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Thousands of Historic California Buildings Vulnerable to Quakes

Aug 26, 2014 at

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Sunday's South Napa Earthquake has many Californians thinking of all the old buildings that haven't been retrofitted yet. There are about 25,000 historic buildings across the state -- and about 8,000 of them have yet to be made seismically safe.

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Thousands of Historic California Buildings Vulnerable to Quakes

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