A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Oct. 17, 1989, an earthquake measuring 6.9 in magnitude struck Northern California, killing 63 people and causing up ...

The San Francisco Ferry Building before the Loma Prieta earthquake with the Embarcadero Freeway in the foreground. San Francisco Public Library To continue reading ...

The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake struck just after 5 p.m. Tuesday, October 17, 1989 – just as the Bay Area Reporter was going into production for that week's paper. While the cover of our October 19 ...

October 17, 1989: a 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook the Bay Area, bringing down the upper deck of the Nimitz Freeway and killing 42 people. Air Force One turns around shortly after takeoff for Trump's ...

It’s become another distant memory. The Oct. 17, 1989, earthquake demolished much of downtown Santa Cruz, killing three people and destroying more than 30 buildings while wreaking destruction ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Thursday’s 3.1 magnitude earthquake was the latest of five notable aftershocks to hit Berkeley since a 4.3 magnitude earthquake rattled the college town on Sept. 22. A day later ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

I learned about the risk of “soft story” buildings on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1989. On that day, coastal Northern California was struck by the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake. Soft-story ...