In selecting nine schools for seismic retrofits, Portland Public Schools weighed how to reduce life-safety risk within the confines of money allocated toward retrofits in its 2025 school bond.

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Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Sacramento, CA – August 20, 2025 – The California Residential Mitigation Program (CRMP) announced today its second Earthquake ...

The deadline for a grant program enabling homeowners, landlords and property owners to seismically retrofit select houses has been extended to Oct. 17, the California Residential Mitigation Program ...

Researchers hope to give building owners a number of different options at a variety of price points to retrofit their buildings and make them safer. Some of these options, like the shape-memory alloy ...

LAFAYETTE, Calif. (KGO) -- Lafayette Reservoir -- a scenic slice of man-made, idyllic heaven in the hills of Contra Costa County. Aside from nature, the most iconic structure in this earthen dam is a ...