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Article: Buildings in Covina, Calif., lack earthquake sturdiness.
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- San Gabriel Valley Tribune (West Covina, CA)
- Article date:
- October 11, 2006
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Byline: Fred Ortega
Oct. 11--COVINA -- Nearly two decades after dozens of downtown Covina buildings were deemed unsafe in an earthquake, only a fraction of the structures have been upgraded or torn down, according to city records.
The city's list of 75 unreinforced masonry buildings -- the largest concentration of old-fashioned, brick-and-mortar structures in the San Gabriel Valley -- has shrunk to 55 today, the records show. Buildings that have come off the list have been either retrofitted with seismic safety upgrades, demolished or determined by engineers to not require any additional work, said Jeff Kugel, the city's assistant community development ...