Bay Area digs out as quake wreckage yields no life
In Oakland a 1.4 mile I 880 collapse halts rush hour travel as crews pull cars from crushed slabs with no signs of survivors. Officials fear hundreds may be trapped. Bay Area transit resumes while San Francisco maintains essential services amid aftershocks and relief efforts.
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San Francisco
UPI
Oakland
Transportation
Samuel Skinner
Bay Area
Red Cross
California
Santa Cruz Mountain
Snow Flurries Forecast With Mild Weekend Warmup
The Rock River Valley may see light snow flurries tonight with little accumulation. Temperatures will drop to the low 30s and Friday highs reach 45 to 50. More rain and snow mix possible Friday, then a weekend of clearing skies and highs in the mid 50s. Monday could reach the low 70s.
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Rock River Valley
Bob Sanders
National Weather Service Bureau
Rockford
Sanders
Quake risk in Southern Illinois Missouri area warned
St Louis University researcher Ken Taylor says a California scale quake would cause greater damage in four fault zones across Southern Illinois and Missouri due to rock formation and construction. He notes 1811 12 quakes on the New Madrid fault reshaped the Mississippi River and ranks among the top five quakes in U.S. history.
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UPI
San Francisco
Illinois
Missouri
St. Louis University
California
Ken Taylor
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Taylor
Midwest
Chicago
Illinois-Missouri
America
Mississippi River
New Madrid
Washington
D.C
Reelfoot Lake
Tennessee
Arkansas
Bootheel
Mount Morris weighs suit over Illinois school aid fairness
Mt Morris Board of Education weighs suing the state alleging civil rights violations tied to Illinois school funding. Attorneys to brief November meeting on costs and chances of success as district eyes a broader coalition of rural districts for possible action.
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Telegraph
Mount Morris
Mount Morris Board of Education
State of
Illinois
Ward, Murray, Pace & Johnson, Sterling
Board of Education
Ed Olds
Montanna
Kentucky
Texas
Olds
Bill Davis
Northern Pipeline digs trench on Chicago Avenue in Dixon
Workers from the Northern Pipeline Co of Sycamore opened a trench on Chicago Avenue in Dixon Tuesday afternoon to install new gas lines under the street. The scene resembled quake damage as crews worked in the roadway.
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Northern Pipeline Co
Sycamore
Chicago Avenue
Dixon
San Francisco
Illinois lawmakers push revised property tax plan talks
In Springfield two top lawmakers moved to forge a bipartisan tax reform before the veto session ends. A Republican House plan approved 84 to 20 would freeze assessments for a year and swap exemptions for a 10 percent income tax credit while expanding homestead and senior exemptions. It would require votes for large levy increases and voter approval for major hikes. Critics warn such changes could hurt schools and local governments funded by the earlier income tax rise.
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Springfield, Ill
UPI
Illinois General Assembly
House
Lee Daniels
Elmhurst
Daniels
Senate
Phil Rock
Doak Park
Cook County
Thomas Hynes
Illinois
General Assembly
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