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Another San Francisco elementary school answering call for tsunami relief

By: Andrea Koskey 03/23/11 8:00 AM
A San Francisco elementary school is doing its part to raise money for the victims of Japan’s natural disasters.Donate a dollar to the school and get a paper crane with your name on it.Families at Francis Scott Key Elementary School in the Outer Sunset neighborhood will create thousands of paper cranes to help victims. Each crane will be given a name from the person who donated to disaster relief. The cranes will be hung in the lobby and school hallways. Read More

San Francisco Board of Supervisors holds fundraiser for victims of Japan quake, tsunami

By: Bay City News 03/22/11 10:14 AM
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is holding a fundraiser tonight in The City’s Mission district to help victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami.All 11 supervisors will be at the event, which will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the SOM Bar at 2925 16th St. The fundraiser will feature a silent auction of items donated by the supervisors. Read More

Self-professed Loma Prieta predictor says it’s time for a temblor

By: Kamala Kelkar 03/20/11 5:28 PM
Loma Prieta
A retired geologist who said he was suspended from his job as a geologist for making a prediction about the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake is forecasting another big one in the northwest this week. Jim Berkland, who claims that mainstream geologists refer to him as a “clown,” said that the moon’s close proximity, extremely high tides and magnetic field changes affecting marine wildlife are all tell-tale signs. Read More

San Francisco bicultural program raises $22,000 for Japanese relief

By: Andrea Koskey 03/17/11 9:40 PM
Japan earthquake and tsunami
A San Francisco Japanese bilingual bicultural program raised $22,000 in a last-minute fundraiser to help the victims affected by the earthquake and tsunami last week.According to the San Francisco Unified School District officials when parents heard of the quake -- which struck off the coast of Japan, March 10 and registered at a 9.0 magnitude -- they sprung in to action to organize a fundraiser to help with relief. Read More

Emerging Disaster

By: Nate Beeler 03/16/11 10:23 PM
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Japan’s global economic impact

By: Nicole Gelinas 03/16/11 9:12 PM
Japan’s horror is still unfolding. The world’s attention remains stuck on the effort to reduce public danger from the Fukushima nuclear reactors. Against the backdrop of acute crisis, longer-term impacts are insignificant. But they are real — and they pose challenges to the West’s recovery from recession, even as they remind us how important a robust recovery is. Read More

SF State University students studying in Japan asked to return home

By: Andrea Koskey 03/15/11 10:00 PM
Japan disaster
Twelve San Francisco State University students studying in Japan have been asked to return home, and a program that enabled 65 students in the California State University system to study in the country has been suspended until further notice. “Our first concern is safety of students and those students who are there right now,” said Leo Van Cleve, the director of international programs for state universities. Read More

Far-Reaching Catastrophe

By: Nate Beeler 03/14/11 9:25 PM
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Crews in Santa Cruz recover two boats that sank due to tsunami

By: Bay City News 03/13/11 1:44 PM
Santa Cruz tsunami aftermath
Two of 18 boats that sank in Santa Cruz Harbor on Friday have been recovered in an ongoing effort to respond to damages from the aftermath of the disaster in Japan, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.On Friday, an 8.9-magnitude earthquake off the northeast coast of Japan caused a tsunami that killed hundreds of people before traveling across the Pacific Ocean and temporarily elevating surf levels on parts of the California coast. Read More

A Little Perspective

By: Nate Beeler 03/11/11 8:26 PM
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