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Today, the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center and St. Peter's Episcopal Church (along with some other major funding and housing players) are holding a ceremonial groundbreaking on a 20-unit project for developmentally disabled adults in the Richmond . Dubbed the 29th Avenue Apartments, the building was slated as of 2007 to break ground in spring or summer 2009, so the project's clearly a bit behind schedule. It's part of the rebuilding of St. Peter's at 420 29th, which was damaged during Loma Prieta, but  

In the wake of the earthquakes that devastated Haiti and Chile, people of Southern California are wondering how prepared they will be if the "big one" strikes. The Los Angeles Times recently released an article about how prepared Southern Californians are for a large earthquake. It reported that California saw a rise in quake awareness and retrofitting after the state recorded a series of major temblors over seven years: Whittier in 1987; Loma Prieta in 1989 and Northridge in 1994.  

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Wow, the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile have been horrible. So much death, destruction, injury, and disruption occurring in just a couple of minutes. I don't say it often, but thank God for our building codes.  

I feel immediately like someone also living on active earthquake faults, and on "borrowed time " I remember Loma Prieta, where I "surfed" the waves of my kitchen floor. And I remember the 1964 Santa Rosa quake, where as a child of only 7, I was scared beyond measure by the intense shaking and groaning of our two story, 19th-century house. Built with square nails.  

For all the attention generated by the Haiti and Chile earthquakes, experts in California doubt residents of this quake-prone region are any better prepared for the inevitable Big One, it was reported today. California saw a rise in quake awareness and retrofitting after the state recorded a series of major temblors over seven years: Whittier in 1987, Loma Prieta in 1989 and Northridge in 1994. But there hasn't been a devastating temblor in the state since the Northridge quake, and experts are concern  

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The Bay Area's bridges weren't originally built to withstand earthquake like the 8.8-magnitude quake that rocked Chile on Saturday, but recent seismic retrofit projects have helped make them stronger. "I wouldn't want to be on there when a quake hits, that's for sure," said Katie Haizlip, who came from Chicago to gaze at the views in Sausalito. Golden Gate District spokesperson Mary Curry says, before the devastating Loma Prieta earthquake, the Golden Gate Bridge would've been in big trouble in any qu

It's only in the movies than and 8.8 would be of concerns at the Golden Gate Bridge   -Mary Curry

 

People have been asking Central Coast News if they should be dusting off their emergency kits, and restocking their first aid kits, and revisiting during an earthquake. Geologists say we could be in for the big one, but it may not be for the reason you're thinking. Chile and California may share very different fault lines, but we are both very busy when it comes to earthquakes.  

We will be updating this discussion with additional commentary through the day. Scroll down to read Thomas L. Holzer, and Chris D. Poland in the forum. The magnitude-8.8 earthquake in Chile, one of the strongest in recorded history, has left more than 700 dead and displaced 1.5 million people .