The stadium is located at Strawberry Canyon, as shown by the two ovals, one inside the other. The complex they are speaking of is within a 100 yards of the stadium.
Posted on 05/31/2007 6:19:31 PM PDT by SmithL
A geological report has found that UC Berkeley's plans to build an elaborate sports training center next to the Hayward Fault do not violate state earthquake laws, university officials said today.
The report, by Oakland consulting firm Geomatrix, concludes that no fault traces are under the proposed site of the training center, which is slated to be built next to Memorial Stadium.
"The study explicitly shows we're not in violation," said university spokesman Robert Sanders.
The $125-million training center is the target of three lawsuits for its alleged violation of state environmental and earthquake laws. The suits were filed in December by the City of Berkeley, Panoramic Hill neighborhood association and a group of oak tree defenders -- a handful of whom have been sitting in the oak trees that would be removed to make way for the training center.
Steve Volker, an attorney representing the California Oak Foundation, one of the plaintiffs, said the study's findings are irrelevant to the legal challenge.
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Socialism is the road kill on the capitalism highway, even in the ivory tower. HA!
Oak tree defenders? Apparently oaks are an endangered species in California.
UC Berserkely should immediately cancel all plans.
The athletes won't die in a major quake. Meanwhile, the Hayward Fault runs right through the middle of the football stadium...heh, heh, but never mind that - they're only alumni. ;)
The Hayward Fault runs right underneath the Campanile in Sproul Plaza too. I remember a couple of quakes when I was there. I remember grabbing the wall and the dining room floor (paver tiles)undulating while the whole Sorority house shimmied. It was lunch time, and none of us were drunk, either. In that little quake (around 1957 or 58) brick-a-brack fell off of some buildings in SF and nearly killed a pedestrian.
What a bunch of BS. Everyone knows full well there is a fault running through that campus.
Someone should file another lawsuit for misappropriation of funds. $125 mil seems a tad high for a STATE school!
The stadium is located at Strawberry Canyon, as shown by the two ovals, one inside the other. The complex they are speaking of is within a 100 yards of the stadium.
Bush’s fault!
I believe it runs up through the Foothill dorms towards Memorial Stadium. Google Earth has a pretty neat file where you can view all of the faults in California -- it's fascinating how you can actually see evidence of the faults from these aerial photos.
I suppose it was all a part of the great Cal mythology. We all THOUGHT the fault ran under the Campanile. People would swear that they saw that tower sway during a shake.
I’m quite sure that there is some kind of fault that runs beneath the Berkeley Rose Gardens. That is why they would use otherwise valuble home sites for a rose garden. Doesn’t matter when it moves. Just put the rocks back and continue on with the rocks and the bushes in a slightly different place. It’s part of the slide area.
I wonder if it's true?
I never heard that one. YOu used to be able to take an elevator to the top, but someone jumped off and died when I was a student there and they glassed it all in. I used to enjoy going up there to watch the man play the bells. Do they still have someone playing the bells? Or, is it all electrified now?
THey used to play long concerts on Sunday mornings and shorter concerts during the week at 6 pm and noon. It was fascinating to watch him pull the levers.
Yeah, I've heard about the person that jumped off. Supposedly the day after, there was a huge target painted on the floor in the spot where he landed. Now there are just bars to prevent you from going outside, but it's still a great view. I believe the concerts are played every morning a bit before 8 am, 12 noon, and 6 pm.
I imagine that he is not the same musician that I used to watch in the 1950s! LOL.
Go Bears!
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