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August 28, 2013: The original eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge permanently closed.

August 28, 2013: The original eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge permanently closed.

UPDATED: August 28, 2022 On October 17, 1989, at 5:04pm, the Loma Prieta Earthquake[1] struck the San Francisco Bay Area. My father Chris G. Gasparich…

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JULY 20, 1934: The 83-day West Coast Longshoremen’s Strike ended after a 4-day General Strike in San Francisco crippled the City.

JULY 20, 1934: The 83-day West Coast Longshoremen’s Strike ended after a 4-day General Strike in San Francisco crippled the City.

At the end of World War I[1] longshoremen in the United States were either unorganized or represented by company unions. Conditions were brutal: long hours,…

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