OAKLAND -- A two-story pre-1900 Victorian home being renovated in West Oakland keeled over in partial collapse Thursday night, leaning against a neighboring home but causing no injuries, according to fire officials.

Fire crews were called around 8:25 p.m. to the 2400 block of Myrtle Street, near the intersection of Market Street and West Grand Avenue and a half-block from McClymonds High School, where they found the restoration project in a precarious state.

"It had not been shorn up properly, and part of it is now leaning on the building next door," said Oakland fire Battalion Chief Coy Justice. "They will not be able to restore what's left of it."

He said no one was in the building being renovated when it fell, and occupants of the neighboring building were not harmed. That building did not sustain any significant damage.

Justice said the party attempting the restoration will have to apply for a demolition permit to raze the structure. He said the cause of the collapse was not immediately evident.

"I don't know, maybe they took out one two-by-four too many," he said.

According to the Zillow real estate website, the home is a six-bedroom, two-bathroom Victorian built in 1892, about 2,200 square feet with the home and lot valued at just under $400,000.

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OAKLAND -- A two-story pre-1900 Victorian home being renovated in West Oakland keeled over in partial collapse Thursday night, leaning against a neighboring home but causing no injuries, according to fire officials.

Fire crews were called around 8:25 p.m. to the 2400 block of Myrtle Street, near the intersection of Market Street and West Grand Avenue and a half-block from McClymonds High School, where they found the restoration project in a precarious state.

"It had not been shorn up properly, and part of it is now leaning on the building next door," said Oakland fire Battalion Chief Coy Justice. "They will not be able to restore what's left of it."

He said no one was in the building being renovated when it fell, and occupants of the neighboring building were not harmed. That building did not sustain any significant damage.

Justice said the party attempting the restoration will have to apply for a demolition permit to raze the structure. He said the cause of the collapse was not immediately evident.

"I don't know, maybe they took out one two-by-four too many," he said.

According to the Zillow real estate website, the home is a six-bedroom, two-bathroom Victorian built in 1892, about 2,200 square feet with the home and lot valued at just under $400,000.

Contact Eric Kurhi at 408-920-5852. Follow him at Twitter.com/erickurhi.

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New York, NY (PRWEB) March 14, 2014

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Alex Ramey of Rama Creek Habitat Restoration of Monterey, begins to design one of the living walls near the nursery of Friedmans Home Improvement store.

Almost two years after the Petaluma City Council approved the Deer Creek Village shopping center, the plazas anchor store, Friedmans Home Improvement, will open its doors in April.

Friedmans, which also has stores in Santa Rosa, Sonoma and Ukiah, first planted its roots in Petaluma in 1946. Contractors, farmers, ranchers and home owners will soon be able to find a variety of home improvement and professional supplies along North McDowell Boulevard.

Were excited to return to our roots in Petaluma, said David Proctor, Friedmans chief financial officer. Being established in Petaluma and finally getting back there is truly a company objective that Bill Friedman, in particular, feels is meaningful to the memory of his father and the future of the family.

Thanks to continually good weather, the Friedmans complex will be completed no later than the end of March and is set to open in mid to late April, according to Greg Geertsen, managing director of Merlone Geier, the centers developer.

Friedmans Petaluma location totals 85,000-square-feet, with a 20,000-square-foot greenhouse and a 35,000-square-foot dry shed. Each aspect of the complex features a unique design from living walls displaying a mosaic of perennial plants to murals depicting the Sonoma County landscape.

Friedmans has been a great tenant partner for us, Geertsen said. We spent a lot of time working together to make this happen. Theyre very community oriented, so the design of the building reflects Petaluma and Sonoma County.

Proctor said Friedmans is in the process of hiring almost 100 positions for its Petaluma store. Theyve received hundreds of applications and have started training the 40 or so employees who have already signed on.

