Escondido is updating its building codes to reflect a new fire hazard severity zone map released by the California State Fire ...

Corvallis councilors want people to enjoy leisurely strolls along Ninth Street, an area better known for strip malls and big box stores, and even consider it a nice place to live. They approved ...

Every rainy season in Trinidad and Tobago brings a familiar and painful routine—flooded homes, stranded motorists, devastated ...

The maps may mean some local homeowners face new regulations and will require "a huge" transition for the Ventura County Fire Department, said Joe Morelli, the county's fire marshal. Among the changes ...

Judging by the last few summers, Rio de Janeiro’s residents should be preparing for the worst. On March 17, 2024, the ...

Largely due to groundwater pumping and shifting of land after the last ice age, major urban areas are subsiding, which could ...

Homeowners insurance is getting more expensive and harder to keep. Lawmakers in our region introduced more than a dozen ...

Updates to Greenwood’s Unified Development Ordinance will be up for approval at the Monday city council meeting.

Your home could be sinking right now, and you probably have no idea. A new study reveals that major American cities are ...

Home insurance crisis. Home insurance rates have surged, driven primarily by two key factors: inflation and climate change.

From flame-resistant building materials to increased defensible space, our future homes and neighborhoods may look vastly ...

New wood siding or roofing is prohibited, including cedar shakes. Homes are required to have a 1.5-metre buffer zone of ...