Geology
300: Physical Geology
Geology
301: Physical Geology Lab
Geology
305: Earth Science
Geology
306: Earth Science Lab
Instructor: Arthur Reed
November 2017 Earth Sciences topics/events making news…
...with emphasis on California news
Remember the principles of the scientific method when evaluating
news stories!
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$1.7
Million for Climate-Resilient Agricultural Research
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research has
awarded more than $1.7 million to University of California, Davis, researchers
to identify genes responsible for drought tolerance in rice and test a new
energy-efficient food-drying process.
UC Davis News, 11-30-17
With
winter chill looming, could controversial Aliso Canyon gas wells heat up
Southern California?
The natural gas
wells in Aliso Canyon could be leaned on more this winter, unless Southern
California residents and business owners conserve more energy or take other
measures, officials with state and local agencies said in a report this week.
Los Angeles Newspaper Group, 11-29-17
In a move touted as a boon to air quality, Aera Energy and GlassPoint
Solar officials announced plans Wednesday to build the state's largest solar
field. The project, which would assist Aera's oil extraction operations, would
also reduce carbon dioxide emissions throughout Kern County, the partners said.
Bakersfield Californian, 11-30-17
One of the country’s biggest oil
fields just turned to an unexpected power source: Solar
The Belridge oil field near Bakersfield, Calif., is one of the largest in
the country. It has been producing oil for more than a century
and last year produced about 76,000 barrels a day, according to Aera
Energy, its operator.
Washington
Post, 11-29-17
SoCal Gas Responds to 'Strong' Odor in
Cheviot Hills Residential Area
A "strong," gas-like odor complained about by Cheviot Hills
residents was a natural gas odorant spill at a production company in West Los
Angeles, according to the Southern California Gas Company.
KNBC-TV (Los
Angeles), 11-29-17
3.2
quake strikes near Nashmead
A shallow
magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Wednesday morning three miles from
Nashmead, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred
at 2:42 a.m. PST at a depth of 3.7 miles.
Los Angeles Times, 11-29-17
Parkfield segment of San Andreas fault may
host occasional large earthquakes
Although magnitude 6 earthquakes occur about every 25 years along the
Parkfield Segment of the San Andreas Fault, geophysical data suggest that the
seismic slip induced by those magnitude 6 earthquakes alone does not match the
long-term slip rates on this part of the San Andreas fault, researchers report
November 28 in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
(BSSA).
Science Daily,
11-29-17
Some days really are longer, but can they
cause quakes?
The headlines
are alarming. “Earth’s slowing rotation could cause huge quakes in
2018” (New York Post, Nov. 21), “Deadly earthquakes could hit a
BILLION people next year because of Earth’s slowing rotation”
(Daily Mail, Nov. 25). Is there any science behind these claims and what do
they really mean?
Eureka
Times-Standard column, 11-29-17
A magnitude 3.1
earthquake struck the Frazier Park area at 12:41 p.m. According the U.S.
Geological Survey, the quake was 5.9 miles deep and was centered 2.48 miles
west-northwest of Lebec.
Frazier Park Mountain Enterprise, 11-29-17
Small earthquake jolts Soledad
A small earthquake hit Soledad Wednesday afternoon, according to United
States Geological Survey. The 3.1-magnitude quake struck at 1:10 p.m. and was
centered about 13 miles east of Soledad.
KRON-TV (San
Francisco), 11-29-17
Huge
new Bay Area open space preserve opens to public Friday
For the past 175
years, it’s been a Mexican land grant, a dairy farm, a hideout for
members of Jesse James’ outlaw gang, an oil field, a redwood logging
mill, a cattle ranch and a retreat for heirs to the Weyerhaeuser lumber and
Folgers coffee fortunes. Now, this scenic 6,142-acre expanse in rural San
Mateo County — with stunning views of the Pacific Ocean — will
finally be opened to the public.
Bay Area News Group, 11-29-17
Solar
developments could prompt new land regulations
Solar power
development on farmland is increasingly raising alarm, potentially leading to
new land use restrictions in two Oregon counties.
Capital Press,
11-29-17
CLIMATE CHANGE
Gov.
Brown tells environmentalists in SF to ‘live lean and lightly’
Technology alone
isn’t going to be enough to save the world from the very real dangers of
climate change, Gov. Jerry Brown told an audience of environmentalists in San
Francisco on Wednesday night.
San Francisco Chronicle, 11-29-17
California’s
emissions dip—but climate policies get less credit than the weather
As Gov. Jerry
Brown was making his way through Europe last month, striking an evangelical tone
about the global peril represented by climate change, California’s Air
Resources Board released good news about emissions reported by companies
covered under the state’s cap-and-trade system.
CalMatters, 11-29-17
Golden
Gate Bridge seismic, suicide barrier changes force tests
More wind
testing will have to be done to a model of the Golden Gate Bridge after it was
discovered intense winds at a slight angle could damage the span.
Mercury News, 11-28-17
Pa’s
Pumpkin Patch site could see 50 oil wells as Long Beach considers proposal
An oil
company’s plan to restore several acres of southeast Long Beach wetlands
in exchange for a chance to drill new wells at nearby sites is scheduled for an
advisory vote this week.
Press Telegram, 11-28-17
Natural
gas supplies could be tight in Southern California this winter, state
authorities warn
California
utilities and energy authorities are warning that Southern California Gas Co.
might not be able to provide enough natural gas for all its customers if a cold
snap hits this winter.
Los Angeles Times, 11-28-17
Officials
warn of possible natural gas shortage this winter
A natural gas
pipeline that exploded last month in the desert east of Barstow has put the Los
Angeles region served by Southern California Gas Company at risk of shortages
for a second consecutive year, state energy officials said Tuesday.
Southern California Public Radio, 11-29-17
SoCal
Faces Winter Supply Uncertainty With Pipeline Outages, As Prices Spike
With three
natural gas transmission pipelines down and Aliso Canyon underground gas
storage operations limited, an updated assessment of winter energy supplies
issued Tuesday indicated the Southern California region faces greater
uncertainty than a year ago, with gas curtailments to large industrial users
more likely.
NGI Shale Gas Daily, 11-29-17
Naturally Occurring Oil-Shale Fire Burns
West of Arroyo Burro Beach
A small, naturally occurring oil-shale fire was burning Monday in a
hillside about a mile west of Arroyo Burro Beach near Santa Barbara.
Santa Barbara
Noozhawk, 11-27-17
Venoco
property in Carpinteria fading away as part of a bankruptcy
Venoco's oil and
gas facilities in Carpinteria will soon be part of the company's past and that
has opened up many talks about what to do with the ocean front land.
