Many cities across Southern California now have earthquake retrofit laws for commercial or apartment buildings, and it’s possible you may live in one of them. NBC Universal, Inc. After the Northridge ...

Concrete structures may look sturdy and durable, but the ones built without steel reinforcing bars, known as rebar, are actually brittle and run the risk of collapsing in a strong earthquake. That’s a ...

After the Northridge earthquake in 1994, significant steps were taken to upgrade building codes. Many of those put in place a couple of years after the quake. Nearly two decades later, the City of Los ...