Blackburn designed a complex system that pumps water from San Francisco Bay and sends it through portable high pressure ...

For generations, scientists believed that the West Coast’s two great earthquake engines — the Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault — operated on separate geologic stages. One dives, one ...

A minor, 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake rattled the region less than an hour before an annual ...

The 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the 1992 Cape Mendocino quake, and the massive 1700 Cascadia megathrust event all left visible marks on both sides of the triple junction. The 1700 quake — which ...

The Loma Prieta earthquake struck at 5:04 p.m. on Oct. 17, 1989. The quake caused near $7 billion in damage. 63 people died in the earthquake and thousands were injured. OAKLAND, Calif. - Friday ...

The threat of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone has hung over the Pacific Northwest for decades. Seismologists and emergency managers say “The Big One” could be one of the ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- A preliminary magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck near Berkeley Thursday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It happened at 9:23 a.m., less than an hour before ...

New York Times bestselling author John Boessenecker uncovers the story behind the legend of California’s most infamous bandit ...

New York Times bestselling author John Boessenecker uncovers the true story behind the legend of California’s most infamous bandit.

Longtime KQED reporter, editor and transportation nerd is hanging up his AP stylebook after a career that spanned from ...