While Merlone Geier is currently in the midst of signing three new leases for the shopping center, the only other confirmed tenants are Togos, Habit Burger, Marys Pizza Shack and City Sports Club the latter of which is expected to begin construction early this month.

Geertsen said the buildings that will house Togos and Habit Burger are already under construction, and the foundation work for Marys Pizza is currently underway.

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SWEET HOME Speaking in Chinuk wawa, the native language of the Grand Ronde tribe, Michael Karnosh said Monday afternoon that his heart was very happy to be standing here today.

Karnosh was one of several dozen stakeholders who formalized their commitment to the South Santiam Community Forest Corridor concept by signing a declaration of cooperation at the Jim Riggs Community Center.

The Grand Ronde, Siletz and Warm Springs tribes have all participated in and support the process.

Other participants have included representatives of state and federal agencies, universities, the city of Sweet Home and private landowners, who have spent the last two years developing a long-term vision for the corridor of mixed ownership lands between Sweet Home and Cascadia.

Thomas Maness, dean of the Oregon State University school of forestry emceed the event and was a co-convener along with Cynthia Solie of the project supported by Gov. Kitzhabers Oregon Solutions program.

This is the culmination of a lot of hard work by a lot of people, Maness said. Im proud to be a part of it.

Maness said he sees three keys to success: effective leadership; courage to push forward; and persistence to overcome inevitable resistance from others.

The working group developed 12 key goals.

Those goals include:

Increasing the physical connection between Sweet Home and the Willamette National Forest via the South Santiam corridor.

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BAKERSFIELD,CA-- A piece of country music history is one step closer to being preserved as a fundraiser was held Friday night at the Kern County Basque Club to save Merle Haggard's boyhood boxcar home.

As one of Haggard's song suggests there was plenty of Bubble Up and "Rainbow Stew" to go around. Starting in the 1940s the Basque Club was known as the Rainbow Gardens and it was one of the first venues Haggard played. It was that sense of history that made Frankie Ruiz want to attend.

"I think it's really important, Ruiz said. I don't think we take enough time to preserve the things that really give us our whole heritage and background."

The event was to raise money for the restoration of the boxcar Haggard grew up in. A home was eventually built around the boxcar which currently is in Oildale.

More than 250 people showed up and organizers, like Glenda Rankin, feel they put a good dent in the $120,000 it will take to move and renovate the boxcar from Oildale to the Kern County Museum.

"Lets just say I think we raised over $10,000 and probably more than that," Rankin said.

Haggard's sister, Lillian Haggard Rea, thinks it is more than just their childhood home they are trying to save. She says Merle has told her the boxcar is about honoring their parents.

"Its all coming back, Rea said. Its reminding him of his childhood and all the wonderful times he had with his father there and it is touching him deeply."

Organizers are planning another music type fundraiser April 6, Haggard's birthday, at the Kern County Museum.

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FEMA assistance

In a breakdown of federal money provided to Coloradans after the flood, Weld County had the fourth-highest number of eligible applicants for FEMAs individual and household assistance program, at 1,045.

Boulder County had more than 9,000 applicants, Larimer County had about 1,900, and Arapahoe County had about 1,600.

Statewide, FEMA said, more than $284 million in federal funds has been doled out for help.

More than $5.6 million has gone to Weld County for things like street repairs, debris removal on public land and the restoration of other public services.

Evans has received nearly $11.7 million in federal aid since the September flood, according to numbers released Friday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

But Evans officials say they wont count on their share of the money for at least another few months, when FEMA approval is official at every level.

Sheryl Trent, Evans director of community and economic development, said the $1.5 million listed Friday as dedicated for public repair projects could still be denied as it moves through the ranks of FEMA approval and back down to state approval.

FEMA has helped 379 Evans residents with $6.5 million for things like home repairs, property replacement, rental assistance and disaster-related expenses for medical, dental and legal needs, FEMA said in a news release.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved $3.6 million in low-interest loans for homeowners, business owners and renters, according to the release.

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