Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Construction workers and vehicles move around the Capitol. Gov. Kotek’s order to earthquake-proof state buildings comes as the ...

Earthquakes remain one of the most humbling forces on Earth. They arrive without a warning knock, they don't care about your schedule, and they can reshape entire cities in under a minute. For a long ...

Seismic improvements on the Center Street Bridge have been delayed again, this time in response to the partial federal ...

The deadline for a grant program enabling homeowners, landlords and property owners to seismically retrofit select houses has been extended to Oct. 17, the California Residential Mitigation Program ...

California's Earthquake Brace and Bolt program is accepting applications until Oct. 1 for the initiative that provides funding for people to retrofit homes to better withstand earthquakes. Why you may ...

Researchers hope to give building owners a number of different options at a variety of price points to retrofit their buildings and make them safer. Some of these options, like the shape-memory alloy ...

In the aftermath of the devastating Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, collapsed buildings blocked rescue efforts and ...

Homeowners, landlords and property owners with residential properties in areas at high risk of earthquake damage in the Bay Area are eligible to receive grants of up to $10,000 to seismically retrofit ...

Most new state-owned buildings will need to be earthquake-proof, and by 2060, all buildings owned or leased by the state for executive branch agencies will need to make earthquake-safety upgrades or ...