If you buy into stereotypes and myths, the climate in Southern California is splendid and the people are laid back. Lies. The ...

In the era when American cities regularly caught fire, the widespread destruction seeded what looks, in retrospect, like ...

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake struck near York Harbor, Maine, on Monday, approximately 7 miles south of the coastal area, ...

Fans of "natural building" techniques, like the cob used by Pedersen, see need and opportunity. Adobe bricks made of clay, ...

For Emmeline Summerton, a self-taught social historian whose Instagram account, Lost Canyons LA, has become an addictive ...

Buffalo is still an affordable place to live, buy a home, purchase groceries and make a living. Most of all, it seems to ...

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the wildfires in Los Angeles, and the words of writers who were drawn to the city.

The catastrophic wildfires have not only destroyed homes and communities but have also revealed a significant insurance gap, potentially leaving thousands of homeowners financially unprotected in ...

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off the central Philippines on Thursday, damaging buildings and a road near its epicentre, ...

A preliminary magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck near the Malibu coast ... According to the USGS' "Felt Report" people throughout Los Angeles County disclosed feeling some sort of shaking.