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Sylmar and Pacoima residents question plan to remove sediment at Pacoima Reservoir

LA County wants to dig up and haul away decades of built up sediment, but community fears noise, pollution and more. ....

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Oh Dam...That's A Lot of Cleanup

LA County Department of Public Works works to clean up debris from 5 dams in the San Gabriel Mountains. ....

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California flooding: L.A. dams at risk of overflowing

Flood-control dams above the communities of Arcadia, Sierra Madre, Pacoima, Sun Valley and Sunland face risk of overflowing, officials say. ....

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The Disaster that Helped the Nation Prepare for Future Earthquakes: Remembering San Fernando

50 Years Later, an Earthquake s Legacy Continues
Release Date:
February 4, 2021
The San Fernando earthquake struck Southern California 50 years ago, killing 64 people and costing over $500 million in damages. The quake prompted federal, state and local action to reduce earthquake risks and bolster public safety.
At 6 o’clock in the morning on February 9, 1971, the reservoir keeper of the Lower Van Norman Dam in Southern California tried to get out of bed.
He couldn’t. A magnitude-6.6 earthquake was shaking his home nestled at the bottom of the dam. After checking on his wife and child, he drove to the top of the dam to examine the damage. “It was hard to believe what I saw,” he said. ....

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