Before Oct. 17, 1989, San Francisco was clinging to the past. The city had long been revered for its matchless natural setting, its intimate neighborhoods with a European flair. But nothing built ...
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 ...
Oct. 30—When the Loma Prieta earthquake sparked a massive fire in San Francisco's Marina District on the afternoon of of Oct. 17, 1989, live images of the blaze transmitted from the Goodyear blimp to ...