This January 2019 photo shows construction work for an earthquake retrofit. At left is a special cantilever column made out of steel that was added to give more structural support to the existing ...

Eight years ago, Erik Thorsen — CEO of Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Ore. — received a warning that no hospital administrator wants to hear: A big earthquake could cause his hospital's ...

For years, residents of quake-prone California have been warned to get ready for the Big One. With that in mind, wouldn’t it make sense to invest in a program to strengthen buildings that are most in ...

Austin Turner is a web producer at CBS News Los Angeles. An Inland Empire native, Austin earned a degree in journalism from San Jose State University in 2020. Before joining CBS News in 2025, he ...

Monday morning, Southern Californians were reminded of just how fragile the ground beneath them really is. A 5.2-magnitude earthquake rattled San Diego County, sending shockwaves as far as Los Angeles ...

A $20-million windfall of federal funds is allowing hundreds of Los Angeles schools to make earthquake-related repairs that otherwise would have drained money from classroom uses, officials said. Most ...

When an earthquake hits, you have only seconds to act. And if you don’t know exactly what you should do—or you have incorrect information about earthquake safety—you could accidentally be putting ...

The Trump administration has canceled $33 million worth of federal funds meant to help pay for earthquake retrofits in California — sparking "grave concern" and a call to reconsider from one of the ...

A 2003 earthquake in Paso Robles toppled buildings, resulting in two deaths. Most of California’s unreinforced brick buildings have been strengthened since then, but older apartments with ground-floor ...