Loma Prieta Earthquake Live - KXTV News 10
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- On Oct., 17, 1989, News 10 at 5:00 was live on the air as the Loma Prieta Earthquake struck the Bay Area. This is the first 15 minutes of their coverage (edited). Though the epicenter was 80 miles away, the quake was felt strongly in the Sacramento area. Because the World Series game was taking place at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, News 10 had many crews in the Bay Area and was able to respond quickly.
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I was in Fresno and the water in my spaghetti pot sloshed over the side onto the stove and floor! A little neighbor girl was knocking oon the front door and I grabbed her just as a pice of stucco dropped onto the concrete porch. I know our concrete foundation cracked as the next 2 days, red ants were coming up and bringing their sand hills thru the carpets! A day, much like the Coalinga quake that Fresno will never forget!
Hey Dan, thanks for keeping this footage up on RUclips. I remember it well. Had a portable TV and was watching while giving info on the radio station where I was on the air. Nothing came from the network, all I had was the TV coverage.
Dick Cable, along with Stan Atkinson, was the face of television news in Sacramento for more than three decades. Dick is retired, still lives in Sacramento, and on occassion returns to the News10 newsroom which several years ago was named in his honor.
I remember stan Atkinson!
I was that reporter "on the phone." Not sure what you're getting at but there was nothing shady about it ... except your comment here.
So many years later, and I still cry when I hear this... I will never forget 😥
I’m most impressed with Dan Adams reporting live from the news truck at Candlestick Park
I was in this earthquake I was working downtown and 26 California St at the Embercadero when it hit. One of those things you just never forget in life.
It was on this day today that Jennifer Smith and Dick Cable were one of the most famous pairs of news reporters that almost every household knew back in the day. You still have news veterans like Dan Adams , George Warren, etc working at KXTV to this day an you know what quality news reporting is all about. It feels like yesterday.
still gives me chills, even after 21 years after the damage. one of those moments where you could never forget.
Two of the finest anchors a producer could ever hope to work with.
I lived on Edison Avenue then & we felt it & it made the water come out of the pool and go 40 feet across the driveway & hit my friends front door. My mother lived in downtown SF & no one could enter or leave because of the electric door locks didn't work when power went out.
Yes, she is. Jennifer has the greatest longevity of any anchor in the Sacramento market and is likely the most respected. She is truly a rarity in local television these days.
You all did a great job reporting this. I could tell you all had a deep fear behind your voice but they held their composure pretty well. It was a scary day indeed. Is there any more to this clip?
Look at their reactions when he said that the the double decker freeway collapsed. One of those moments, you know? It kinda reminds me of when Peter Jennings found out the South Tower had completely collapsed.
Sacramento was very lucky to have so many great television news people when I lived there in the 1970's and 1980's. I had left by the time this happened and was very surprised to see this come up while searching for clips on this earthquake's anniversary. I shudder to think how some of today's local news goobers will act under similar conditions. Meanwhile, and in a reference only you older folks from the area will get, Dick Cable was as calm as Tom La Brie selling a water bed. :-D
Mattkaru: Are you suggesting this is a re-creation? It is not. It is live as the quake hit Sacramento. Yes, it took longer for the shock waves to reach Sacramento than San Francisco. And the quake was not felt as strongly in Sacramento as it was SF, which is why the Sac stations were not knocked off the air while the SF stations were.
"I can still feel it rocking, Dick!" A News interchange.
thank God for that comma
Let's eat, kids! vs. Let's eat kids! @@robertpalin2161
that’s what she said
We felt this all the way down in SoCal in the San Bernardino area. I was 12 and remember it clearly.
I remember watching these two doing the news casts a lot. Lived in North Highlands at the time. I didn't feel it (was driving on the freeway at the moment) but I remember seeing home videos of pools in Sacramento tossing water for several feet away from the pool. Some parents of swim team members from Foothill High School went to the World Series game and when the pool water started splashing the team coach joked that SF was having an earthquake. Imagine how he felt when he heard that there really was a quake.
I remember this Earth quake, i was 5, scared the hell out of me.
