Some places are more prone to hazards such as earthquakes, flooding and hurricanes, but there’s nowhere where the risk is zero. The good news is that humans can make good decisions to lower the odds ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- After a massive earthquake struck central Mexico, horrifying images of collapsed buildings emerged and had many Los Angeles residents wondering if that could happen here. One ...

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday proposed the most ambitious seismic safety regulations in California history that would require owners to retrofit thousands of building most at risk of ...

A law recently passed in Oakland makes it one of several cities that will require property owners to retrofit all soft-story buildings in order to make them safer in the event of an earthquake.

You've seen pictures and video of the damage from the Napa earthquake. Many of the damaged buildings had previously been retrofitted. When Sunday's 6.0 earthquake rolled through Napa, the city's old ...

As businesses grapple with the current energy crisis and prepare for it to worsen, new research from JLL finds that these rising energy costs are expediting the move toward more efficient buildings.

The earthquake that hit Eastern Shimane was a stark reminder of the unpredictable nature of seismic activity. With its epicenter in a region known for occasional tremors, this incident has prompted ...

Neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley, Hollywood and the Westside will feel the biggest impact from Los Angeles’ new law requiring the retrofitting of wood-frame apartment buildings to better ...

Inside a German factory, robots assemble panels molded to fit precisely over the walls of an old apartment building like a second skin, with built-in insulation designed to help the building ...

President Trump once fought efforts to retrofit high-rises with fire sprinklers. When Jerome Rose turned on his TV Saturday and saw news footage of flames spewing from a 50th-floor apartment at Trump ...