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It's one of the must-see tourist destinations in San Francisco – just as the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s Wharf, Lombard Street, Ghiradelli Square and the cable cars are. It’s Alcatraz Island, now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

With what happened last year in Japan gives us some modern perspective of what a massive earthquake can do.  But the great San Francisco earthquake happened more than a hundred years ago on this date in 1906.

I think it’s one of the must-see tourist destinations in San Francisco – just as the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s Wharf, Lombard Street, Ghiradelli Square and the cable cars are.  It’s been closed for going on 50 years now and now is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.  At one time it was home...

Can you imagine what it would be like if we didn’t have any traffic laws or rules?  No speed limit signs.  No stop signs.  No traffic lights.  That’s pretty much what it was like in the early years after the car was invented.  You had cars, bicycles, horses, trolleys and pedestrians all competing for right of way.

Alex Trebek (Photo by Ben Hider/Getty Images)I had to share this... Jeopardy! game show host Alex Trebek is on crutches after chasing a burglar down a hallway in a hotel in San Francisco hotel at 2:30 on Wednesday.

There was a time when air travel was a very special occasion.  I remember our family taking a California vacation when I was a kid and all of us got dressed up to get on the plane.  My father and I both wore a jacket and tie.  My mom and sisters wore dresses.  That's the way it was.  Back then passengers were actually served meals during their flights.  We got both breakfast and lunch heading out

Each year many people decide to end their lives by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.  Apparently what makes this choice so popular is that it seems to be a fool proof way to commit suicide.

With what happened last month in Japan we now have the modern perspective of what a massive earthquake can do.  But this is one that happened more than one hundred years ago.  It was while most of the city was still asleep.  At close to 8.0 on the Richter scale, the great San Francisco earthquake shook the city awake at 5:13 a.m. and immediately killed hundreds of people as it toppled homes and bu

I think it’s one of the must-see tourist destinations in San Francisco – just as the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s Wharf, Lombard Street, Ghiradelli Square and the cable cars are.  Alcatraz has been closed for going on 50 years now and now is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.  At one time it ho...