ASSOCIATED PRESS A group of people stand in the South of Market street, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1989 in San Francisco, where five people died under a torrent of bricks when the 15-second quake two weeks ...

The quake caused near $7 billion in damage. 63 people died in the earthquake and thousands were injured. OAKLAND, Calif. - Friday marked 36 years since the Loma Prieta earthquake struck the Bay Area, ...

Seldom have 15 seconds wrought so much for so many. By the time the 6.9-magnitude shaking ended at 5:04 p.m. on Oct. 17, 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake had transformed the lives of thousands of ...

The 36th Anniversary of the deadly Loma Prieta earthquake prompted public awareness messages about earthquake preparedness. It also came as the U.S. Government shutdown has led to furloughs of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As we approach the 36th anniversary of the devastating 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake, you may be wondering, how safe is San Francisco? The city has an ongoing campaign to ...

AP/Eric Risberg The San Francisco Bay Area's strongest earthquake in nearly 25 years struck the heart of California's wine industry early Sunday morning, tearing up the landscape and marring a once ...

Automotive and pedestrian traffic flows above and the San Lorenzo River flows below as the Riverside Avenue Bridge spans the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frank Blackburn in 1995 in the machine shop of his company, Portable Water Supply Systems Co., which he founded after retiring ...