By 1906, San Francisco was booming. It had about 410,000 residents. The city had grown by 68,000 new residents and added 35,000 new houses in five years.

And he told me one day, as we were driving across the plain of L.A., that the collapse of California’s premier city, which is what San Francisco was in 1906, had opened up an opportunity gap in ...

San Francisco was shattered and in flames on the night of April 18, 1906, when the noted conductor Alfred Hertz found safe haven at the Chutes, the amusement park at 10th Avenue and Fulton Street ...

San Francisco city leaders, historians, and community members woke up early Thursday morning to commemorate 118 years since a massive earthquake and fire destroyed much of the city in 1906.

It is a new day, San Francisco. Literally and figuratively, according to Mayor Daniel Lurie’s 5 a.m. remarks at the 119th commemoration of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. “We’ve gone through some ...

San Francisco marks 119 years since 1906 earthquake and fire 03:35. A ceremony was held in downtown San Francisco early Friday morning to mark 119 years since much of the city was destroyed from ...

At 5 a.m. on April 18, 1906, San Franciscans were jolted out of their beds by the first tremors of an earthquake whose vibrations would be felt as far away as England. The massive quake brought ...

To the north, along the San Francisco Peninsula, earthquakes seem less frequent, striking every 300 years or more. Streig thinks the giant 1906 earthquake temporarily shut down the repeated ...

And he told me one day, as we were driving across the plain of L.A., that the collapse of California’s premier city, which is what San Francisco was in 1906, had opened up an opportunity gap in ...