BRIEFLY VALENCIA HOSPITAL QUAKE RESISTANT.VALENCIA - Having undergone extensive reconstruction, all of Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital's 11 buildings meet state guidelines for earthquake safety, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a state report released Wednesday. The Valencia hospital complex underwent retrofitting as part of the costly repairs after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. . The California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development required hospitals to get their buildings evaluated by Jan. 1 and in worst- case scenarios complete retrofitting or replacement of substandard acute- care buildings by 2008. All of the hospital's 11 buildings comply with seismic codes, although one building might experience structural damage in a strong quake, according to the state report. The damage likely wouldn't be life-threatening, and retrofitting would not be required until 2030. < Boy questioned about pellet gun a gun that fires small pellets, less than 3 mm diameter, usually made of metal. See also: Pellet CANYON COUNTRY - Authorities took a 12-year-old boy into custody and seized a pellet gun at his home Wednesday, a day after he allegedly brandished the gun at school, sheriff's officials said. Deputies said they went to the boy's home in response to accusations that he showed a gun to students at Mint Canyon Elementary School on Tuesday. The young suspect was questioned at the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. sheriff's station before being released to his parents, authorities said. < Proposal revived for water grant U.S. Rep. Howard ``Buck'' McKeon re-introduced legislation this week urging the federal government to fund up to 25 percent of the Castaic Lake Water Agency's $76.5 million water reclamation plant. HR 1245 would authorize the secretary of the interior to participate in the design, planning and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse waste water. The Newhall Land and Farming Company The Newhall Land and Farming Company is a land management company based in Valencia, California, United States. The company is responsible for the master community planning of Valencia, as well as the management of farm land elsewhere in the state. has proposed establishing the reclamation plant west of the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. as part of its Westridge development. The water agency would reclaim 9,000 acre feet of water a year to irrigate ir·ri·gate v. To wash out a cavity or wound with a fluid. golf courses, parks and yards and to co-generate power for commercial and industrial uses. A similar bill introduced in 1999 by McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, failed. |
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