KEYT-TV (Santa Barbara), 11-27-17
How Close is Too Close for Hydraulic
Fracturing?
Although the majority of Americans get their drinking water from a
municipal, public supply, 1 in 7 rely on private water wells. Though wells for
drinking water and wells for oil and gas production are known to exist in the
same geographic regions, their proximity to one another across the United
States was uncertain.
Stanford Water
In the West, 11-27-17
Farmers
form coalition to oppose SOAR initiative
The owners of
some of Oceanside’s largest farms have formed a coalition to
oppose a ballot initiative they say would make it tougher for them to sell or
improve their property.
San Diego Union Tribune, 11-28-17
Farmland
investment firm expands with eye for mechanization
Farmworker
shortages are a mounting concern for Western growers, but Agriculture Capital
has resigned itself to insufficient labor.
Capital Press, 11-28-17
HIGH SPEED RAIL
How
about incentives in bullet train contracts?
Reports rise
almost weekly about missed construction deadlines and other time problems for
California’s embattled bullet train project, which hopes to see
passengers move between Los Angeles and San Francisco in well under three hours
sometime around 2030.
The Union Democrat, 11-29-17
Mudslide protection moving from Glendora
to Burbank burn area
For nearly four years, some residents in Glendora haven't been able to
park in front of their homes. K-rails line 19 streets except for driveways, in
place to protect against mudslides in the Colby Fire burn area.
KABC-TV (Los
Angeles), 11-27-17
Where
in the Pacific Northwest Will the Next Monstrous Earthquake Strike?
Scientists have
known that The Really big One, a monstrous
9.0-magnitude earthquake, may hit the Pacific Northwest within the next
several decades. New geological research just determined that the quake is
likely to strike northern Oregon or Washington State.
LiveScience, 11-27-17
CLIMATE CHANGE
The
sea level threat to cities depends on where the ice melts — not just how
fast
The world's
oceans are rising. Over the past century, they're up an average of about eight
inches. But the seas are rising more in some places than others.
Southern California Public Radio, 11-24-17
California
regulators hope new rules will spur more bike lanes, housing near transit
Bike lanes,
mixed-use residential and commercial construction near transit and other
development projects might get easier to build in California after regulators
on Monday released a long-awaited overhaul of the
state’s environmental law.
Los Angeles Times, 11-27-17
GENERAL
Why
environmentalists are at odds over the restoration of LA’s largest
remaining wetlands
A new
restoration plan to bulldoze nearly 3 million cubic yards of dirt from the
Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve — the largest remaining wetlands
in the Los Angeles area — has mobilized fierce opposition.
Los Angeles Newspaper Group, 11-27-17
SF
moves to ready the Embarcadero for earthquakes, sea level rise
San Francisco is
stepping up efforts to remake the Embarcadero in light of two very different
threats, the ever-present danger of earthquakes and the long-term likelihood of
sea level rise.
San Francisco Chronicle, 11-22-17
These
maps give a fascinating look at what lies under the ground we walk on
What’s
beneath our feet? The answer to that question has changed dramatically over the
centuries. For millennia, humans have tried to envision the world below them
– and have drawn pictures of what they think lies underneath.
Washington Post, 11-27-17
Bali volcano shuts down flights, sends
residents scurrying to safety
Volcanic eruptions on the Indonesian resort island of Bali prompted
officials to cancel flights and move about 24,000 residents out of the way as a
thick ash cloud from Mount Agung, thousands of meters high, drifts east and southeast
along the archipelago.
CNN, 11-26-17
Goodbye oil processing: Carpinteria oil
plant to be decommissioned
The imposing sea-foam green oil tanks and serpentine pipelines near
Casitas Pier in Carpinteria are set to be dismantled and removed from the
coastline as part of the unloading of Venoco Inc.’s assets following its
2016 bankruptcy filing.
Coastal
View.com, 11-22-17
A public agency sold farmland for $6 million,
then watched it get flipped for $14 million
Six years ago, the Imperial irrigation District agreed to sell 1,400
acres of farmland to a solar developer working with ZGlobal, an
engineering firm whose work for IID is now being
investigated by Imperial County's district attorney.
Palm Springs Desert Sun, 11-26-17
Newport
council expected to nullify Banning Ranch approvals Tuesday
The Newport
Beach City Council is expected next week to reverse several approvals for the
derailed Banning Ranch development.
Los Angeles Times, 11-24-17
WATER
Brown’s
twin-tunnels project could go down drain
The decades-long
political struggle over fixing the bottleneck in California’s immense
north-south water system is nearing a climax – and it’s not looking
good for Gov. Jerry Brown’s long-sought solution.
CalMatters column, 11-27-17
FRACKING
New
study takes a different approach to showing fracking causing earthquakes in
Texas
A team of
researchers with Southern Methodist University in Texas and the U.S. Geological
Survey Earthquake Hazard Program in Virginia has taken a new approach to
studying the increase of earthquakes in Texas.
Phys.org, 11-27-17
Debris flow, soil erosion greatest concern
in recovery process
In the wake of October’s fires, attention has turned to recovery
efforts with a high focus on protecting the region’s water supply,
authorities said at a watershed information meeting in Calistoga last week.
Weekly
Calistogan, 11-21-17
The
real science behind the unreal predictions of major earthquakes in 2018
Rebecca Bendick
would like you to not panic. The University of Montana geophysicist knows you
may have read the articles warning about "swarms of devastating
earthquakes" that will allegedly rock the planet next year thanks to a
slowdown of the Earth's rotation. And she feels "very awful" if
you've been alarmed.
Washington Post, 11-21-17
L.A.
may try to block reopening of oil drilling site blamed for health problems
Los Angeles City
Councilman Gil Cedillo is pursuing an unusual plan that could thwart the
reopening of a South L.A. oil drilling site that suspended operations
after a public outcry over nosebleeds and other health problems reported by
neighbors.
Los Angeles Times, 11-21-17
Tulare
County targets abandoned citrus farms
Kuyler Crocker
is a fifth generation citrus farmer in Strathmore. "We take pride in what
we're doing. We're able to farm here and feed the world," he says. His
fields are almost ready to be harvested.
KMPH-TV (Fresno), 11-21-17
Salinas
Planning Commission divided on city's economic development expansion plan.
For years,
Salinas officials have been working a plan for the city's future economic
growth, a vision for prosperity, jobs, housing. It's the details of how to move
that vision into reality that get tricky, and that difficult balancing act was
on full display on the evening of Nov. 15 when the Salinas Planning Commission
met to consider the proposed Economic Development Element.
