It’s a drill: Prepare to drop, cover, hold on this week

Share: Many students may experience an earthquake once in their lifetime when the tables vibrate underground. While the floor begins to shake, the room screams with fear. And the effects of what can happen during the earthquake. And also the high-risk danger of the ceiling falling to the floor. It can be a terrifying experience.   The Great California ShakeOut is a statewide earthquake and evacuation drill annually across California. Also, the Earthquake drill regularly starts during the third week of October. Millions of people at …

We survived the overhyped Hilary hurriquake

Share: Smartphones are pinging notifications to warn everyone of SoCal’s first-ever tropical storm watch, preparing people for the category 4 hurricane that is about to hit Los Angeles. First-aid and food supply life hacks have taken over Instagram, encouraging people to take shelter. The National Weather Service forewarns dangerously high winds, life-threatening flash floods, and Gov. Gavin Newsom has just declared a state of emergency for Southern California. Hours later, record-breaking rainfall and a minor earthquake have come, and gone. Is it over? Yup. It’s …

State of California will no longer fully fund U-Building project

Share: The progress to get work done on the Armen Sarafian Hall (also known as the U building) has been dealt a number of blows in recent weeks. The full support of the project from the government has been derailed, and the school is hoping that the state will change its mind before the May Revise when the governor’s proposed budget from January gets an update before it is signed into law by the end of June. Follow: