At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, San Francisco shook violently. A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck just 2 miles off the coast.

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 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 ...

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 ...

In 1906, neither San Francisco nor California had building codes or zoning regulations. The city established its first building code in 1907, and the state followed two years later.