since the loma prieta earthquake we have made great strides. we rebuilt the city stronger, and great strides in retro fits especially on the bay bridge and new buildings. and the catastrophic plan under nancy's leadership and the partnership with fema, we've enhanced some warnings and made a concerted effort to focus on personal preparedness and get message out residents really need to help take care of themselves and others. so i am pleased to be part of the legacy and want to thank all of you for your hard work, time and effort to help others. so thank you. [applause] >> a little transition work here. jim? >> thank you. thank you mike for joining us today to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake. i'd also like to thank our community partners and those supporting our event. kqed served the people of north erin california and offer many different experiences and viewpoints, promote inclusiveness and respect human dignity. we are proud to have them as a partner today and in the preparedness. that the time i'd like to ask

loma prieta means dark mountain. and we would always say during the earthquake we were kind of on the dark side of the mountain. san francisco did an incredible job but to give you a little bit of background to the city. i think this experience also brought me to city government. i had worked in the non-profit field for over 25 years. the city of watsonville was not prepared to communicate with the 60% spanish-speaking community. the city was in a political conflict with its mexican-american leadership ruling by the supreme court to go from citywide elections to city elections that were to occur three weeks after the earthquake with the hope of its electing their first latino councilmember in years. neither the county nor city had a strong relationship with the spanish-community organization and after the hospital and the foundation was damaged, our county health department headquarters was about 14 miles away and we quickly knew that we were on our own. and our clinic staff right after the earthquake continued to pr

i would be remiss that i wouldn't mention that mayor bates was part of loma prieta. he and his wife worked hard to make the city of berkeley a national center of disaster resilience. mayor bates will discuss the importance of citizen awareness as loma prieta engaged with the city to address emergency preparedness headon. let's welcome mayor bates to the podium. [applause] >> thank you, paul. thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be at this beautiful building and i was reflecting back and i was at the baseball game 22 years ago. how many of you were at the baseball game? i am the only one. two of us. i was sitting underneath the -- canned really stick park underneath second deck when the earthquake happened. the whole deck was like moving over us. i was thinking, that close from being killed because if it came down it would have been a disaster. the trick was trying to get back to berkeley. i come on public transportation and a friend of mine had a tv. as you can imagine one of these portable tv's. we realized that it wasn't running and the bridge was down. so it wa

here in the bay area to address the a lot of deficiencies and issues that became apparent after loma prieta. also i think it's important to acknowledge a lot of our community partners and having worked down here in the bay area for a couple years as part of the bay initiative. we have emily white and greg smith here from red cross who are part of our advisory team. alyssa domo who carries the flag forward being executive director and working with a lot of nonprofits in san francisco and even extending elsewhere now. now a lot of the work that's being done is being done throughout the state. also here hodge who is a huge partner from the faith community here in the bay area representing hunters point bayview area and just did a tremendous job in boosting awareness and preparing that community for a lot of different hazards that could strike them. also yokilly recommendo. another intermediary group that works with nonprofits. once again, the bay area is just an incubator, just so important in terms of this whole concept. i also wanted to mention a lot of the work that's done in the private se

kevin will look back how the loma prieta earthquake affected the important commercial and residential area around the fisherman wharf's area to form the community benefit district serving the neighborhood to this date. >> good morning. 22 years ago i was working in hayward, california, and i thought i was prepared. when the earthquake hit, growing up in california i learned to dive under my desk, which i did, and walker in the parking lot and didn't know what to do next when people were telling us what happened and we were trying to figure out what to do. i had $1.25 in my pocket and i had about a gallon of gas in my car and i sat for seven hours at the san mateo bridge before i realized it wasn't going to happen and i turned around to find a place to stay that night. i am talking about a business district and the work we do to prepare because so many of us will be at our place of work when disaster strikes. the fisherman wharf's community in 1989, i wasn't working on the wharf but i talked to some of the people that were. again, people ran out in the streets. they didn't necessarily

