A big earthquake on the Hayward Fault could cause damage similar to deadly 1989 Loma Prieta quake, experts say. Thursday’s ...

These are two very different fault systems, but the sediment record suggests that in the past, at least three San Andreas ...

A major earthquake hasn't struck any of California's biggest cities in more than three decades, but the "Big One" is a matter ...

Oakland officials participated in "The Great California Shakeout" on Thursday morning and called on members of the public to ...

The most widespread way is through Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), which sends loud alerts to all cellphones. If an ...

This fire-fighting system is designed to ensure that when water lines break and the power grid is out, the city still has a ...

On October 8, the de Young Museum—San Francisco’s preeminent contemporary art museum, in the heart of Golden Gate Park—celebrated the 20th anniversary of its reinvention with an intimate dinner ...

OAKLAND OFFICIALS PARTICIPATED in "The Great California Shakeout" on Thursday morning and called on members of the public to ...

CNN's Senior European Correspondent based in Paris. Since joining CNN in 1996, he has covered the death of Princess Diana in 1997, NATO air strikes on Kosovo in 1998, the earthquake in Turkey in 1999 ...

The San Joaquin fault runs along the base of the Coastals from Newman to east of Tracy. The third is the Corral Hollow fault ...

Today in History for Nov. 7: In 1659, the Pyrenees were designated as the boundary between France and Spain, thus ending a 24-year war between the two countries. In 1665, the "London Gazette" was ...