Scientists are sounding the alarm after a recent series of earthquakes raised concerns about the possibility of a major ...

Stanford lies in the San Andreas fault zone, an area of high seismic activity. The San Andreas fault line runs 800 miles (1,287 kilometers) through California and has caused several strong quakes in ...

Facing what is expected to be one of the costliest natural disasters in the country’s history, Gavin Newsom has leaned all ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom's unwavering focus on the Los Angeles fires suggests a politician aware of how the response could define ...

Bad news: The 'big one' might be an even bigger one.

California has been rocked by at least nine earthquakes since Thursday, raising fears that the "Big One" could be near.

From the desert to the sea to all of Southern California, the ground keeps shaking in the Golden State, this time in Barstow.

Santa Rosa. Paradise. Boulder County. Lahaina. Los Angeles. All are places that have shown that American cities and their water systems weren’t built to withstand wildfire, experts say.

Disasters like wildfires are only set to become more frequent amid climate change. Architects are designing for resilience.

Fire- and storm-ravaged Malibu, Calif., endured two relatively minor earthquakes followed by another in Idyllwild Saturday ...

It happened just before 6:25 p.m. and was centered near Highland, according to the United States Geological Survey​.