Renovation projects at Hidden Valley and Proctor Terrace Elementary Schools in Santa Rosa are on hold. The Press Democrat reports crews are currently digging deep trenches to conduct state-mandated seismic studies, checking for nearby earthquake fault lines.
District officials assure the community that the schools are safe, stating these studies don’t indicate any danger. The work was triggered by a recent update to California’s active fault map, which now places both schools within a designated earthquake zone.