This year's International ShakeOut Day was Oct. 17. Millions of people worldwide participated in earthquake drills at work, school, or home. October also marks the 35th...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Roundtree’s legacy extended beyond the 1970s classics. He reprised his iconic role in the 2000 “Shaft” film, sharing the screen with Samuel L....
As heavy storms keep pounding California with torrential rains and a record Sierra snowpack is poised to melt and send rivers surging over their banks, more...
Earthquake is not a California peril, but the name of one of Dave Chappelle’s favorite comic mentors. Earthquake or Mr. Quake, as the New York Times...
The island country of Haiti is experiencing yet another spate of political and environmental difficulties.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In some ways, the trend of panic buying is a way for people to take back control in uncertain times. Many psychologists have...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Trump Administration has announced it will not provide temporary protected status to Bahamians who fled Hurricane Dorian. If granted, this status...
The founders of Bluxome Street Winery, Wonolo and TeacherBus recently organized a group of volunteers and bused them to Napa to assist earthquake victims. Volunteers met...
The strong earthquake that rumbled through Napa late last month ‒ as well as the approach of an end-of-summer fire season stoked by drought ‒ remind...
By Barry Bergman, UC Berkeley News Just after 10:18 p.m. on July 17, 1944, UC Berkeley seismographs measured what looked like a 3.4-magnitude earthquake. Far from...