In the Bay Area, BART plans to automatically slow down its trains and have them come to a brief stop, as the system is ...

A minor earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.1 struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 9:23 a.m. Pacific ...

Although Californians are relatively familiar with the San Andreas Fault, the Cascadia Subduction Zone is in many ways more dangerous. That fault, where the Juan de Fuca Plate is subsiding underneath ...

The world's biggest bridges represent stunning feats of engineering, but which provides the best views? This emblematic ...

Researchers say there are at least three instances in the past 1,500 years when huge ruptures occurred on each rift just ...

On Oct. 19, 1989, Gov. George Deukmejian took a brief tour of the downtown, discussing the disaster,” writes columnist.

According to EBMUD, “due to popular demand, these free [tour] tickets are usually all taken within minutes,” so I considered ...

If you're in the Bay Area and trying to find something to do without breaking the bank, try spending a day in a beautiful ...

Sutro Tower has stood for 52 years in San Francisco. To many residents, it’s now a sign welcoming them home. “I think there ...

At last Thursday’s meeting of the West Point Rotary Club, Edmund Glover talked about some memorable trips he’s taken to see some amazing engineering work both in and outside the United States. He was ...

It’s become another distant memory. The Oct. 17, 1989, earthquake demolished much of downtown Santa Cruz, killing three ...

Residents across the San Francisco Bay Area were jolted awake by a moderate earthquake that was felt widely across the region ...