Monterey County Now, 11-16-17
CLIMATE CHANGE
Jerry Brown's Cap-and-Trade Program Isn't
Working
California's greenhouse-gas emissions declined about 5 percent last year.
And the reduction has helped make Gov. Jerry Brown something of an
international icon in the realm of climate change policy and progressive action
to slow the warming of the Earth. But analysts say Brown's landmark program to
cut emissions — the state's cap-and-trade policy — is not
responsible for the state's progress.
East Bay
Express commentary, 11-22-17
California's
most recent cap-and-trade permit auction raises more than $800 million
California’s
cap-and-trade program received another boost Tuesday, with its most recent
permit auction reaching record-high sales, according to details
released by regulators Tuesday.
Los Angeles Times, 11-21-17
Greenhouse
gas auction results show California cap-and-trade back on track
Its fate
uncertain just a few months ago, California’s cap-and-trade system for
reining in greenhouse gas emissions appears to have pulled out of its slump.
San Francisco Chronicle, 11-21-17
Arvin
looks to impose more regulations on oil, gas operators
The Arvin City
Council could approve new regulations and restrictions on oil and gas
production in town at its Tuesday meeting.
Bakersfield Californian, 11-18-17
There
have been 134 earthquakes in Monterey County since last week's 4.6 magnitude
A 4.6 magnitude
earthquake shook Monterey County last Monday, and the area hasn't stopped
shaking since.
San Francisco Chronicle, 11-20-17
WATER
Duel
Conveyance: Delta Tunnel Dilemmas
A new option has entered public discussion of Delta water supplies,
having only one cross-Delta tunnel instead of two.
California Water Blog, 11-19-17
Researchers
Unsure How Exactly to Decommission Holly
To Goleta
residents and University of California, Santa Barbara students, Platform Holly,
a charmingly named oil rig just off the coast of Ellwood Beach, has become a
household name — though not in the best of ways.
U.C. Santa Barbara Bottom Line, 11-20-17
Danger
endures in Wine Country as fight shifts from fires to mudslides
When last month’s
deadly wildfires chased Jonathan Umholtz and his family from their Sonoma
County home for 16 days, the disruption seemed endless. It turns out, that was
just the beginning.
San Francisco Chronicle, 11-18-17
Tsunami
waves detected in Pacific after magnitude 7 earthquake
A powerful
magnitude 7 undersea earthquake struck east of New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands
in the South Pacific on Monday, sending small tsunamis towards New Caledonia
and neighboring Vanuatu, where authorities ordered evacuations.
Reuters, 11-19-17
Earth's
Rotation Is Mysteriously Slowing Down: Experts Predict Uptick In 2018
Earthquakes
Scientists have
found strong evidence that 2018 will see a big uptick in the number of large
earthquakes globally.
Forbes, 11-20-17
Earthquake 'swarms' provide a good
reminder to be prepared.
A swarm of earthquakes in Monterey County has got people buzzing about
what's next for the San Andreas fault.
Monterey
County Weekly, 11-17-17
CLIMATE CHANGE
Scientists
aim to fight climate change with super plants
Ever since
humans first walked the earth, we have relied on plants for our survival.
Los Angeles Times, 11-17-17
California
Leaves Another Big Footprint at U.N. Climate Talks — But Does It Matter?
Governor Jerry
Brown blazed a trail through this year’s round of U.N. climate talks,
just concluded in Bonn, Germany. Along the way he spoke at the Vatican, met
with key players in the European Union and signed up some more subnational
leaders to his Under 2 Coalition for climate action.
KQED (San Francisco television), 11-18-17
The
Tide is Turning: Rising Sea Level Projections Compel San Clemente to Study
Possible Effects
Causes for sea
levels rising are still widely debated, but the levels are rising,
according to multiple reports from the U.S. Geological Survey and the California
Ocean Protection Council.
San Clemente Times, 11-16-17
What
new climate report says. It’s urgent
As was recently
reported in The Press Democrat, the U.S. government recently released the first
volume of the Fourth National Climate Assessment. As one of the 51 authors of
the report, (and the only one from the private sector), I was relieved that
there was no political interference in the writing and editing process. The
report accurately represents the conclusions of the expert scientists on the
writing team.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 11-17-17
Live
next to an oil well? CARB wants to know what's in your air.
The California
Air Resources Board is starting a
new air monitoring program to find out what people who live near oil and
gas wells are breathing.
Southern California Public Radio, 11-17-17
Don't
expand oil facilities in the Sespe
Just when we
should be curtailing the production of oil to prevent overheating our
planet, we are poised locally for a major, unnecessary expansion of oil
production from the Sespe Oil Field north of Fillmore.
Ventura County Star commentary, 11-28-17
Residents
Balk at 30 New Oil Wells and Fracking
After receiving
numerous requests from residents the Culver City City Council granted a 120-day
extension of the public review period for the submission of written comments on
the Inglewood Oil Field (IOF) Specific Plan and Draft Environmental Impact
Report (EIR) at Monday night's meeting.
Culver City Observer, 11-16-17
Will
this help development in south Fresno?
Fresno is ready
to grow, yet two councilmen feel a provision in the city’s blueprint is
hindering developers from coming in. On Thursday (March 2), city council
started the process to change the 2035 General Plan making it easier to build
around the edges of the city. Some say that may help impoverished areas of town
like southwest and southeast Fresno.
GVWire, 3-2-17
The Colorado
River in the southwestern U.S. provides an excellent natural laboratory for
studying the origins of a continent-scale river system, because deposits that
formed prior to and during river initiation are well exposed in the lower river
valley and nearby basinal sink. This paper presents a synthesis of regional
stratigraphy, sedimentology, and micropaleontology from the southern Bouse
Formation and similar-age deposits in the western Salton Trough, which we use
to interpret processes that controlled the birth and early evolution of the
Colorado River.
ScienceDirect
3
earthquakes rattle Monterey County Thursday, after more than a dozen quakes
earlier in the week
Three small
earthquakes struck Monterey County on Thursday evening, officials said.
SFGate, 11-16-17
Study
reveals structure and origins of glacial polish on Yosemite's rocks
The glaciers
that carved Yosemite Valley left highly polished surfaces on many of the
region's rock formations. These smooth, shiny surfaces, known as glacial
polish, are common in the Sierra Nevada and other glaciated landscapes.
PhysOrg, 11-15-17
What
if California was hit by a strong 8.2 earthquake?
Scientists have
no problem affirming it is possible for California to experience an 8.2
magnitude quake. The San Andreas fault stretches 800 miles along California
ground making it the longest in the state and one of the most dangerous in the
world.
