The apparently illegal demolition of two of San Francisco's few remaining earthquake shacks has been stopped by city building inspectors, but not before they had been reduced to the roofs and some ...

Part 1 of a series. Go here to read Part 2. Go here to read Part 3. Street sweeper Green Thompson was making his way through downtown Santa Rosa in the predawn hours of April 18, 1906, when he heard ...

Zig-zagging around the glass-and-steel perimeter of the UC Berkeley Grimes Engineering Center, 36 thin metal rods could be what it takes to prevent the building’s total destruction. The rods are the ...

"We see evidence of restoration. Work will continue to restore the architectural texture in other parts of the site and to bring additional archaeological data to light," said the research team leader ...

In the aftermath of the devastating Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, collapsed buildings blocked rescue efforts and ...

Parts of the San Francisco Ferry Building could collapse in an extreme earthquake, as foundation supports fail beneath sections of the building, its south promenade and back waterfront plaza, ...