boulders are the single biggest force shaping Yosemite Valley, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the national park system. Now swaths of some popular haunts are closing for good after geologists confirmed that unsuspecting tourists … Continue reading
Lack of Oversight by Seismic Regulator For Calif. Schools Increases Safety Risk
by Corey G. Johnson, California Watch 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 … Continue reading
Video: Huge Dock Washed Ashore on Oregon Coast is Debris From Japan Tsunami
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From the Oregonian: Japanese officials have confirmed that a huge dock that washed ashore on the Oregon coast is debris from last year’s tsunami – the first to reach the state from the disaster in Japan. The tsunami cut the … Continue reading
PG&E Hasn't Done Quake Assessment For Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Since 1988
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by Daniel J. Goldstein, The Bay Citizen 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 earthquakes for nearly two decades, according to a Government Accountability … Continue reading
In a Time of Massive Budget Cuts, Cal May Have to Borrow for a Football Stadium
Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with an AM post from somewhere in California… It's such a California story. UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium sits on an earthquake fault line. It's going to cost about $321 million to renovate. … Continue reading
Dozens of Homes Collapse in 7.4 Mexico Earthquake
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MEXICO CITY (AP) A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit central and southern Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing at least 60 homes near the epicenter and a pedestrian bridge in the capital where people fled shaking office buildings in fear. One of the … Continue reading
