The goal is to determine whether it’s safe to build taller structures using cold-formed steel — a strong, lightweight, ...

A fire in San Ramon Wednesday morning severely damaged the historic 19th-century Harlan House, also known as El Nido House, ...

Last month, the Forsyth Fire took out 13 homes in the area, but people here tell me that Pine Valley is rising from the ashes ...

A California Highway Patrol officer checks the damage to cars that fell when the upper deck of the Bay Bridge collapsed onto the lower deck after the Loma Prieta earthquake in San Francisco on Oct ...

Seven people were "unaccounted for" in Yolo County's town of Esparto after several explosions at a fireworks warehouse ...

Madre fire becomes California's largest wildfire this year The fire has consumed more than 70,000 acres and is still growing and moving fast across in San Luis Obispo County, California, CalFire said.

A wildfire that erupted Wednesday afternoon in San Luis Obispo County has rapidly expanded. So far, it's becoming the largest wildfire in California this year.

More than a century after the devastating 1906 earthquake, dozens of buildings still pose serious collapse risks in a major quake.

San Francisco has assigned a seismic hazard score to hundreds of city-owned buildings. Some key ones, including a jury duty site, might fare badly in a big quake.

A 2.9-magnitude quake hit near Fairview in the San Francisco Bay Area, with over 800 people reporting it felt as far as West Sacramento and Santa Cruz.

A 2.9-magnitude quake hit near Fairview in the San Francisco Bay Area, with over 800 people reporting it felt as far as West Sacramento and Santa Cruz.