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For years, cities across California have been working on retrofitting earthquake-prone buildings. But NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit found hundreds of properties in San Francisco are years ...
Concrete buildings constructed before 1980 would account for half of the deaths in San Francisco if a magnitude 7.2 earthquake were to hit the nearby San Andreas fault, according to a 2010 study ...
More Than 3,000 San Francisco Buildings May Face Earthquake Risk: Report By Emma Goss • Published May 24, 2023 • Updated on May 25, 2023 at 9:00 am BOOKMARKER ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Famous historic sites, low-income apartments and Twitter's headquarters all appear on a previously unpublished draft list of 3,407 concrete buildings in San Francisco that may be ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- While no one knows for sure when the next big earthquake might hit, San Francisco says it's getting ready. On Wednesday, the city's building inspection commission passed a ...
While no one knows for sure when the next big earthquake might hit, San Francisco says it's getting ready. On Wednesday, the city's building inspection commission passed a new piece of legislation ...
In the wake of the massive earthquake in Thailand and the destruction it has already caused, there are questions about the safety of buildings closer to home. KRON4’s Dan Kerman has an update on ...
According to a city-commissioned study in 2010, concrete properties could account for 50% of the fatalities should San Francisco get hit again by an earthquake as powerful as the 1906 disaster ...
Shaking things up: Young girls tackle designing earthquake-proof buildings Competition at Fleet Science Center encourages elementary school girls to think ‘I can do that’ when it comes to ...