While not illegal in California, there are a number of reasons why the floor of a building that is partly ... The perceived risks of basements in an earthquake-prone area have also limited the ...

Whether building basements would have succeeded in saving lives remains a matter of historical debate. But the hundreds — if not thousands of signs — that remain attest to a time when nuclear ...

For example, the law requires sprinklers in every unit and a certain ceiling height in basements, both of which can be prohibitively costly to add to an existing building. "A lot of the sites that ...

Firefighters were called in to begin shoveling as much snow as they could off the roof to lighten the load and to try to prevent the building from collapsing. The department originally had planned to ...