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 announcing ...

To prepare for the Big One, California was counting on a $33 million grant to strengthen old apartment buildings.

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 ...

I was thrilled to see that FEMA has cut $33 million that was allocated to California for earthquake retrofits. With the focus on cutting waste, fraud and abuse of our tax dollars, it’s great ...

"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 ...

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 January 2019 photo shows construction work for an earthquake retrofit. At left is a special cantilever column made out of steel that was added to give more structural support to the existing ...