Quake prediction could trigger economic chaos warns senators
Senators heard that predicting earthquakes in metro areas could disrupt economies as homeowners lose insurance and property values fall. Experts warned evacutions would be costly, and federal aid may be needed for evacuation and rebuilding while supporting research and insurance options.
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Washington
Senate Science Subcommittee
Charles Thiel
National Science Foundation
Eugene Haas
Karl V. Steinbrugge
California Seismic Safety Commission
Palmdale
California
Steinbrugge
Haas
Institute of Behaviorial Science
Congress
Drought reports flag grim California rainfall
Sacramento based AP reports Northern and Central California show drought remains severe with rainfall 32 percent of normal in the North Coast, 24 percent in the San Joaquin basin, and 21 percent in the Sacramento basin. Water storage in major reservoirs sits below 50 percent of decade averages, snowpack is minimal at Norden Blue Canyon Yosemite and Grant Grove, while farmers plan about seven million acres for the year, 2 percent under last year.
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Sacramento
California
North Coast
San Joaquin Basin
Fresno
Sacramento Basin
Department of Water Resources Drought Information Center
Shasta
Oroville
Folsom
Millerton
Norden
Blue Canyon
Yosemite
Grant Grove
Doctors End Five Day Paper Strike at State Hospitals
A five day paper strike by doctors at California state mental hospitals ended as the state agreed to revoke depresseant drug guidelines and compensate overtime. Dr Jerome Lackner and strike leaders announced a settlement creating physician only medical practices committees at 11 hospitals and halting new psychotropic guidelines under a court restraining order.
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Jerome Lackner
State Department of Health
Lackner
Sacramento
Sanford A. Marcus
Union of American Physicians
R. Eugene Prout
California State Employed Physicians Association
Porterville State Mental Hospital
Medi-Cal
Dean Melnick
Southern California
The
Melnick
Los Angeles
Napa State Hospital
Wheally Hills Furniture Sale Highlights Big Discounts
Save 450 sets Sale 279 Reg 329 Wheally Hills casual contemporary furniture with vinyl upholstery. Exposed wood trim and sick pa can finish on salle hardwoods. No sag seat back construction. Hardwood frames double doweled. Laminated tabletops. Loveseat chair ottoman recliner tables lamp. Large capacity washer dryer sets sale prices.
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