Even before an earthquake knocks items off shelves and causes damage, preparation for the next big one should be done before it happens.

Catholic and Jewish lawmakers in the Golden State worked together to make security grant funding accessible to all nonprofits, including Catholic parishes and schools.

Current and former state officials alleged mismanagement, overspending and lingering contamination in lucrative debris removal operations following large California wildfires.

FEMA announced in April that it was “ending” the program ... Attorneys general from Arizona, California, Colorado. Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico ...

Federal aid has trickled in for western North Carolina, but the state is still waiting on the majority of funds requested to recover from Hurricane Helene.

Evacuations remain in place as firefighters try to get a better handle on a massive wildfire raging within a historic California Gold Rush community that forced residents to flee their homes and seek safety.

The Northwest Wildland Fire Fighting Compact facilitates sharing of firefighting resources and technology amongst U.S. and Canadian members —now including California — during emergencies.

Crews appear to be making progress in extinguishing a series of lightning-sparked fires as they begin to assess damage in the burn area, including the historic gold mining town of Chinese Camp.

ProPublica has identified at least 15 major disasters since 2016 in which officials in the most-harmed communities failed to use a federal system to send emergency alerts to residents — or waited until it was too late.

The epicenter was in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, where the Juan de Fuca Plate is sliding beneath the North American Plate, creating a major seismic hazard.