since the loma prieta earthquake, the city has struggled to reclaim its waterfront. i think san francisco it deserves and is one of the world-class waterfronts, and the presence of parking lots and tennis courts surrounded by a chain-link fence and feels to me like a terribly inappropriate use for this great waterfront. and that the introduction of housing, the introduction of ground-floor retail, and other uses that will help activate the street, open spaces that connect back to the neighborhood, to meet bring what is most appropriate to activating this waterfront, and to continuing some of the development that started to occur and has been such a struggle to maintain a sense the embarcadero if -- since the embarcadero freeway came down. i think it is and available to the city and the port at a time when resources are very constrained, where there is a struggle to maintain a property taxes, where redevelopment has completely gone away which helps drive the creation of new affordable housing in the city. i think that it really is a civic priority to help restore and

or this, from the 1989 loma prieta quake in the san francisco bay area.alifornia has earthquakes every day. every dot on this map is a quake in just the past week. >> but all of these are small. like i say this is a typical quiet week for california. >> reporter: the five-story tower in san diego is built to function like a small hospital, inside hundreds of sensors and cameras to record the damage in real time. in the event of a catastrophic earthquake the major worry for hospitals isn't just that the building might collapse. it still has to function as a hospital. >> we want to make sure that after an earthquake, our hospital still work because lots of other things won't. >> reporter: today they put it through shaking up to 6.0 in magnitude. >> are we ready for the big one? >> of course not. but when we get the big earthquake in california, people will be in shock in terms of the total amount of damage. >> reporter: hopefully a little more ready after today. >>> tonight a sad end to the search for the americans lost on board the costa concordia, the shi

or 1989, loma prieta which caused a portion of the bay bridge to collapse. california has earthquakes every day. every dot on this map is a quake in just the past week. >> but all of these are small. this is a typical, quiet week for california. >> reporter: this five-story tower at uc san diego is built to function like a small hospital.

. >> they have been deemed seismically unsafe since the loma prieta earthquake and will be closed from 8:00 p.m. on friday the 27th until 5:00 a.m. sunday morning. he is taking his two daughters and wife out of town. he is not alone. the small group of homes is next to doyle drive. most of the residents are leaving. she needs to leave because of her fore-year-old son's -- four-year-old son's newly diagnosed asthma. >> we want to make sure he is safe and his health is not jeopardized. it is not so much about the noise, but it is the chemicals that could be really dangerous. >> no one has told them about what might beacon tanked in the dust when the -- be contained in the dust when the highway comes down. >> they -- molly graham a liaison between the presidio and construction contractors says all safety measures have been taken. they had to be because of the workers who are going to be in close proximity to the dust and deem -- demolition. they placed them around the presidio. and there are these seismographs that measured the unsafe vibrations from the construction. when the new presidi

after loma prieta, engineers said it was in danger of collapse near the center. a retrofit project has been underway since 1997 and should be done in 2018. they can't imagine replacing this icon. >> what we are doing right now, we are repairing small elements, a large element of these replacements, but you can truly do it indefinitely. >>> we are your source for the doyle drive closure. we'll have instant updates on twitter and facebook and text alert that shows you alternative routes. you can download the exclusive wazeapp to help you navigate your way through the maze. you can upload your report to ureport or e-mail votes at ureport. you can post experiences at facebook. you might be thinking what would be so interesting getting out of your car during a complete traffic stop when there is so much traffic stop, we would find that interesting. we would like to see that if you can do it safely. >> right. we are looking at a lot of sunshine this weekend and warming trend. that is good news. maybe just stay put and enjoy the weather. as you head outside right now. w

