The Oakland fire department rushed to the scene of the Cypress Freeway, after the 1989 San Francisco Earthquake hits. They were greeted by a catastrophe of collapsed ...

The Cypress Street Viaduct in Oakland, California, collapsed during the Loma Prieta earthquake, claiming 42 lives and injuring many others. This catastrophe became one of the most devastating ...

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 ...

A tanker truck explosion and fire led to the collapse of an overpass on a freeway leading to San Francisco's Bay Bridge early Sunday. The truck was hauling32,500 litres of gasoline when it crashed ...