On October 17, 1989 a quiver ran through the spine of California’s Loma Prieta fault. What was but a tiny shift in the tectonic forces at work in the Pacific rim caused $6 billion in damage, took the lives of over 50 people, and forever altered the landscape of communities across the Bay Area.
In this episode, the earthquake is explore through the lives of those that lived it. From participants in the opening ceremony of Game 3 of the World Series to an off duty firefighter, these first hand accounts of the event and its aftermath paint a vivid account of a day never to be forgotten by those who lived through it.
Asking questions that might surprise us is what we do here at the American Attic. In this episode, the Sacramento Historical Society was able...
Like a gray barnacle on the side of some big blue whale, Alcatraz sits silent and imposing amidst the whitecaps of the San Francisco...
History gets wet in this episode. The date? January 24, 1848. The place? Along the banks of the American river in the Sierra Nevada...