The Weather Network
HIGH-SPEED RAIL
How
about incentives in these bullet train contracts?
Reports rise
almost weekly about missed construction deadlines and other time problems for
California’s embattled bullet train project, which hopes to see
passengers move between Los Angeles and San Francisco in well under three hours
sometime around 2030.
Union Democrat, 11-17-17
CLIMATE CHANGE
Can carbon-sucking technologies hold back
climate change?
As the U.S. state of California tries to slash its climate-changing
emissions by 40 percent by 2030 – and 80 percent by 2050 – it is
looking at some unusual new technologies, beyond simply cutting its use of
fossil fuels.
Reuters,
11-17-17
City
planners say proposed economic development plan could create almost 9,000 jobs
City planners in
Salinas have developed a plan to transform what is now 500 acres of
agricultural land in and near the city into economic developments, like
retail shops, business parks and industrial parks. The development of that
land is estimated to support about 8,900 jobs.
KSBW, 11-14-17
Culver
City Could Add 30 New Oil Wells and Allow Fracking Under New Proposal
Environmentalists
and local activists are protesting a proposal by Culver City to allow up to 30
new oil wells to be drilled in the next 15 years. Even more controversially,
the city's proposed regulations would allow for fracking and other forms of
well stimulation.
LA Weekly, 11-16-17
Measure Z trial arguments conclude,
judge’s ruling expected quickly
Attorneys
wrapped up their arguments on Thursday in the first phase of the Measure Z
trial aimed at deciding whether the voter-approved initiative establishing some
of the nation’s toughest oil and gas restrictions is constitutional.
Monterey County Herald, 11-16-17
Venoco
and Beverly Hills reach settlement
Oil and gas
drilling company Venoco announced on Nov. 13 that it has reached a settlement
with the city and school district of Beverly Hills, among other parties, over
vacated oil and gas wells at Beverly Hills High School.
Park LaBrea News/Beverly Press, 11-16-17
WATER
Timeline: The Long History of California’s
Delta Tunnels Plan
It’s been more than half a century since Californians started
talking seriously about building a new conveyance system – canals or
tunnels – to divert water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta to
south Delta pumps for export to farms and cities in the south.
Water Deeply,
11-16-17
Intentional
Water Management & Long Term Funding Needed to Address Worsening Climate
Challenges
Throughout
California’s recent drought, one leader providing important guidance was
Felicia Marcus, chair of the State Water Resources Control Board.
The Planning Report, 11-14-17
Racing
Rising Seas in the Bay Area: Design Teams ‘Float’ Some Big Ideas
After months of
study, ten carefully-picked design teams are unveiling their first ideas for
giving the Bay Area a makeover to cope with rising sea levels.
KQED-TV (San Francisco), 11-16-17
FRACKING
Fracking Rarely Linked to Quakes
Hydraulic fracturing is rarely linked to seismic shaking, according to an
analysis of earthquakes near “frack jobs,” conducted by Oklahoma
state officials.
The Heartland
Institute, 11-14-17
Judge in Measure Z case questions if
fracking ban can stand alone
The courtroom of Judge Thomas Wills was full Tuesday as people showed up
to watch the fight against Measure Z.
KSBW-TV
(Salinas), 11-14-17
Documents
show undisclosed EPA health concerns on fracking chemicals
We're about a
decade into an oil and gas revolution known shorthand as fracking. It relies on
shooting high-pressure water mixed with chemicals down into layers of rock to
crack the stone and release oil and gas. Pretty much since the fracking boom
began, people who live near these wells have worried about chemicals getting
into their water and making them sick.
Marketplace.org, 11-14-17
At
least 30 aftershocks hit Monterey County area after 4.6 quake
In the eight
hours after a 4.6-magnitude earthquake shook up Monterey County and parts of
the Bay Area on Monday morning, over 30 aftershocks were recorded by
geologists, officials said.
SFGate, 11-13-17
San
Francisco’s forgotten earthquake of 1957
It was the most
powerful earthquake to hit San Francisco since 1906, but it’s a foggy
memory 60 years later.
SFGate, 11-14-17
3.0
quake strikes near Capetown
A shallow magnitude
3.0 earthquake was reported Monday afternoon three miles from Capetown, Calif.,
according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 12:30 p.m. PST
at a depth of 10.6 miles.
Los Angeles Times, 11-13-17
Largest, longest multiphysics earthquake
simulation created to date
Just before 8:00 a.m. local time on December 26, 2004, people in
southeast Asia were starting their days when the third strongest recorded earthquake
in history ripped a 1,500-kilometer tear in the ocean floor off the coast of
the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
Science Daily,
11-3-17
Sitting on a gold mine: New owner
exploring underground at Idaho-Maryland Mine
Rise Gold Corp has begun exploratory drilling at western Nevada County's
Idaho-Maryland Mine in an effort to determine how much gold remains at the
site.
Grass Valley
Union, 11-13-17
CLIMATE CHANGE
Gov. Jerry Brown is no
climate action hero
Gov. Jerry Brown
seemed surprised by what greeted him at the United Nations climate conference
in Germany on Saturday. Less than a minute into his remarks, Californians
living near fracking, oil refineries and Aliso Canyon stood up and decried the
destruction that Brown’s industry-pandering fossil fuel polices have had
on their lives.
Sacramento Bee, 11-14-17
Why Governor Jerry Brown Was Booed at the
Bonn Climate Summit
Spare a little pity for Jerry Brown. The California governor has been
standing up admirably to Donald Trump on many issues, but especially on climate
change—even threatening to launch scientific satellites to replace the
ones that Washington wants to ground.
The New
Yorker, 11-13-17
Scientists
warn of 'giant leap backward' at climate talks
Carbon dioxide
emissions are set to rise this year after a three-year pause, scientists said
at UN climate talks Monday, warning that "time is running out", even
as White House officials used the occasion to champion the fossil fuels that
drive global warming.
Phys.org, 11-14-17
Trump
is blasted at climate talks, but Paris accord lives on
President Donald
Trump is taking a beating at the United Nations climate conference here.
Politico.com, 11-14-17
City
planners say proposed economic development plan could create almost 9,000 jobs
City planners in
Salinas have developed a plan to transform what is now 500 acres of
agricultural land in and near the city into economic developments, like
retail shops, business parks and industrial parks. The development of that
land is estimated to support about 8,900 jobs.
KSBW Channel 8, 11-14-17
Editorial: Living in farm country gives
extra insight
Last week was an opportunity to celebrate what is a huge industry in this
area. It was Farm City Celebration and a way to get behind the scenes in
agriculture.
