A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare. Here's what to know about ...

Oakland firefighters responded to a fire at a commercial warehouse on Sunday morning, the Oakland Fire Department said. The three-alarm fire was at a warehouse on the 600 block of 9th Street, and ...

“48 HOUR WARNING – Major earthquake is likely in the San Francisco Bay Area, most likely within 75 miles of Santa Cruz, CA,” the social ... The San Francisco Department of Building ...

Nationally, fire departments staffed mostly or entirely by full-time employees, rather than volunteers, have ranged from 1.54 to 1.81 career firefighters per 1,000 people, and 0.84 to 1.30 in ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Earlier this month, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan asked the city to assess how equipped its fire department ... level when compared with Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Fire Department has less than one firefighter for every 1,000 residents, with a staffing rate of 0.90, a Bay Area News Group analysis found. The rate at the Oakland Fire Department ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department has less than one firefighter for every 1,000 residents, with a staffing rate of 0.90, a Bay Area News Group analysis found. The rate at the Oakland Fire Department ...

As first responders work tirelessly to contain the Southern California fires, many are questioning whether cities like San Francisco are prepared for a large firestorm or earthquake. On Saturday ...

Arguably the last major urban fire in the U.S. was San Francisco in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake ... the 1991 Tunnel fire in the Oakland and Berkeley Hills marked the start of the ...

Sure, San Francisco neighborhoods have plenty of fire hydrants, but as we learned in Southern California, hydrants can run dry. It happened to us during the 1906 earthquake. It's been a constant ...