Sen. Adam Schiff is urging Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to reinstate the earthquake retrofit funds, which would’ve ...

FEMA cuts funding for earthquake retrofitting in CA. These funds are responsible for retrofitting homes & buildings in case ...

On Wednesday, California Senator Adam Schiff penned a letter demanding that FEMA reinstate $33 million in recently canceled funding for earthquake retrofits in California. The Senator wrote ...

With concern and confusion over how the federal government will respond to disasters this summer, aid groups are readying to ...

In the 1994 Northridge earthquake, for example, 16 people died when a single apartment complex collapsed. FEMA now seems focused solely on disaster response and recovery, rather than helping to ...

"This funding is essential to the state's ability to adequately prepare for when the next major earthquake hits." The cuts are part of a larger plan to restructure FEMA; President Donald Trump has ...

They have flimsy supports on the ground story that prop up carports, garages or storefronts and can snap when shaken from side to side in an earthquake. FEMA issued a statement on April 4 ...

“Whether it’s a hurricane or earthquake, the federal government is not prepared the way it has been in the past,” said Michael Coen, who held posts at FEMA under three presidential ...