I was in my car driving somewhere in Sacramento that day, and I felt nothing. I remember seeing the footage of the car driving over the collapsed part of the Bay Bridge over and over again. I had gotten a job driving and making deliveries to the Bay Area only a couple of months after the earthquake. Every day I would drive over the lighter-colored repaired section of the bridge, and I would get an eerie feeling wondering if another earthquake would hit when I was on the bridge.
lol I was working in the back room at Raley’s in Rancho…..the first reports (not quite accurate)were that the Bay Bridge had completely fallen in and total devastation (had the radio on)….didn’t feel a thing either. I miss the way of life we had in Northern California in those days, what a great place to live….now you couldn’t pay me enough to live under that authoritarian nightmare!!
@@jefflanham1080 ...Yeah...that was such a weird day for sure. I watched the news quite a bit that day, and watching that car driving over the fallen section of the bridge was nightmarish. Like you, I also miss the way of life we had those days. I'm still here in Sacramento, and I would like to be able to escape Taxifornia (lol...uggh). I would want to move to a place without tornados, hurricanes, insanely cold temperatures, etc. If I could coordinate a move in the relatively near future, I would love to get away from this crazy liberal government that does nothing but make life worse and worse here.
@@OZRIC1985 I understand. I still have friends and some family in Sacramento…. Miss the Sierras and trips to SF but I’ve been out of there so long that after living free in the Ozarks, I would probably hurt someone from a radical leftist group if they got in front of me. I initially left after they started passing smoking laws even though I didn’t smoke….and now I see what has happened there and it is unbelievable. Take care and there’s always the Ozarks of North Central Arkansas. Lots of Sacramento folks here…little different culture but it’s actually pretty copacetic.
I was in the kitchen getting a drink and talking to my sister when it happened. I'm in a wheelchair and got stuck in the chopping block as it happened. i yelled at my sister to find cover. She didn't listen but we had no damage ! It was very scary...
Were you and your sister ok?
I'm amazed how calm they were and how they remained professional and still continued to go on reporting the news during the earthquake I tell one thing i'd have been out of that building panicing feeling terrified and just wondering what was going on.
Actually, the quake hit as the commercial was playing. KXTV dumped out of the commerical break as the shaking continued. For nearly 24 hours, all commericals were dropped on KXTV as well as most Bay Area stations (those that were still on the air).
I was on Market Street & 6th Street in SF on 3rd floor of a tall building! Iwill Never forget that day!
That's his name. Dick Cable. He is now retired, but was one of the most respected TV anchors in Northern California.
They are so professional just listening and trying to come up to speed with what they are realizing has been a major disaster in the Bay Area.
Originally from Ohio, I spent years in Santa Barbara and went through one 5.1 while there. So when I decided to move to San Francisco, I told my inner self that I was doing this because the big one was about to hit down there. Three years later Loma Prieta. lol
I was six years old when this occurred (I live in Santa Cruz by the way), and my mom and sister were actually getting ready to go to the grocery store when the earthquake struck. The worse thing to happen to us was the collapse of our chimney. The rest of the house wasn't so badly damaged though.
Ya, I was at the Denny's on Ocean and lived downtown, my apartment was pretty much destroyed.
Whoa. Much closer to the epicentre.
I was watching News10 during this broadcast.
I was 25 miles south of S.F. in Redwood City It was a day I will never forget
1989 can see that tear in the video,
i always love going slightly ahead in time and seeing when the tears and dots disseapear. 1999 still has imperfections but they are mostly gone by 2005
Way different than the effects in Santa Cruz which is about 8 miles from the epicenter. It was a violent jolt then tremendous shaking, then it was over. Only lasted 15 seconds. The scariest earthquake I've ever felt here and I've lived in California all of my life.
I was on Oakland at that time. I ran out the door fast.
that's the main reason people die during an earthquake, they recommend getting under the nearest table or desk if you're inside, or lay down and cover your head if a table or desk isn't nearby, stay in bed if it hits when you're sleeping, lay face down and cover your head with pillows
@@charlespatrick8650 Actually one of the top recommendations is standing under a door frame because it's usually one of the sturdiest parts of a home/bldg.
