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The Jan. 17, 1994, Northridge earthquake damaged roadways across Los Angeles. But nowhere was the impact felt more acutely that on the 10 Freeway just east of Culver City. The earthquake knocked ...
30 years ago today, Los Angeles was jolted awake by a massive earthquake centered near Northridge. The 6.7 magnitude temblor on January 17, 1994 killed some 60 people, injured 8,700, and damaged ...
When the 6.7 magnitude Northridge earthquake struck at 4:30 a.m., it wiped out buildings and bridges, leaving overpasses and freeway lanes stacked on each other like a collapsed Jenga puzzle.
As a new mayor, Richard Riordan’s response to the Northridge Earthquake was a defining leadership moment in the history of L.A., one remembered fondly on his death.
When the 6.7 Northridge earthquake struck in 1994, multiple sections of the Santa Monica Freeway west of downtown which accommodated an average of 341,000 vehicles a day collapsed.
The collapsed freeway section was rebuilt and opened to traffic about three months after the 1994 Northridge earthquake knocked it down. The crucial freeway corridor is once again closed, this ...
During the weekend press conference, officials invoked the Northridge earthquake and its damage to the local freeway system. “It seemed to me that they were planting the seed that this could be a ...
Photojournalist Hans Gutknecht is recalling the Northridge earthquake on Jan. 17, ... His photo of the 14 and 5 freeway interchange became synonymous with the earthquake itself.
The morning of January 17, 1994, was a seismic turning point in Southern California’s history as the Northridge earthquake, measuring 6.7 in magnitude, struck at exactly 4:30:55 a.m. local time.
When the 6.7 Northridge earthquake struck in 1994, multiple sections of the Santa Monica Freeway west of downtown which accommodated an average of 341,000 vehicles a day collapsed.
Gov. Gavin Newsom says he doesn’t know when the I-10 freeway that caught fire over the weekend in Los Angeles will be repaired. The answer is as close as the telephone. He just needs to call ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom says he doesn’t know when the I-10 freeway that caught fire over the weekend in Los Angeles will be repaired. The answer is as close as the telephone. He just needs to call ...