Los Angeles Times

The San Francisco pro-yuppie prank that tricked the entire city

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FILE: Protesters, police, and journalists thought the Mission District’s Dolores Park was meant to be the site of a pro-yuppie rally on June 7, 1999. Nobody on the yuppies’ side showed up. Anadolu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In June 1999, 200 protesters flocked to San Francisco’s Dolores Park to protest a “Stop the Hate” rally… … Read more

20 years ago, a deadly earthquake shook small-town California

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Rescue workers remove bricks from crushed cars under the remains of a collapsed two-story building in Paso Robles, Calif., following an earthquake, in this Dec. 22, 2003 file photo.Gary Kazanjian/ASSOCIATED PRESS I was on the way to the movies when the earthquake hit. The magnitude 6.5 quake would change the face of my hometown and … Read more