SACRAMENTO, Calif. - This week’s 4.3 magnitude earthquake in the Bay Area may have jolted residents into considering what steps they can take to reduce the risk of earthquake damage and injuries.

What we know:

Experts say one major action California residents can take is to retrofit their home, and to that end, a special grant program is offering up to $3,000, and as much as $7,000 for low-income residents, for certain retrofits.

But time is running out to register.

Under the California Residential Mitigation Program's Earthquake Brace + Bolt (EBB) program, grants will go toward retrofitting wood-framed, pre-1980-built homes, specifically helping to cover the cost of bolting houses to their foundations and bracing crawl space wall, critical to keeping homes standing in the event

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