A seismic retrofit project is intended to help stabilize the home and minimize damage caused by earthquakes. According to Angi and HomeAdvisor, the cost of retrofitting a house for earthquake ...
The 5.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Ojai during Hurricane Hilary in August, also known as #Hurriquake, was an excellent reminder to always be prepared. Earth scientists say that a 7.0 magnitude ...
More than 1,000 of Santa Monica's earthquake-vulnerable buildings have been retrofitted since a 2017 law went into effect. (Brandon Sloter / Associated Press) Santa Monica has emerged as a leader in ...
An earlier version of this page included retrofit information from the city of Los Angeles that contained numerous errors. This story has been updated and buildings from Los Angeles have been removed ...
(MCT) — City officials in Napa had long worried that the grand building on the corner of Second and Brown streets — with its brick walls and giant red-tiled cupolas — could be devastated by a major ...
Living in the Bay Area comes with a constant reminder of the seismic fault lines that crisscross the region, as minor earthquakes occur regularly. These tremors serve as stark reminders of the ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- California is long overdue for a major earthquake. In fact, new data from the United States Geological Survey suggests the next one to hit the Bay Area will likely be larger and more ...
Los Angeles residents strongly back the city’s landmark earthquake retrofit law, a new poll has found, despite decades of conventional wisdom that such a rule would be politically unpopular because of ...