Pilarcitos Lake was San Francisco's first major reservoir, quenching the thirst of a booming city following the Gold Rush. It ...

A San Francisco landmark and symbol of timeless elegance, the historic Palace Hotel, a Marriott International Luxury ...

A phenomenon called liquefaction, which causes the ground to slump like quicksand, led to significant damage after the Myanmar earthquake. The risk of aftershock remains high.

An earthquake of 7.0 on the Richter Scale jolted Tonga Islands on Sunday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology ...

Californians have long dreaded the 'Big One'. But growing fears of a deadly earthquake are no longer confined to just the ...

Few places on Earth have felt the boom and bust cycle as intensely as California ’s ‘Sunset City’. The 1848 Gold Rush brought fortune, the 1906 earthquake caused devastation and the Summer of Love ...

Kate Birdsall Johnson, a billionaire and “eccentric cat fancier” in the 1800s, lived in an ornate Sonoma castle and financed ...

Of all the bizarre developments in the last few months, none has been more baffling than the rupture between the US and Canada.

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 29 March) — When Rogelio Timbal tends his one-hectare rice field in Barangay ...

Modular homebuilders are pouring into Los Angeles after January's wildfires. Fire survivors love the promised speed and ...