Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Nisqually Earthquake was a wake-up call to build stronger buildings across Puget Sound. More than two decades later, experts ...

However, when retrofitting safety technology such as seatbelts or crossing arms, there are many considerations that school ...

Mission Santa Inés in Solvang will receive a $500,000 federal grant to conduct seismic retrofit work. The California Missions Foundation secured two grants totaling more than $1.2 million for projects ...

Solvang’s Mission Santa Inés will undergo seismic retrofitting in the coming months as a preventative measure should a major earthquake hit the region.

"Soft story" buildings with weak ground floors proved vulnerable in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and are the focus of San Francisco's new seismic retrofitting mandate. SAN FRANCISCO, United States ...

The Nisqually Earthquake was a wake-up call to build stronger buildings across Puget Sound. More than two decades later, experts say we’re still not fully prepared. “We have millions of people living ...