On the drive home from the library, inspiration struck Roan. He remembered the children’s story, “The Three Billy Goats Gruff ...

The shaking only lasted 15 seconds, but it changed the region forever. More Loma Prieta Coverage Thirty years ago today — on Oct. 17, 1989 — a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on the San Andreas fault in the ...

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.

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 ...