The Nisqually Earthquake was a wake-up call to build stronger buildings across Puget Sound. More than two decades later, ...

Vehicle idling, worksite noise conditions and emissions regulations are some of the most pressing challenges the work truck industry is navigating today. Sustainability and community comfort are some ...

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 ...

Narek Ekmekjyan, vice president of Optimum Seismic, takes a look at the retrofit work done by the company at an apartment building in Venice on Nov. 7. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Southern ...

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

People in one New Haven neighborhood say a state pilot program to improve their homes is working. Since the Urban Investment Initiative launched, the state says more than a dozen houses have been ...

A decades-long plan to reinforce the Golden Gate Bridge to withstand major earthquakes is moving into its final phase of construction. The board governing the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Work continues on the Bear Creek bridges near the intersection of West 16th Street and State Route 59 in Merced, as part of a ...

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 ...

Several suburbs closest to the widely felt earthquakes that struck Los Angeles County this summer and fall have no active plans to require retrofits for seismically flimsy “soft-story” apartment ...

Work continues on the Bear Creek bridges near the intersection of West 16th Street and State Route 59 in Merced, as part of a larger multi-million dollar California Department of Transportation ...