Other students say they would have preferred to stay home at least one more day. It looks like any other day, parents dropping off their kids, others walking to school. Today students returned to classes with an overwhelming desire to talk about the event that rattled their lives. It was kind of scary because we never knew. People were talking about aftershocks. You never knew when one was going to come. Yeah, im really happy to be back. Its actually kind of scary. I would rather be at home since my mom is home alone. Reporter teachers encouraged students to talk about their experiences. Some were even allowed to text a friend or a family member. By telling the story, they get it off their chest. They let other kids know what was going on. And, you know, its therapeutic for a lot of kids, i believe. Reporter the school reopened only after engineers and architects inspected the buildings yesterday. It was just a big mess, a lot of breakage of bookshelves and things like that. Structural
Restaurants and homes but help is on the way. They launched a Disaster Relief fund lead iing the way with a million donation. We wanted to do something that would be immediate and help fill that gap until hopefully other government funding comes through. Reporter damage estimated at 300 million and many trying to tally up their losses, this fund provides immediate assistance to rebuild. In napa elissa harrington, abc 7 news. If you would like to help we have a link for you at a abc7news. Com. More than 72 hours after the quake, new damage is still being spotted by teams of building inspectors fanning out all across wine country and napa specifically looking for hazards. They found one big spot at lincoln and jefferson streets today. This wall was on the verge of separating from the rest of the building and collapsing right onto the parking lot below. Look at this. A big crack. The building inspectors spotted a huge crack and immediately red tagged the building. They asked everyone who
A 31-year-old Davenport man is in custody after police say he led a pursuit, hit a utility pole and caused a power outage, court records show. Derrick Howard faces felony charges of eluding – speed 25 mph over the limit – second or subsequent, neglect or abandonment of a dependent person, first-degree criminal mischief and […]