In California, where the next "Big One" is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake resonate even 100 years later, experts say.

An independent panel is urging California lawmakers to create a new authority to oversee rebuilding after the firestorms in Pacific Palisades and Altadena.

Of the 16,000 housing units rendered uninhabitable in the Loma Prieta earthquake, 7,000 were soft-story. The same was true of 11,000 out of the 48,000 units made uninhabitable in the Northridge quake.

Thursday marks 35 years since the Loma Prieta earthquake jolted the Bay Area, killing 63 people and injuring about 3,700.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Exactly 35 years have passed since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, a catastrophic disaster that killed 63 Bay Area residents and caused over $10 billion in damage to the ...

Earthquake drills comes on Loma Prieta quake’s 35th anniversary Decades after 6.9 quake killed dozens, experts say preparations for the next Big One are crucial ...

Exactly 35 years have passed since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, a catastrophic disaster that killed 63 Bay Area residents and caused over $10 billion in damage to the state.

Latest Headlines Santa Cruz official discusses preparedness ahead of Loma Prieta earthquake’s 35th anniversary Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz after the Loma Prieta earthquake on Oct. 17, 1989.

San Francisco, CA – Mayor London N. Breed joined U.S. Representative Kevin Mullin, San Francisco Fire Chief Sandy Tong, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott, the Department of Emergency Management ...