SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — “We are creating our own earthquake,” Tara Hutchinson, a professor of structural engineering at UCSD said. UC San Diego’s Englekirk Structural Engineering Center is home to ...

UC San Diego conducts experimental fire at 'Shake Table' Good Morning San Diego This is the first of two controlled internal fire tests that will take place in a 10-story building on the UC San Diego ...

UC San Diego has temporarily postponed plans to set a 10-story building in Scripps Ranch on fire Wednesday in an experiment meant reveal ways to make tall structures more fire resistant. The ...

UC San Diego is preparing to use its outdoor shake table in Scripps Ranch to determine whether 10-story buildings made of cold-formed steel can withstand massive earthquakes. The height limit for ...

Retail theft in San Diego has dropped significantly over the past year, a trend local officials credit to Proposition 36, a statewide initiative targeting repeat offenders.