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October 17, 1989
Los Gatans remember the day that changed their town
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It's a truism that sometimes people don't know what they have till it's gone. In Los Gatos, some would argue, people didn't know what they had until it was almost gone. That happened on Oct. 17, 1989. In some communities hit hard by the Loma Prieta earthquake--Santa Cruz in particular--many historic buildings were razed rather than salvaged. In Los Gatos, however, residents got a wakeup call when they saw familiar old homes and downtown businesses off their foundations, their glass shattered, their bricks and mortar scattered on sidewalks. The town suffered some $233 million in property damage, much of it to historic buildings. Ten years later, the downtown is thriving, and many of the historic homes that looked hopeless immediately after the quake have been restored. This Sunday at 5:04 p.m. marks the 10-year anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, and the Forbes Mill Museum of Regional History is marking the occasion with a look back.
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Shop features rolls, muffins in addition to namesake donuts.
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