#earthquake-risk

#earthquake-risk

The infamous San Andreas Fault Zone - a system with the main fault and many near-parallel faults - runs across much of California, dividing the Pacific tectonic plate from the North American one. The Pacific plate moves northwest about 2 inches per year, meaning Los Angeles is creeping toward San Francisco. The unsteady sliding between the two plates plays out in fits and starts. Sudden slips lead to earthquakes, which release the pent-up energy.

UC Berkeley Professor Omar M. Yaghi is among three recipients of this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry, for his work in discovering metal-organic frameworks that can capture gases, like carbon dioxide. This is a second Nobel win this week for UC Berkeley, with Professor John Clarke taking the prize in physics on Tuesday. [Associated Press] The City of San Jose is facing property loss complaints from homeless residents who say their belongings were destroyed or disposed of amid encampment clearings.