A new analysis of earthquake rupture directivity provides essential insights for seismic hazard and risk assessments in urban ...

New fire hazard severity maps show dramatic increases in some areas of Sonoma and Napa counties and around San Jose. In Contra Costa County, the fire hazard severity level decreased for some but ...

SO 6000 HOMES AND THIS IS WHAT’S BEEN DESIGNATED AS THE HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE. THE HIGH RISK RED AREA ON THE MAP IS TRACY HILLS. A NEW DEVELOPMENT ANNEXED SOUTH OF THE CITY OF TRACY.

Tina Kotek has paused any further agency action on the state’s new Wildfire Hazard Map until the Legislature decides what to do with it. Kotek on Monday directed the Oregon Department of ...

The Salem Police Department is searching for a man who stabbed a 19-year-old in broad daylight across the street from an elementary school. On Monday, Portland State University was among 60 ...

(KATU) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has ordered the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) to continue to accept all appeals of the Oregon Wildfire Hazard Map up to the Mar. 10 deadline but to pause ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek paused referrals for wildfire hazard map appeals on Monday, which come amid calls from state lawmakers to repeal the maps altogether. Kotek ...

According to the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, areas near the epicenter of an earthquake experience stronger tremors because seismic energy is most intense at the point of origin. As seismic waves ...

SALEM, Ore.- Monday, Oregon Republican legislators are coming out against the state’s wildfire hazard map and seeking its repeal. The map designates wildfire risk statewide. Oregon’s Republican state ...

Republican lawmakers are now leading a push to get rid of the maps entirely. On Monday, Governor Tina Kotek announced that residents should continue submitting hazard map appeals to the Oregon ...