During Japan’s Great Hanshin Earthquake — a magnitude 7.3 quake that struck the city of Kobe on Jan. 17, 1995 — many people who had prepared emergency “go bags” for such disasters were able to use ...

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Emergency Preparedness Course will be offered in Spanish in Goleta, and is set to begin Wednesday, July 16. The free course provides ...

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Survivors of the deadly Los Angeles wildfires are urging others, especially older adults and people with disabilities, to have an ...

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We need to have backups already in place before disaster strikes, whether that’s warehouses in different towns, top-notch ...

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FOR A LONG TIME, my emergency preparedness consisted of having three gallon bottles of water stashed in the back of a cupboard and a bunch of smashed ...

Abigail’s Library’ By Julian Felice The large house on the hill had survived relatively unscathed. A few days earlier, the Earth - seething with Her tenants - had shaken Her back, carving deep ...

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE in San Rafael’s poorest community are at a growing risk of being islanded by flood waters, with no drivable escape route. Central exit ...

From old cars, photos, and an earthquake simulator, Santa Barbara residents and visitors got to step into the past and peek ...