Twenty-seven people were killed in a violent earthquake that partly destroyed Santa Barbara this morning, according to work received by Southern Pacific headquarters here. The principal buildings on ...

In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake ...

Sometimes the most extraordinary places hide in plain sight, like a perfectly preserved Victorian village tucked away in Northern California’s Humboldt County. Ferndale, California, sits like a ...