The iconic entrance to the Fairmont San Francisco on top of Nob Hill ... two marble columns in the lobby that survived the fire caused by the 1906 earthquake. The rest of the columns are actually ...

San Francisco - Earthquake & fire, 1906 "Ruins on Kearney St. near Post Office". Library of Congress. At 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, San Francisco residents were awakened by a 40-second tremor that ...

Los Angeles took over as California's top city after San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fires. What lessons can L.A. learn from this latest disaster?

San Francisco - Earthquake & fire, 1906 "Ruins on Kearney St. near Post Office". Library of Congress. At 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, San Francisco residents were awakened by a 40-second tremor that ...

With that in mind, I began to think about our sibling city up the coast, and the near-death experience it had in 1906 ... and fire, MGM released its prestige film “San Francisco,” starring ...