Napa Quake: Assessing The Damages
Inspectors spent Monday on the streets of Napa checking for damage.
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Inspectors spent Monday on the streets of Napa checking for damage.
Thirteen-year-old Nicholas Dillon was hosting a sleepover when the shaking started. He tried to crawl clear of the falling bricks, but couldn't. The bricks landed on his lower back, crushing his pelvis.
Structural engineers and building inspectors fanned out through Napa on Monday to search for additional damage from Sunday morning's magnitude 6.0 earthquake.
What if Californians could have a warning that an earthquake is about to happen? The technology is available, but a lack of funding from Sacramento has stalled the project.
There is a 25 percent chance of a strong and potentially damaging aftershock in the next seven days following Sunday's 6.0-magnitude earthquake near American Canyon, U.S. Geological Survey officials said Monday.
The region produces 17% of the nation's wine, including some of the most prized vintages bottled just north of Napa in Calistoga, Yountville and St. Helena. For owners of those labels, there is no way to replace the loss of a product bottled years ago.
An aftershock of the Napa earthquake, one of dozens of that have hit after Sunday's 6.0 shaker, was felt Monday afternoon and registered a magnitude of 2.9.
San Francisco's Department of Building Inspection is hoping that the Napa earthquake will be a wakeup call for owners of 2,000 soft story apartment buildings that have not been screened for seismic safety.
Seven commercial buildings in Vallejo, including the post office at 385 Santa Clara St., have been red-tagged as uninhabitable following Sunday's 6.0-magnitude earthquake north of American Canyon, city officials said Monday.
Emergency response agencies across the Bay Area are looking at disaster systems and protocols in the aftermath of Sunday's 6.0 earthquake in the North Bay and the lessons they can learn from it.
Dozens of downtown Napa buildings have been left uninhabitable by Sunday's 6.0 earthquake, so how are inspectors supposed to get a true idea of the damage to buildings that aren't even safe to set foot in? One man thinks camera-equipped quadcopters could be part of the answer.
The U.S. Postal Service has set up alternate locations for mail service in Napa and Vallejo following Sunday's earthquake.
The strongest quake in 25 years plunges the Bay Area into a Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Web-fueled frenzy of sharing, commenting, laughing and lamenting as an entire community was joined by wireless communication and the Internet.
There have been three emergency declarations as a result of the Sunday morning's earthquake that shook wine country. The state's Office of Emergency Services is working with FEMA to assess damage and school's are closed, but kids haven't been left behind.
A 13-year-old boy is recovering from severe injuries at UC Davis medical center in Sacramento after a fireplace collapsed on him in the living room of his Napa home during Sunday's magnitude 6 earthquake.
Napa Valley residents making repairs to their homes following the 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck near American Canyon early Sunday should only hire California-licensed contractors to avoid being scammed.
The Twitter hashtag #napaquake appears to be part of Islamic militants' latest social media strategy for spreading their propaganda across the Internet.
In just over 24 hours following the 3:20 a.m Sunday earthquake the USGS recorded 124 minor quakes and counting in the area. The seismic activity is clustered around the epicenter and to the north near the Geysers, a region known for regular ground shaking. The largest of the tremors was 3.6 magnitude, just hours after the initial earthquake.
While there have been three emergency declarations as a result of the earthquake from the city and county of Napa and Gov. Brown, work is underway now to determine whether it rises to the level of a "national" disaster.
A moderately strong magnitude 6 earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area early Sunday morning, injuring over 200 people in the Napa Valley.
Power has been restored to about 99 percent of PG&E customers in the North Bay, a utility spokesman said.
A wine cellar worker survived a 26-gallon fish tank falling on him during the Napa earthquake Sunday morning.
A buckling street made for an impromptu skateboarding ramp for some residents in a Napa neighborhood damaged by an early morning earthquake.
