California Company's Software Monitors Structures After Earthquakes
Technology developed by Caltrans engineers is helping earthquake-ravaged Japan by testing the structural integrity of nuclear facilities and bridges.
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Technology developed by Caltrans engineers is helping earthquake-ravaged Japan by testing the structural integrity of nuclear facilities and bridges.
Bay Area car dealerships that sell Japanese-made vehicles are preparing for the likelihood of a delay in new car deliveries in the coming months.
U.S. officials say a 7.4-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan Thursday was not expected to create a tsunami threat in Hawaii or the West Coast.
California's two nuclear power plants should not rely on pools similar to those used at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant for long term storage of spent fuel rods, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Wednesday.
Federal health officials are monitoring milk, tap water and precipitation after finding small amounts in Spokane, Washington.
Minuscule amounts of radiation from Japan's damaged nuclear plant continue to reach the West Coast, including California, but scientists say it poses no health risk.
State lawmakers sought answers at a hearing Monday in Sacramento. They also heard about tsunami damage in California from the March 11 earthquake off Japan's coast.
The first radioactive fallout from Japan's crippled nuclear plant reached California early Friday, but the readings indicate levels far below those that could endanger people.
Wind patterns will bring a radioactive plume from the crippled Japanese nuclear reactors to the Aleutian Islands by Thursday and to the West Coast by Friday, according to projections.
California Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein have asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to inspect two California nuclear plants built near earthquake faults to ensure they can withstand a major quake.
Port Director Lisa Ekers revised her estimate to $22.5 million in tsunami-related damage to Santa Cruz Harbor, up from $17 million.
The intensifying nuclear crisis in Japan is raising anxieties on both sides of the Pacific over the potential impacts of radiation exposure.
Many Bay Area sushi bars are facing a supply shortage of fresh seafood, as they purchase it from markets and distributors in Japan.
Japan's nuclear crisis is spiking demand in the Bay Area and much of the West Coast for a cheap drug that can protect against one type of radiation damage—even though the risk is only in Japan.
There were plenty of tense moments as the Ambassador Program participants struggled to make contact with their Kitakami counterparts.
Operators at California's two nuclear plants say their facilities can withstand a higher magnitude earthquake than scientists predict could ever strike the plants.
A California official on Monday estimated that statewide damage from last week's tsunami triggered by a massive offshore earthquake near Japan exceeds $40 million.
Last week's deadly earthquake and tsunami in Japan has rocked stock markets around the world, forcing some Japanese companies to suspend their business.
Google, Twitter and other technology companies are finding ways to help following last week's earthquake in Japan.
Clint Eastwood's film "Hereafter" has been pulled from Japanese theaters in the wake of the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami...
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that even if the Japanese reactors go into full meltdown, no dangerous levels of radiation are expected to reach the United States.
Authorities have released the name of man who was swept out to sea during Friday's tsunami in Northern California.
A tsunami rushed onto Northern California's coast Friday, destroying boat docks in Santa Cruz and Crescent City, and sending beach-area residents in Pacifica evacuating to higher ground. It also swept at least one man out to sea.
When comparing to the 1906 earthquake, the USGS has figured that Japan's earthquake is equivalent to 30 of the San Francisco earthquakes.
Japan's catastrophic 8.9 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami has had a ripple effect on TV and film production in North America...
