California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) declared a state of emergency in Porter Ranch, Calif., on Jan. 7, following the failure of one of the world’s top drilling contractors to plug Southern California Gas Co.’s Aliso Canyon gas leak.
Abandoned for 10 years and overtaken by squatters, the century-old movie theater was transformed into a multifunctional space for San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater.
After a partial roof collapse at a 1940s-era blimp hangar on the former Marine Corps Air Station in Tustin, the building was red-tagged and no one was permitted to enter.
Located on a naval air station in San Diego Bay, the new Fitness and Liberty Center fits with its historic setting while incorporating modern amenities.
Completed seven months ahead of schedule, the Bay Tunnel Project provides an essential water conduit underneath San Francisco Bay in an environmentally and seismically sensitive area.
Dubbed by project officials as the world’s largest wastewater purification facility of its kind, the Orange County Water District Ground Water Replenishment System now treats up to 100 million gallons per day of wastewater.
Restoration of the Beaux-Arts-style Hall of Justice aimed to return the building to prominence as an architectural symbol of judicial history in Los Angeles.
Spanning the Los Angeles museum’s center courtyard, the white-painted 36-ft bridge connects the second-floor permanent gallery in the east wing to the temporary galleries in the west.
The $30-million project included a NCAA basketball gymnasium, multipurpose wellness and physical therapy rooms, an office suite and an outdoor Olympic-size pool with future wave-generation capacity for survival courses required of all cadets.
