MARIN COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- In the North Bay, first responders were being put to the test for a major earthquake disaster drill like no other. The real-time simulation tested the capabilities and ...
I learned about the risk of “soft story” buildings on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1989. On that day, coastal Northern California was struck by the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake. Soft-story ...