And for this homeowning couple, they quickly took solace in that just months before, they had completed an earthquake retrofit to keep their 1930s-era home solidly on its foundation.

These types of homes have been damaged in earthquakes as early as the 1906 San Francisco quake, as well as in the 1933 Long Beach, 1971 Sylmar, 1989 Loma Prieta and 1994 Northridge quakes, and the ...

Officials will begin accepting applications Wednesday for homeowners to get grants of up to $3,000 to earthquake retrofit single-family homes with a common structural flaw that can cause houses to ...

This is one in a weeklong series of stories on KPCC leading up to Friday's 20th anniversary of the devastating 1994 Northridge Earthquake. The series will explore the quake's history, its effects ...

The California Earthquake Authority announced Tuesday that it is working with the City of Napa to learn more about how single-family houses fared in the South Napa earthquake that occurred Aug. 24.

The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection oversees the city's mandatory Soft Story Retrofit Program. "We have, from single family homes to high rises, roughly 200,000 buildings in this ...

Monday is the last day to sign up for a newly expanded program providing grants of up to $3,000 to earthquake retrofit single-family homes. Registration ends Monday and is run by a program that ...