LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- When your house starts shaking from an earthquake, you want to be sure it's secure. Unfortunately, it can slide right off its foundation. "Pre-1980 house may have this ...

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 ...

The state of California is opening a lottery for homeowners looking to prepare their homes for the next earthquake. The Earthquake Brace + Bolt program is an annual loterry offering up to $3,000 to ...

Program would have provided $33 million in grants to retrofit seismically vulnerable apartments. Sen. Adam Schiff says that money is essential to prepare for California’s next major earthquake, but ...

We all know concrete is a top construction material known for its compressive strength and durability. But over time, even the strongest placements can be affected by outside factors, like seismic ...

Most people assume that surviving an earthquake is mostly a matter of luck. The ground shakes, buildings either hold or they ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- A rollback in federal funding could impact how much money and resources are put into making apartment buildings or multi-family homes safer from earthquakes. On Wednesday, ...

If you live or work in Beverly Hills and your building was constructed before 1978, it may be in need of a seismic retrofit. According to recently obtained data on 229 soft-story buildings in the city ...

More than half of the 410 hospitals in California have at least one building that likely wouldn’t be able to operate after a major earthquake hit their region, and with many institutions claiming they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This January 2019 photo shows construction work for an earthquake retrofit. At left is a special cantilever column made out of ...