Chico
Enterprise Record, 11-14-17
ALISO CANYON
Utilities
lawyer calls for legislative session to reform CPUC
Former San Diego
City Attorney Mike Aguirre is taking aim at the California Public Utilities
Commission and calling for a special legislative session to investigate the relationship
between the panel and the public utilities it is supposed to regulate.
KUSI San Diego News, 11-13-17
Measure Z fracking ban trial underway in
Monterey County
After Monterey County voters approved Measure Z, a fracking ban and limit on other oil
extraction processes, in November 2016, oil companies and royalty owners
quickly filed six lawsuits against the county. Those have all been consolidated
into one trial. Phase one began Monday.
KAZU (Seaside
radio), 11-13-17
Opening arguments in Measure Z trial
Attorneys on all sides began presenting their cases on the first day of
the Measure Z trial on Monday, arguing over whether the voter-approved
initiative establishing some of the nation’s toughest oil and gas
restrictions is preempted by federal and state authority.
Monterey
County Herald, 11-13-17
Earthquake
swarm hits Monterey County; biggest felt in SF
A 4.6-magnitude
earthquake rattled Monterey County on Monday and was felt more than 90 miles
away in San Francisco, officials said.
San Francisco Chronicle, 11-13-17
Magnitude 4.7 earthquake recorded outside
Gonzales
Some Salinas residents felt strong shaking and saw hanging items sway at
their homes this morning as a magnitude 4.7 earthquake occurred northeast of
Gonzales.
Salinas
Californian, 11-13-17
We
know where the next big earthquakes will happen — but not when
At least 400
people are dead and more than 6,000 injured after a massive earthquake struck
near the Iran-Iraq border on Sunday.
Vox, 11-13-17
Iran-Iraq earthquake: Rouhani vows action over
collapsed buildings
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has vowed to "find the
culprits" responsible for buildings collapsing in a 7.3-magnitude
earthquake on Sunday.
BBC, 11-14-17
Officials raise Iran-Iraq earthquake death
toll to at least 530
Iranian officials have raised the death toll from Sunday’s earthquake of 7.3 magnitude on its border with Iraq to at least 530, making
it the deadliest in the world this year.
The Guardian,
11-14-17
Costa
Rica hit by magnitude 6.5 earthquake
An 6.5 magnitude
earthquake struck off the coast of Costa Rica on Sunday night, the US
Geological Survey (USGS) said.
CNN, 11-13-17
CLIMATE CHANGE
Community
Voices: California's role and responsibility in global climate debate
According to The
World Counts of October 2014, global temperature has risen about 0.8 degrees
Celsius, or 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880. Let’s assume man is
responsible. Who do we blame?
Bakersfield.com, 11-13-17
Forget Donald Trump. Can anybody solve
climate change?
Meeting for annual climate talks, America’s political leaders are
forcefully reiterating their commitments to the landmark Paris climate accord,
despite President Donald Trump’s dismissal of the pact as a threat to the
nation’s economy and sovereignty.
Sacramento
Bee, 11-14-17
California's Jerry Brown on how to beat
Trump on climate change
California Governor Jerry Brown has emerged as the United States' default
climate leader. At the COP23 climate conference in Bonn, Brown told DW's Environment
Editor Sonya Diehn what it takes to beat Trump on climate.
Deutsche
Welle, 11-13-17
California
may reach 50% renewable power goal by 2020 — 10 years early
Two years ago,
Gov. Jerry Brown signed an ambitious law ordering California utility companies
to get 50
percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2030. It looks
like they may hit that goal a decade ahead of schedule.
San Francisco Chronicle, 11-13-17
Study:
More evidence links earthquakes to energy waste wells (Denver)
Scientists say
they have more evidence that an increase in earthquakes on the Colorado-New
Mexico border since 2001 has been caused by wells that inject wastewater from
oil and gas production back underground, similar to human-caused quakes in
Oklahoma and other states.
Associated Press, 10-27-17
Investigation
into 200 plastic bags filled with oil-soaked dirt near high school in Echo Park
A joint
investigation was underway Wednesday into the discovery of more than 200
plastic bags filled with oil-soaked dirt that authorities believe were about to
be removed from the site of a leaky oil well near a high school in Echo Park.
MyNewsLA, 11-8-17
Three ways to clean up California’s
oil production
With the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Paris climate
agreement, Gov. Jerry Brown is trying to make meaningful progress at the
climate conference in Bonn, Germany, as special adviser for states and regions
Sacramento Bee
Commentary, 11-9-17
Aliso
Canyon gas leak will be an issue for House, Assembly candidates
Last month,
leaders of the drive to elect more Democrats to Congress sent a video ad to
about 90,000 Facebook users in the Porter Ranch area of the San Fernando
Valley, blasting Rep. Steve Knight’s response to the natural-gas leak
that sickened and displaced many residents in 2015 and 2016.
Los Angeles
Newspaper Group, 11-10-17
Powerful
Iran-Iraq earthquake is deadliest of 2017
At least 452
people were killed and thousands injured after a powerful earthquake struck
near the border of Iran and Iraq late Sunday.
CNN, 11-13-17
On a sunbaked, dust-scoured road overlooking the Big Sur coast, four men
in hard hats and fluorescent vests huddle against the stiffening wind. Worry
isn’t in their nature, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t
concerned.
Los Angeles
Times, 11-9-17
A shallow
magnitude 3.6 earthquake was reported Thursday afternoon about 14 miles from
Anza, Calif, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at
4:23 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 3.7 miles.
Los Angeles
Times, 11-9-17
Mudslide
fears haunt neighborhoods burned by huge La Tuna fire
Los Angeles
County and federal officials have been busy preparing Burbank residents who
live near the Verdugo Mountains hillside for future heavy rainfall, especially
in areas that were adjacent to the La Tuna fire, which scorched more than 7,000
acres over Labor Day weekend.
Los Angeles
Times, 11-12-17
Certain types of
buildings are especially vulnerable to collapse during earthquakes — and
earthquake-prone Mexico City is filled with them.
Los Angeles
Times, 11-10-17
3.2
quake strikes near Athens Park in South L.A.
A shallow
magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Friday morning near the West Athens community
in South Los Angeles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor
occurred at 1:25 a.m. PST at a depth of 7.5 miles.
Los Angeles
Times, 11-10-17
Burned
storm drains in Santa Rosa create slide, sinkhole risk
Santa Rosa
officials warned Sunday of a new threat posed by last month’s devastating
wildfires — sinkholes and landslides.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 11-12-17
A 3.5-magnitude earthquake felt in desert
Thursday afternoon with epicenter near Anza
A small earthquake shook parts of the desert at 4:23 p.m. on Thursday
afternoon.
