Flood-plain zoning could have reduced rapid city flood losses
An analysis from Montana Tech argues that flood-plain zoning within Rapid City might have lessened death and property destruction in the flash flood. It concludes zoning cannot prevent all damage but could guide land use, reserving flood-prone areas for nonstructural uses and limiting construction on frequent flood zones.
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Rapid City
B.A
Butte
Carlsbad
N.M
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Montana Tech
Main Hall
Foster parents win custody under California Family Act
Oakland AP A judge ordered Linda Rosenberg to surrender her three children Scott 11 Richard 9 and Wendy 8 to foster parents Robert and Joe Darnell of Concord marking a landmark use of California 1970 Family Act. The court found the best interests favored the Darnells despite the mother’s appeal.
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Oakland
Calif
Alameda County
Richard
Wendy
Robert and
Joe Darnell
Concord
Caif
Darnells
McGuiness
Richard McKenzie
Darnell
California bans toy violence ahead of July deadline
California retailers remove toy bombs grenades and torture kits ahead of a July 1 law banning manufacture or sale of violent playthings with fines up to 300 dollars. Exemptions cover model aircraft ships and other vehicles. toy guns are not exempt.
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Los Angeles
California
Los Angeles County
Dist
Joseph Busch
Toy Manufacturers of America
New York
Association
Walter Ross
Mattel, Inc
Hawthorne
U.S
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Bobby Fischer
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