March 1928: St. Francis Dam Disaster Sends Water on a Rampage Across Southern California More than 450 people were killed in the March 1928 St. Francis Dam collapse, a civil engineering failure that unleashed an avalanche of water across Southern California By Jonathan Lloyd By Jonathan Lloyd
This article was originally published March 11, 2019.
In March 1928, the worst civil engineering failure in California history killed more than 450 people when a wall of water carved a path of staggering destruction from a canyon north of Los Angeles to the coast.
Click here for historic photos of the St. Francis Dam and the aftermath of its collapse.
The person that Napier called to put out its fires
12 Mar, 2021 02:55 PM
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Napier City Council s new chief executive has a fire-fighting backround. Made with funding from NZ On Air
Napier City Council s new chief executive has a fire-fighting backround. Made with funding from NZ On Air
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By: Doug Laing It s near the end of her fifth week in the job, and if new Napier City Council chief executive Dr Stephanie Rotarangi has any views on her council s past performances, or performers, she isn t giving anything away.
That is, other than to say that among the challenges is that facing most city and district councils across the country, the consequences of not keeping up with investment in a range of infrastructure that in Napier dates back at least to when the council was established, as a borough council in 1874.
‘Police kill a civilian but don t do anything against criminals Celebs outraged by Wits shooting ‘Why does it take a dead black body for our government to give us our basic human right?’ 11 March 2021 - 09:22 Prince Kaybee was fuming over the incident. Image: Instagram/Prince Kaybee
Some of Mzansi s biggest stars have added their voices to the outrage over the death of a man shot by police during a protest in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on Wednesday.
Wits students and police clashed in the area during a protest against the financial exclusion of some students with historical debt.
The man appeared to have been struck by rubber bullets as he exited a clinic and died at the scene.
Mike Maddog Maddox remembered as hard-working and pretty cheeky
11 Mar, 2021 05:00 PM
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Mike Maddox died on February 27. Photo / George Novak
Kerrie Maddox would give anything to have her husband tap her on the shoulder or pull her hair again. It was that cheekiness and sense of humour Kerrie fell in love with the moment she met Mike Maddog Maddox.
She s still waiting for him to walk through the door after work.
Tragically, Mike died in a head-on crash in north Waikato on Saturday, February 27. His motorbike collided with a ute on Kaiaua Rd, Mangatangi, near Miranda.
He was meant to start his perfect job on the Monday after the fatal accident.
Print article MINNEAPOLIS A judge on Thursday granted prosecutors’ request to add a third-degree murder charge against a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, a move that offers jurors an additional option for conviction and finally resolves an issue that might have delayed his trial for months. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill reinstated the charge after the former officer, Derek Chauvin, failed to get appellate courts to block it. Cahill had earlier rejected the charge as not warranted by the circumstances of Floyd’s death, but an appellate court ruling in an unrelated case established new grounds for it.