Palm Springs
Desert Sun, 11-9-17
California earthquake early warning system
still years away
It’s no secret that California is in an earthquake zone. So,
why don't we have an earthquake early warning system?
KFMB-TV (San
Diego), 11-10-17
A shallow
magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Wednesday evening about 13 miles east-southeast
of Anza, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred
at 7:28 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 3.7 miles.
Los Angeles Times, 11-9-17
Earthquake
expert Lucy Jones details the South Bay’s greatest threats from the
‘big one’
Leave it to Lucy
Jones, Southern California’s go-to expert on all things earthquake, to
find a positive sidelight to the normally devastating effects of major earth
movement in such a populous region.
Los Angeles Newspaper Group, 11-8-17
Is Southern California Ready For
7.8 Earthquake?
Over the past few months, we’ve had an all-too-real glimpse of what
Mother Nature is truly capable of and just how quickly a disaster can turn
major cities upside-down
KCBS-TV (Los
Angeles), 11-10-17
This fall, San Mateo County Resource Conservation District staff,
partners and volunteers cleaned up more than 40 pounds of dog waste between
Montara and Half Moon Bay — on a single morning.
Half Moon Bay
Review, 11-8-17
Marin County to Preserve Undeveloped Ranch
Land Owned by Metallica Co-Founder
The Marin County Open Space District is poised to preserve 1,000 acres of
agricultural land not very far from the privately-owned Skywalker Ranch in
Lucas Valley.
Marin
Independent Journal, 11-10-17
Southern
California ranch land to be turned into public beach
The California
Coastal Commission on Thursday agreed to carve a mile of public beach out of
ranch land that has been in private hands for more than a century.
Southern California Public Radio, 11-9-17
CLIMATE CHANGE
‘Keep it in the ground:’ Jerry
Brown protested at climate talks in Germany
Opponents of a controversial form of oil extraction repeatedly
interrupted California Gov. Jerry Brown’s speech pledging support for the
Paris agreement on Saturday, unfurling signs and arguing that his refusal to
ban hydraulic fracturing was a stain on his environmental record.
Sacramento
Bee, 11-11-17
Commentary:
Could ‘Ecotopia’ fantasy become a reality?
Ernest
Callenbach’s 1975 novel “Ecotopia” described a mythical
nation carved out of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States –
Washington, Oregon and Northern California – on the premise of
environmental stewardship.
CalMatters, 11-12-17
Will
we be ‘wiped out?’ How climate change is affecting California
California could
one day be uninhabitable. Fire. Heat. Floods. Infestation. Disease. Suffering.
Scientists have for years warned about the ravaging consequences of a warming
planet.
Sacramento Bee, 11-13-17
Schwarzenegger
says climate activists should change their tactics
Movie star and
former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wants environmental activists
to give more attention to immediate health hazards like air and water
pollution. Schwarzenegger spoke Sunday at a global climate meeting in Bonn,
Germany, where diplomats from around the world are discussing implementing the
Paris climate accord.
Associated Press, 11-13-17
Why
greenhouse gases are increasing — again
After three years
of barely budging, fossil fuel emissions are once again climbing, according to
new Stanford-led analyses.
Bay Area News Group, 11-13-17
What
a new report on climate science portends for the West
The complexity
of climate change means it’s hard to trace simple lines from cause to
effect in daily life, much less plan for the future. That’s one reason
the federal government updates its National Climate Assessment every four years
— to provide lawmakers, policymakers and citizens with the information
they need to plan everything from urban infrastructure, to insurance programs,
to disaster readiness.
High Country News, 11-8-17
Cracks
in SF's Leaning Tower Are 'Breathtaking'
It's a
well-publicized fact thanks to numerous lawsuits from residents, including
Joe Montana. Yet it makes the latest sign of its flaws no less
"breathtaking," per the San Francisco Chronicle. Footage aired Sunday
on 60 Minutes shows numerous cracks in the skyscraper's
basement, accompanied by stress gauges that measure their growth.
FoxSportsRadio,
11-8-17
Scientists
monitor Sierra Nevada volcanoes
For millions of
years, volcanoes along the Sierra Nevada shaped California’s mountains
and valleys into to the familiar landscapes we know today.And although
scientists are certain these volcanoes in our own backyard will erupt again,
the question is, how soon.
YourCentralValley.com, 11-8-17
Large
fault line beneath Long Beach hospital forces closure
A third study
verified what the other two studies over an eight-year period had uncovered: a
larger than expected -- and active -- fault line underneath Community Hospital
Long Beach.
ABC7 Eyewitness News, 11-7-17
Mexico
City Now Sends Earthquake Warnings to Phones
Mexico City has
made changes to its emergency announcement service known as 911 CDMX. The
service now sends messages to people’s smartphones warning
them of earthquakes.
Learning English, 11-7-17
Earthquake expert Lucy Jones details South
Bay threat of the 'big one'
When a magnitude 7.9 earthquake or greater strikes the San Andreas fault,
an estimated 1,800 people in Southern California could die, roughly 53,000
people injured and 250,000 people will likely be homeless.
Beach
Reporter, 11-7-17
Wildfire-ravaged
areas of California face elevated risk for flooding, mudslides this winter
Wildfires burned
millions of acres of land across the western United States over the past
several months, leaving many areas at risk of flooding and mudslides during
winter.
AccuWeather.com, 11-8-17
Venoco
bankruptcy may open up Carpinteria land sites
There may be
some changes very soon with the Venoco property in Carpinteria because of the
ongoing bankruptcy proceedings.
KEYT-TV (Santa Barbara), 11-7-17
WATER
Wildfire-ravaged
areas of California face elevated risk for flooding, mudslides this winter
Wildfires burned
millions of acres of land across the western United States over the past
several months, leaving many areas at risk of flooding and mudslides during
winter.
AccuWeather, 11-8-17
California
commits to timetable for Salton Sea projects
California’s
top water regulators adopted an agreement that commits the state to following
through on plans of building wetlands and controlling dust around the shrinking
Salton Sea over the next 10 years.
Desert Sun, 11-7-17
One
tunnel would still devastate Delta
California WaterFix
is at an impasse, or so it seems. In a perfect world, the project’s
gaping hole in funding from State Water Project contractors, embarrassing
outcomes from state and federal audits, and vehement opposition from the
general public and environmental groups would have killed the tunnels.
