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0616 | Thursday, April 13, 2006

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Photograph courtesy of History San Jose

Downtown Shambles: The 1906 earthquake took the lives of 130 people in Santa Clara Valley and left much of downtown San Jose in rubble. The domes of Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph can be seen behind the ruins of a downtown city block.

Shaky Past

A look at how San Jose survived the 1906 earthquake

By Leonard McKay

The 100th anniversary of the worst disaster to hit California is on April 18. more >>

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Survey says SJ residents happy with community
Satisfaction with city services, traffic continues to rise more >>

Valley's reservoirs overflow during heavy, constant rainfall this season
Unusually heavy rainfall caused more than half of Santa Clara Valley's 10 reservoirs to overflow last week. more >>

Family pets perish in a two-alarm house fire
A two-alarm house fire that killed six family pets and caused $300,000 worth of damage to an Almaden Valley home on Mount Pakron Drive last week is still under investigation. more >>