It's difficult to imagine San Francisco today engulfed in flame, ash and ruin — but 120 years ago, disaster forever reshaped the city. The big picture: At 5:12am on April 18, 1906, a 7.9-magnitude ...

The disaster destroyed the flimsy buildings that occupied the area now known as South of Market, but survivors kept the ...

Earthquakes are often associated with regions like California, which sits along the San Andreas Fault. In 1906, a massive earthquake struck Northern California, causing widespread destruction and ...

Jane Cryan walked into a leasing agency on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco just before closing one evening in 1982. She was looking for an apartment that could accommodate her grand piano. The flat ...

This Saturday morning, as San Francisco gathers before dawn at Lotta’s Fountain to remember the 1906 earthquake and fire, belting out the famous tune "San Francisco," organizer Lee Houskeeper will ...

April 18, 1906, the San Francisco earthquake (and subsequent fires) ranks as one of the most significant temblors of all time. At 5:12 a.m., a foreshock occurred with enough force to be felt widely ...

Saturday marks 120 years since the Great Earthquake changed San Francisco forever. This year, there will be a special addition to the memorial: a restored firetruck from 1928.

A soot-stained poetry book believed lost in San Francisco’s 1906 disaster has found its way home after an unlikely journey Google Maps A library book checked out before the 1906 San Francisco ...