Sacramento Bee, 11-8-17
CLIMATE
CHANGE
Syria Joins Paris Climate Accord, Leaving
Only U.S. Opposed
Then there was one. Syria announced during United Nations climate talks
on Tuesday that it would sign the Paris agreement on climate change. The move,
which comes on the heels of Nicaragua signing the accord last month, will leave the United States as the
only country that has rejected the global pact.
New York
Times, 11-7-17
The global partnership fighting climate
change expands. Is Trump helping the cause?
Three summers ago, California Gov. Jerry Brown met with the environment
minister of Baden-Württemberg, a large industrial state bordering France
and Switzerland.
Sacramento
Bee, 11-9-17
Emissions
fall under California's cap-and-trade program
Industries
regulated under California’s cap-and-trade program reduced greenhouse gas
emissions by nearly 5% in 2016, according to new data released by state
officials.
Los Angeles Times, 11-8-17
ALISO CANYON
State
agencies and SoCalGas bicker over Aliso Canyon as winter nears
The Aliso Canyon
natural gas storage field in Los Angeles County may be back up and running
— albeit on a limited basis — but that has not dispelled concerns
about reliable supplies.
San Diego Union Tribune, 11-8-17
Los
Angeles City Council Committee Recommends Close Look at Health of Aliso
Residents
A Los Angeles
City Council committee recommended Tuesday that the city take a closer look at
the health of residents near the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility and
examine the quality of their drinking water.
NBC News, 11-8-17
(BLOG)
Supervisors Seek Authority To Shut Down Facilities That Emit Harmful Chemicals
The Los Angeles
County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to explore whether it could gain the
authority to shut down facilities emitting harmful chemicals rather than
waiting for state regulators to act.
West LA News, 11-7-17
LA
City Council considers health exams for residents near Aliso Canyon
An L.A. City
Council committee will consider Tuesday if the city should examine more
closely the health of the people who live near the Aliso Canyon Natural
Gas Storage Facility and the quality of their water following the release
of an independent report that raised questions about both.
MyNewsLA, 11-7-17
San
Francisco's Vision for Seismic and Social Resilience
The Planning
Report looks at major resilience initiatives in San
Francisco through an interview with City Administrator Naomi Kelly, beginning
with upgrades to the century-old seawall that protects some
of the city's most iconic—and most lucrative—destinations.
Planetizen, 11-7-17
Community
Hospital in Long Beach can’t meet seismic standards and may close acute
care service
Community
Medical Center in Long Beach will no longer be able to treat patients needing
acute care after mid-2019, officials said Monday, citing seismic studies that
show a threat of damage in the event of a major earthquake.
Press-Telegram, 11-7-17
Scripps
launches $2.6 billion building plan
Scripps Health
is embarking on a $2.6 billion building boom that its chief executive says is
the largest in the organization’s 125-year history.
San Diego Union Tribune, 11-7-17
New
Adams opera re-examines California's Gold Rush
Move over
Puccini, and make way for the Girls. A new opera by American composer John
Adams aims to tell the true story of California's Gold Rush, capturing the
excitement but also the greed, brutality and racism that followed the quest for
instant riches as prospectors from all over the world flocked to the Sierra
Nevada in the early 1850s.
Lompoc Record, 11-7-17
CLIMATE
CHANGE
California should link carbon market with
Europe, Jerry Brown says
Gov. Jerry Brown, speaking at a joint conference of the European
Parliament on Tuesday, urged leaders here to explore linking their cap-and-trade
system with California.
Sacramento
Bee, 11-7-17
Gov.
Jerry Brown says California could partner with EU, China to fight climate
change
California and
the European Union will begin discussions together with China about possibly
creating a common carbon market to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Gov. Jerry
Brown announced Tuesday at a conference in Brussels focused on combating
climate change.
Los Angeles Times, 11-7-17
FRACKING
Appellate
Court Sets New Deadline in BLM Fracking Rule Fight
An appellate
court panel in Denver said it wants to hear more arguments over an Obama-era
rule governing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on public and tribal lands, and
ordered the Trump administration and environmental groups to file responses
over the matter by mid-November.
NGI Shale Gas Daily, 11-7-17
Conservationists
kick off campaign to preserve Coyote Valley
A large
contingent of conservationists kicked off a campaign Nov. 2 to permanently
preserve Coyote Valley—which serves as a buffer of open space between
Morgan Hill and San Jose—from the threat of future development.
Morgan Hill Times, 11-6-17
Perdue hears concerns of California
farmers
On a sunny
Sunday in Modesto, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue came to town to
hear about what keeps California farmers up at night. Trade, regulations and
immigration led the list.
Ag Alert, 11-8-17
Agencies
are investigating an oil spill a block from a downtown Los Angeles high school
State and local
officials have launched a joint investigation after discovering more than 200
plastic bags filled with oil-soaked dirt they believe were about to be removed
from the site of a leaky oil well in Echo Park.
Los Angeles Times, 11-8-17
ALISO CANYON
LADWP
says no cause for alarm after Porter Ranch doctor warns of lithium in water
A report from
the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power expected to be released Wednesday
states there is no direct link between the Aliso Canyon Gas leak and levels of
lithium in the city’s water supply.
Los Angeles Daily News, 11-8-17
LA
County explores giving health department power to shut down companies
‘poisoning the air’
LA County
leaders unanimously approved a motion Tuesday to ask public health officials if
they can widen their authority to shut down companies that produce unhealthy
chemicals that go into the air.
Los Angeles Daily News, 11-7-17
Aliso
Canyon gas leak effect on health, water quality may get closer look from city
of LA
An L.A. City
Council committee will consider today if the city should examine more closely
the health of the people who live near the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage
Facility and the quality of their water following the release of an independent
report that raised questions about both.
Los Angeles Daily News, 11-7-17
State
agencies and SoCalGas bicker over Aliso Canyon as winter nears
The Aliso Canyon
natural gas storage field in Los Angeles County may be back up and running
— albeit on a limited basis — but that has not dispelled concerns
about reliable supplies.
San Diego Union Tribune, 11-8-17
LADWP
says no cause for alarm after Porter Ranch doctor warns of lithium in water
A report from
the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power expected to be released Wednesday
states there is no direct link between the Aliso Canyon Gas leak and levels of
lithium in the city’s water supply.
Los Angeles Newspaper Group, 11-8-17
Did
You Know? Fascinating Stories of Subterranean L.A.
What lies
beneath our Los Angeles feet? What is the connection between our terra firma
and all that lies below? What can we learn about both our past and future from
looking down instead of up? On Saturday, Nov. 11, USC’s Doheny Library
will host “Under
L.A.: Subterranean Stories” . The anecdotes you are about to
read are some of many that will be explored in the one-day public
conference.
