CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
November 1, 1998 | DARYL KELLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A new state law requiring structural improvements to help older hospitals survive an earthquake could force the closure of Ojai's only hospital and cost other local institutions millions of dollars over the next decade. According to hospital industry projections, about half of the state's 2,700 medical buildings at 450 hospital sites must be reinforced or rebuilt at a cost of $10 billion to meet stiff seismic standards imposed after the 1994 Northridge earthquake.