Top-heavy furniture, such as bookshelves, should be secured with safety straps. "It's a flexible nylon strap that adheres to ...

LOS ANGELES — Many Californians dove under desks and tables at midmorning Thursday in a major drill of the "drop, cover and hold on" earthquake survival skill. Organizers said 9.5 million Californians ...

For environmental events, specifically disasters, awareness and preparedness play a key role in keeping residents safe. Students at Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will take a step this ...

Phones buzzed in the San Francisco Bay Area shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday with an urgent call to drop, cover and hold for a 5.9-magnitude earthquake in Nevada, just east of Lake Tahoe - an earthquake ...