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California: Six Killed And Seven Injured In Balcony Collapse
Six people lost their lives and seven were seriously injured when the balcony of an apartment in Berkeley, California collapsed. Six people lost their lives and seven were seriously injured when th...
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More Structural Problems for the Bay Bridge
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was completed in 2013, took 12 years to build and cost $6.4 billion. It is the largest and most ambitious public works project in California history, in large part...
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Is Desalination the Answer to California’s Drought?
The City of Santa Barbara is turning its sights on an old seawater desalination plant to tackle California’s worsening drought and limited water supply. According to Mayor Helene Schneider, the...
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Major Water Infrastructure Improvements Ahead in California
Amid escalating concern regarding California’s continued four year drought, Governor Jerry Brown signed a $1.1 billion emergency drought relief bill into law on Friday. Just under two-thirds, $6...
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Lack of Snow to Worsen California's Drought
In the midst of a four year drought, California’s limited snowpack promises another dry year in 2015. Mountain temperatures, which claim the hottest October - January period in 120 years, have p...
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