On a FEMA color-coded hazard map, Alameda, Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties are shaded dark red, indicating an area with ...

As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of ...

Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders ...

President Donald Trump has said he wants state and local officials to shoulder more of the burden of disaster response, even though what that looks like in practice is unclear.