SF News 35 Years Ago Today, the Loma Prieta Earthquake Shook the Bay Area, Took 63 Lives Thursday marks the 35th anniversary of the Loma Prieta Earthquake, which happened on October 17, 1989, amid a World Series that pitted the Bay Area's two baseball teams, the Giants and A's against each other.
SF News 34 Years Ago Today, the Bay Was Shaken By the Loma Prieta Quake, and One Local News Anchor Stayed as Cool as Can Be The Bay Area's last major earthquake over 6.5 in magnitude occurred 34 years ago today, on a day when the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's were coming onto the field for their first-ever Bay Bridge Series.
SF News Loma Prieta at 30: Bay Area Residents Remember Where They Were When The Quake Struck To wrap up our commemorative coverage of the Loma Prieta earthquake today, SFist brings you some memories sent in from readers of what their October 17, 1989 experiences were like here in the Bay Area.
SF News Loma Prieta at 30: 'I Was the Guy Driving the Pickup Behind the Disappearing Car in the Video on the Bay Bridge' An immediately famous bit of video shot on the Bay Bridge in the moments after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake showed two cars driving on the damaged eastern span, with one, a sedan, dropping into the gap created when a 50-foot segment of the upper deck collapsed.
SF News Loma Prieta at 30: Remembering the Horror of the Cypress Freeway Collapse As we get set to mark the 30th anniversary of the earthquake that massively shook the Bay Area on October 17, 1989, we're taking a moment to retell the history of the biggest tragedy of that day, via CHP footage and interviews with those who witnessed it.
SF News Loma Prieta at 30: Watch the Minutes After the Quake Live As is tradition, as Thursday marks the 30th anniversary of the 1989 earthquake in SF, we urge you all to watch KGO's Cheryl Jennings broadcast live like a pro even though everyone's power was out and hardly anyone was watching.
SF News 28 Years Ago Loma Prieta Rocked, Cracked, And Crumbled The Bay Area It's hard to focus too heavily on the past today, after a week that has seen some of the worst and sure to be counted as the deadliest wildfires in state history that
SF News On This Day In 1989 The Loma Prieta Earthquake Struck And ABC 7's Cheryl Jennings Was Live On The Air Today marks the 27th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, a 6.9 magnitude temblor that struck the Bay Area during a World Series game on October 17, 1989, killing 63 people and
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: Where Were You During The 1989 Quake? Dear Rain, Where were you in the 1989 quake? If we had another quake of that magnitude today, would SF be better or worse off, in your opinion? Signed, Shaky Dear Shaky, On
SF News More Frightening Talk About The Devastating Earthquake Likely Coming To The Pacific Northwest Those who live in Seattle and Portland may have heard inklings of this for many years, but increasingly the geological and seismic science community are sounding alarm bells about a potentially massive and
SF News Loma Prieta 25 Years Later: What The Quake Felt Like For A Kid For the last few days SFist has been running videos from various sources documenting the 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta Earthquake and its aftermath, marking the quake's 25th anniversary, which is today. Everyone who
SF News Loma Prieta 25 Years Later: Photographer Michael Macor Describes The Cypress Freeway Scene In remembrance of the Loma Prieta earthquake which happened 25 years ago today SFist has been devoting some special coverage to the historical record of the quake itself, and its aftermath. "It looked
SF News Loma Prieta 25 Years Later: Former A's Remember The Quake At Candlestick In remembrance of the Loma Prieta earthquake which happened 25 years ago Friday, on October 17, 1989 SFist will be devoting some special coverage to the historical record of the quake itself, and
SF News Loma Prieta 25 Years Later: The Times Warns Portland They May Be Worse Off Than Us, Seismically In remembrance of the Loma Prieta earthquake which happened 25 years ago Friday, on October 17, 1989 SFist will be devoting some special coverage to the historical record of the quake itself, and
SF News Loma Prieta 25 Years Later: Harrowing CHP Footage Of Cypress Freeway And Bay Bridge Rescues In remembrance of the Loma Prieta earthquake which happened 25 years ago Friday, on October 17, 1989 SFist will be devoting some special coverage to the historical record of the quake itself, and
SF News Watch ABC7's Cheryl Jennings Reporting Live Right After The 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake In remembrance of the Loma Prieta earthquake which happened 25 years ago Friday, on October 17, 1989 SFist will be devoting some special coverage to the historical record of the quake itself, and
SF News Map: Will Your Apartment Building Disintegrate Into Dust When The Big One Hits? This handy map based on data from the city's Department of Building Inspection and published by the S.F. Public Press will tell you (albeit with a frighteningly large degree of uncertainty). To
Arts & Entertainment Today in History: Loma Prieta Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the Loma Prieta Earthquake, which occurred during the World Series between the Giants and the Oakland A's, October 17, 1989. Thousands were injured in the 6.9
SF News Tiny Offshore Earthquake Reminds Bay Area That A Transbay Series Could Sink Us All This morning at around 7 a.m., a tiny but significant 2.4 magnitude earthquake shifted some things around on the ocean floor about six miles off the coast of San Francisco. This
SF News Loma Prieta, 20 Years Later As many in the local news/blog firmament will be repeating this week, Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, which was not such a doozy of a quake in
SF News Happy Birfday BART Tomorrow BART celebrates 35 years of hauling your asses around. Revenue service began on 9/11 in 1972. Since then, according to BART Board President Lynette Sweet, BART has continued to "carry the
misc Week In SFist: Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair! "Gimme head with hair/ Long beautiful hair/Shining, gleaming/Streaming, flaxen, waxen..." In 1906, we had the Big One. In 1989, we had Loma Prieta. In 2004, we had the Winter of Love.
Arts & Entertainment The New de Young Building The original museum was built as the Fine Arts building for the California Midwinter International Exposition. The exposition made a profit, and the building and money were donated to The City and named
Arts & Entertainment 15 Years Later On Sunday the 17th at 5:04 p.m., it'll be the 15th anniversary of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. We still live with reminders of the quake every day -- from the