after the loma prieta quake, it was in danger of collapse in a magnitude 8 or greater. multiphase retrofit project has been underway in 1997 and should be done in 2018. the chief engineer can't replacing this icon. >> what we are doing right now, we are repairing small elements, a large element that needs replacement. you but you can do it indefinitely. >> terry: "abc 7 news" is your source for the closure. we'll be watching traffic all week long. we show you the alternative routes you can take. at abc7news.com you can download the waze app to help you navigate through that mess. show us the traffic. we're interested. upload video to ureport or e-mail your photo to ureport. post your experiences on facebook. one thing about the destruction of doyle drive, so many things are going on in san francisco, there wasn't person that said save this glorious structure. >> lisa: really? >> terry: no. >> lisa: because it's history. it's been around for so long. >> terry: i didn't feel sad. [ laughter ] >> lisa: you have so much to say. >> terry: i talk too much. [ laughter ] >> lis

some of those include a monthly review to the 1989 loma prieta earthquake. governor brown says the government should focus on information that's helpful to taxpayers. >>> the dow has pushed to the largest point gain in a month. all three major indexes posted gains. the dow had its first finish above 13,000 in more than a week. the dow was up 193 points. and the s & p was up 21 points. >>> presidential candidate mitt romney today won the support of the top republican in congress. house speaker john boehner said quote it is now clear mitt romney is going to be our nominee. >> i think mitt romney has a set of economic policies that can put americans back to work and frankly contrast sharply with the failed economic policies of president obama. >> speaker boehner will share the republican convention. >> whether it's various tea party groups or social conservative groups they of course want to have conversations with the governor and assurances with him on where she will be in relation to their issues and whether or not he will have an open door. >> michelle bach

scientists on thursday, this seismologist demonstrated how such a system could have affected the loma prieta earthquake giving san francisco residents as much as 20 seconds warning before the shaking started. >> it is not earthquake prediction, it is quickly determined that an earthquake has happened and warning people before the shaking reaches them. >> such a system is already in place in japan were people were warned up to one minute before the fukushima earthquake. modern communications are faster than site does make waves. sensors near the epicenter can be used to broadcast warnings to people in harm's way. >> how much of a warning you get depends on where you are in relation to the earth quake. the further away you are, the more morning he would get. >> the implications are enormous. with as much as 32nd mornings, bart trains could be slowed or stopped. those listening to this lecture would have time to duck and cover. some >> here is another hypothetical, palm springs would get a 15 second warning, orange county would get 25 seconds and people and l.a. would be want 40 seconds before

department of fish and game and also a monthly report on the response to the 1989 le ma prietaering -- loma prietaeports found, 375 of them required legislative action just to get rid of them. one san francisco supervisor is looking to hustle a truck with pictures of scantily clad women on the side out of his -- out of his neighborhood. this hustler club truck has been in his community for about a month now. he says the truck's driver lives nearby and usually parks it outside a library on larkin and that's just a half a block from an element school. other people in the area agree that their neighborhood is not the best location for this truck. >>> there is -- there's the pretty tacky stuff you find on the internet. but to walk out of your house and to see that, that's -- you know -- >> a little too much. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> the supervisor says he's asked hustler to move the truck but it keeps reappearing. >>> ail leg baldwin has his eye -- ail lick baldwin -- alec baldwin is considering a political run. he's not saying what office he wants to run for. he reportedly ruled out running for mayor

or 1989, loma spis prieta which cause caused a portion of the bay bridge to collapse. earthquakes happen every day. >> but all of these are small. this is a typical, quiet week for california. >> reporter: this five-story tower at uc san diego is built to function like a small hospital. inside, hundreds of sensors and cameras to record the damage in realtime. >> in the event of a catastrophic earthquake, the concern for hospitals isn't just that a building might collapse. it also still has to function as a hospital. >> we want to make sure that after an earthquake, our hospitals still work because lots of other things won't. >> reporter: they put it through shaking equivalent to northridge, 6.7 in magnitude. seismologists say the big one is only a matter of time. >> are we ready for the big one? >> of course not. but when we get the big earthquake in california, people will be in shock in terms of the total amount of damage. >> reporter: hopefully a little more ready. david wright, abc news, los angeles. >>> and there are new warnings this morning about a potential eru