Followed. Good evening and welcome to a second look. Im julie haener. This month marks a devastating anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake. We begin this second look with Dennis Richmond and a look at how this bridge collapsed when the earth moved on that fateful day. I was out here in the backyard and all of a sudden everything started rocking and rolling. I looked up the street and i could see the top freeway pancaking down on top of the other one. There was this very loud noise and there was like screeching. And i could see the road rippling in front of me. Almost like black ribbon coming at me. I couldnt figure out what was going on. And i thought we were being gone. I thought that, you know something had happened and that our country was being bombed. I could see guardrails going down. And cars going off to the side. And i thought this is really serious. I didnt know what to do. I kept trying to pull over to the right. I kept feeling these waves. I would go up one and then dow
Operation. It was on september 11, 1972 that b. A. R. T. Officials gathered to cut the ribbon on the bay areas newest way to get around. The first segment to open ran only 4 miles. Planning actually began all the way back in 1957 with a formation of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Construction officially began on june 19, 1964 when president Lindon Johnson approved the project. It took 10 months to build the test track. In 1979, vern hawkins brought us this report. Reporter Public Transportation for Contra Costa County and possibly the world aimed for a future at a testing side here in concord. The first of three 80,000pound test cars built in sacramento and loaded with technical equipment loaded passengers for the test track. If it never gets any better than its running right now its better than Transit Systems operating today. Reporter they will eventually reach into all nine counties surrounding San Francisco bay involving 100 kpwhraoupbties communities. Building b. A. R. T. Wa
Francisco police chief corneleous murphy who died in august at the age of 84. Major Dianne Feinstein appointed him in 1980 less than a year after the riots following the Involuntary Manslaughter conviction of dan white who gunned down mayor gasconi and harvey milk. Leslie led the city through many years including many big scandals. Reporter murphys six years as chief was born from turmoil. He took over for reign, fell from political grace after the dan white riots. Murphy came in as a cops cop. The famous sex party at a restaurant, there were questionable Police Practices with a raid. And a mock raid into a fifth grade classroom followed by swift reorganize nay reorganization. The thing that i look at is the negatives actually turned positive to make differences in the department that we wanted to do. We took those and used them as opportunities and weve been doing fairly well for the last six to eight months now. Reporter murphy says theres been some high points. The democratic conven
Up next on a second look, celebrating the life of dr. Martin luther king and remembering the dark days of 1968 when americans saw not one but two great hopes for the nation assassinated. Also a white man raised in the segregated south with a lifetime dedicated to racial equality. One small act of defiance led to one Great Movement for dignity. How the nation remembered rosa parks as she was laid to rest. Plus a look at great speeches that made an impact on history. Tomorrow is the day we celebrate the life of Martin Luther king jr. An event that shook the nation to its foundation and brought civil rights to the forefront of that years president ial campaign. A gunman would assassinate reverent king then two months later, robert f. Kennedy was shot and killed on the night he won the california primary. George watson brought us this report back in 1988. 20 years after the king assassination. Like anybody i would like to live a long life, longevity has its place. But im not concerned abou
Ketchikan Indian Community leaders will hold a "listening session" with U.S. Department of Justice representatives on Wednesday to focus on the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in Alaska,