With winter rains entering full swing, California leaders are preparing fire-damaged communities against the threat of landslides by prepositioning emergency teams and equipment, and streamlining envi ...

OAKLAND — Firefighters controlled a two-alarm fire that broke out at two vacant warehouses early Monday, officials said.

Some 20% of hydrants failed during the fight to save the Pacific Palisades from LA’s massive fire on Jan. 7. Here’s how other ...

The big question for Trump, Caruso and other critics: why did they pour all blame on present officials who had to cope with ...

A UC Berkeley-led team is using simulations to stress-test the region’s disaster preparedness and creating games to educate ...

As first responders work tirelessly to contain the Southern California fires, many are questioning whether cities like San Francisco are prepared for a large firestorm or earthquake. On Saturday ...

The two biggest infernos, the Palisades and the Eaton fires, are now among the most destructive blazes in California history, according to the California Department ... Cedar Fire in San Diego ...

Living in California ... of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Five years later, in a beach house in Malibu, we experienced the full force of the disastrous 1994 Northridge earthquake ...

The two experts spoke to The Times in 2017 when wildfires ravaged Northern California ... last major urban fire in the U.S. was San Francisco in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake." ...

At around 9 a.m. Tuesday, January 14, a 2.1 Magnitude earthquake was reported less than 60 miles southwest of San Antonio in Pearsall, Texas. The United States Geological Survey – the agency ...

Sure, San Francisco neighborhoods have plenty of fire hydrants, but as we learned in Southern California, hydrants can run dry. It happened to us during the 1906 earthquake. It's been a constant ...