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SAN FRANCISCO -- A wreath was laid this morning in memory of the victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It was 110 years ago silence was broken by the sounds of rumbling, buildings collapsing ...
Sirens wailed at 5:12 a.m. to mark the exact moment the quake struck the city. The annual event will be held at Lotta's Fountain in Downtown San Francisco. It was a gathering spot in 1906 after the ...
Editor’s note: This article is part of an Examiner series exploring the history of some of San Francisco’s lesser-known historic landmarks. Today, we consider Landmark No. 171 on The City’s local ...
It was known as the great quake. The mere mention of the year caused Bay Area residents to shudder. The year was 1868. Once upon a time, that was considered the big one in the Bay Area. In writing on ...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 rocked the San Francisco Bay area early Sunday morning, causing serious damage to the Napa County area, and felt all over Northern California. Much like in the ...
PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- The St. James United Methodist Church in Pasadena is looking to find out who stole a beloved cross that once survived a devastating fire. The cross is originally from the ...
It was San Francisco’s pride—a Beaux-Arts masterpiece crowned with a dome taller than the U.S. Capitol. Then came the earthquake of 1906, and the city’s grandest landmark crumbled into ruins ...