Impact: The 1933 earthquake was Southern California’s deadliest in the modern record, leaving nearly 120 dead and causing $40 ...

Bodega Head peninsula stands as the area’s geological masterpiece—a granite headland jutting dramatically into the Pacific, ...

California's San Andreas Fault is capable of triggering a massive earthquake. Here's what to know about this famous location ...

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck Parkfield in Monterey County Wednesday afternoon.The quake hit at 3:56 p.m. and was ...

Earthquakes are a fact of life in California. And now, a local research team is developing a better way to track them and possibly better understand the forces at work. They say the key is something ...

One thing I learned as a sports reporter is cutting off your nose to spite your face never works.  Never. You simply do not ...

Columnist Clive Pinder has advice for SLO County wine industry: “Let’s not sell our soul chasing Napa’s shadow.” ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and ...

While its more famous neighbors Big Basin and Big Sur steal the spotlight, Butano (pronounced “BYOO-tuh-noh,” not like the gas for your barbecue) quietly offers a perfect blend of accessibility and ...

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

S outhern California is a well-known hot spot for earthquakes. Residents of the west coast state live in one of the most seismically active regions in the world, an area distinguished by the notorious ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...