KCET Los Angeles, 11-6-17
CLIMATE
CHANGE
Gov.
Jerry Brown traverses Europe on a climate ‘crusade’
Imagine hosting
a large gathering of supremely important people. Protocol is taken seriously.
CalMatters, 11-6-17
U.S.
climate report forecasts shrinking snowpacks
Snowpacks in
Oregon, Idaho, Washington and California and are expected be much smaller by
mid-century if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, according to federal
projections released Friday.
Capital Press, 11-6-17
WATER
If Jerry Brown can’t sell California
on two Delta tunnels, would just one fly?
It sounds like a nice, elegant compromise for a California water project
swamped in uncertainty: If there isn’t enough money to build two Delta
tunnels, why not build just one?
Sacramento
Bee, 11-6-17
LA
City Council considers health exams for residents near Aliso Canyon
An L.A. City
Council committee will consider Tuesday if the city should examine more
closely the health of the people who live near the Aliso Canyon Natural
Gas Storage Facility and the quality of their water following the release
of an independent report that raised questions about both.
MyNewsLA.com, 11-7-17
Does Los Angeles
County’s public health department have the authority to shut down a
facility that emits toxic substances into the air?
Los Angeles Newspaper Group, 11-6-17
Evaluating fault
lines in Aliso Canyon (click)
'We
don't know if (it's) going to stand up in an earthquake': '60 Minutes' features
Millennium Tower
CBS' "60
Minutes" told the story of San Francisco's infamous sinking skyscraper
Sunday night.
SFGate, 11-5-17
New earthquake study reinforces familiar
lessons
A recent study confirmed what most of us already knew: We’re living
in earthquake country.
Palm Springs
Desert Sun editorial, 11-2-17
CLIMATE CHANGE
World needs ‘brain washing’ on
climate change, Jerry Brown says at Vatican
Gov. Jerry Brown challenged the world’s religious leaders to further
engage as he minimized the negative effects of President Donald Trump on
meeting the climate-change challenge.
Sacramento
Bee, 11-4-17
Brown And De León Talk Climate
Change At The Vatican
Two of California’s
top elected officials are at the Vatican lobbying for international action on
climate change.
Capital Public Radio, 11-3-17
Before rushing to join the Klamath River, the waters of Blue Creek pause
in a turquoise pool beside a bed of stone-gray cobbles. Salmon pause here, too
– coho and fall Chinook, basking in the cool-water refuge to rally for
the upstream swim to spawning grounds
Sacramento
Bee, 11-1-17
Study suggests the US' power supply has
capacity to adapt to climate change
Climate change
scientists warn that the continued burning of fossil fuels is likely to cause
major disruptions to the global climate system leading to more extreme weather,
sea level rise, and biodiversity loss.
Phys.org, 10-30-17
Jerry
Brown's holy war on Donald Trump
California has
opened a new front in its war on Donald Trump — the Vatican, where Gov.
Jerry Brown on Saturday sought to enlist the Catholic Church in his effort to
undermine the president’s climate policies abroad.
Politico.com, 11-5-17
The ‘Odd Couple’ goes to Rome:
Jerry Brown, Kevin de León collaborate on climate change
Jerry Brown’s father was the 32nd governor of California. Kevin de
León didn’t know his father at all.
Sacramento
Bee, 11-6-17
Mexico City updates 911 app to push quake
alerts to phones
Mexico City has
updated its 911 emergency app to send earthquake alerts to residents' smartphones
following last month's magnitude 7.1 shake that killed 369 people, including
228 in the capital, authorities announced Thursday.
Associated
Press, 11-2-17
Mexico
City Earthquake Damage: From ‘I survived’ to ‘What
now?’
Three weeks ago,
a Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC) sent its
Safer Cities Reconnaissance Team to Mexico City to inspect damage sustained
during the 19 September 2017 M=7.1 Puebla earthquake, and to learn how the
earthquake dislocation was percolating throughout affected communities.
Temblor.com, 11-2-17
3.0
quake strikes near Whitmore Hot Springs
A shallow
magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Thursday morning two miles from Whitmore
Hot Springs, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor
occurred at 5:01 a.m. PDT at a depth of 2.5 miles.
Los Angeles Times, 11-2-17
(OPINION) Understanding
‘debris flows’
Until subsequent
weather disturbances, most notably “Yolanda” in 2013, hit the
Philippines, the “world’s worst storm” for 2012 was Typhoon
“Pablo” (international name: “Bopha”).
Inquirer.net, 11-1-17
Renowned
seismologist joins USC to lead Southern California Earthquake Center
John Vidale
first took an interest in geology as a junior in college. He began as a physics
major — a subject he had adored throughout high school — but was
frustrated by how ethereal his coursework was in college. So, he enrolled in a
geology class. The subject excited him because it was grounded in what he could
see and touch.
USC Dornsife, 11-1-17
Could
the San Jacinto Fault Zone Rupture Sooner Than Expected?
A little-known
section of the San Jacinto Fault in Southern California could erupt with a
damaging earthquake a lot sooner than once thought.
KQED (San Francisco television), 11-1-17
Urgent!
Do You Want 30 new toxic oil wells & fracking in Culver City?
Monday night,
November 6th, the Culver City Council will decide if they want to allow further
discussion and comment on 1000+ pages of a Specific Plan showing where they
will allow oil wells to be drilled & fracked within Culver City and its
Environmental Impact Report (EIR).
Culver City Observer, 11-2-17
Sonoma
supervisors weighing allowing disaster emergency housing on ag land
The Sonoma County
Board of Supervisors is exploring a proposal to allow temporary use and rental
of existing primary dwellings and farm family dwellings on agricultural parcels
for residents displaced by the wildfires in this month.
Napa Valley Register, 11-1-17
110,000-plus
acres of farmland will vanish, researchers say
Between 110,000
and 240,000 acres of farmland in southwestern Idaho will disappear by 2100,
according to a report by a team of Boise State University researchers. How much
actually vanishes depends in part on decisions made about housing density,
according to the report.
Capital Press, 11-1-17
Ruling
reverses solar project on Oregon farmland
Oregon’s
Land Use Board of Appeals has reversed the approval of an 80-acre solar project
in Jackson County.
Capital Press, 11-1-17
ALISO CANYON
With
more than 340 lawsuits filed over the Aliso Canyon gas leak, SoCalGas is
counting the cost
A total of 344
lawsuits estimated to cost $841 million are pending against the Southern
California Gas Co., all related to the natural gas leak in Aliso Canyon two
years ago, according to a recent quarterly report released by the
utility’s parent company.
Los Angeles Daily News, 11-1-17
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