San Francisco from the ferry boat April 27, 1906. Chiura Obata-©-Asian-Art Museum, San Francisco. People resting in the Presidio after the 1906 earthquake, Late April, 1906. by Chiura Obata (American, ...

Despite cities to its north, south, east, and west being ravaged by the infamous 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Petaluma miraculously suffered no severe damage during the event.

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

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 firefighters, community leaders and city officials gathered Friday morning to mark the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. The first part of the remembrance of the 7.9 magnitude ...