October 17 marks the 33-year anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake that jolted the San Francisco Bay Area in 1989. The catastrophic natural disaster also struck the Oakland-Giants 1989 World ...
Twenty-five years ago today, an earthquake interrupted Game 3 of the 1989 World Series between San Francisco and Oakland. I was there as a reporter for USA TODAY, and here's what I remember: The day ...
On Oct. 17, 1989 one of the most unexpected and tragic moments in sports history took place at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. During game three of the 1989 World Series between the San ...
Typically, the World Series is a celebration of the game of baseball. However, on this day in 1989, the third game of the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics was ...
It was in that twilight before baseball games, that time when the infield has been taken but the game hasn't started. Time to get a cold drink and a hot dog. Time for those who will keep score in the ...
The Loma Prieta Earthquake jolted the Bay Area and beyond 33 years ago Monday, shaking buildings from their foundations, flattening a stretch of freeway in Oakland and dislodging a section of the Bay ...
Blackburn designed a complex system that pumps water from San Francisco Bay and sends it through portable high pressure hydrants, which saved the Marina District after the 1989 Loma Prieta quake.
The earthquake did not delay the game. It had nowhere near the effect of the most famous earthquake to affect an MLB game, when the Loma Prieta earthquake struck the Bay Area as the San Francisco ...
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 ...
Sometimes a fortune cookie reveals a deep truth. A former Tribune reporter had a slip of paper taped to her computer terminal that read “Gather all the information remotely apropos.” Gathering ...