While there is news coverage included following the actual quake, the first section of the video shows the reaction in the studio while it is shaking and as the quake occurred. It was live. I suggest you watch it again.
If you still have the tape, is it possible to Deinterlace this to 60fos and reupload? If you need more info as to what that means or how to do it, just ask me in a reply
My brother (huge Oakland A's fan) was at Candlestick Park in line at the lower level concession stand. He said it was pandemonium at first when the earthquake struck because there was already a crush of people and no room to move. He and his friend were concerned that the stands above their head would collapse. Amazingly, the vast majority of people did not panic, perhaps because it was the "Bay Bridge" world series so people were accustomed to earthquakes.
I was in my 4th floor Berkeley dormitory and got the scariest ride of my life, to this very day.
I was watching that very scene on my tv. I was living in stockton california at that time. We had no damage but the house shook for what seemed like forever. I recall seeing the water from our swimming pool splashing out onto the deck. Amazingly the pool plaster had no damage...not sure how that is possible but it is.
I remember those perms and the square shoulders.
Aimee Ward Don't forget the frosted bush.
I was living in Navato which is about 30 miles northwest of Loma Prieta.
The quake was felt in and around Oakland and San Francisico.
It's Novato.
I was driving east to Sacramento from Dixon, CA on the I-80 when all of a sudden my left arm bounced on the window sill of my old truck. It actually smarted my arm. I was thinking "What the heck was that!".
I was in the dorms at UC Davis and felt the shaking on the 3rd floor of the dorm building I lived in. I remember people in the building screaming and panicing and running outside.
I was living in NYC at the time, and I could feel the ground violently shaking.....
I remember them two….growing up in the 70s-80s you grew up with the anchors on each local network. KCRA 3 in Sacramento had Stan Atkinson and Margaret Pelly….you had these two in ch 10 and trying to remember who was on 13.
I live on the east coast of the US and I was a Boston Celtics pre-season basketball game that night and at one point, I left my seat to go to the concession stand or something and when I got out to the concourse, they was a guy, who was somewhat frantic, talking to anyone would listen about an earthquake in SF bay area. I thought he was a crackpot, I mean, the world series was on, didn't seem likely for there to be an earthquake during the World Series. There were no cellphones or internet, naturally, so my friend and I just chalked it up to this guy being a loon. We watched the rest of the game, went home and when we got back to my house, I turned on the tv and sure enough, there was Dan Rather on the air talking about the earthquake. This was about 1030pm Eastern time. We watched the news for quite a while that night.
Compare these two calm 1989 professionals from NorCal to the hysterical 2019 TV newscasters in SoCal who panicked on air.
I don't know about la news and the epicenter location but for Sacramento atleast 100 miles away so they panic less.
I was in San jose durning this earthquake and it was a scarey moment...october 17 1989 at 5:04pm
I worked on the bottom floor of a building in downtown Monterey. The lights went out just before the building started shaking. There was no electricity or phone service, so they sent us home. Highway 1 was at a standstill and the EBS kept saying "There has been an earthquake". (NO SHIT SHERLOCK; I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS MY ENGINE) We lived in Ft Ord where my husband was stationed at the time. We had a great view of the Monterey Peninsula. It was almost totally dark and quiet. Obviously the planes couldn't land there. Eerie.
Interesting. I lived in Marina, right off Hwy 1 at the time. I remember that quake very vividly. I was 7 at the time, and I recall my parents would not let me go outside. Power was out for days.
We actually lived in an apartment complex on Reservation Road before getting Ft Ord housing. I worked at 217 W Franklin St in Monterey proper, across from the Sheraton, the one they called the Pink Penitentiary. Ft Ord's power actually came on the next day, but ATM's were still out, probably because they were remotely controlled, so we had to pay cash for everything.
Thankfully Fort Ord only had a few settled foundations, but I'm told it was felt as far south as Big Sur.
I was eating dinner at the CHP Academy in West Sacramento (CTCIV89). Never felt a thing!
Why were in a commercial already at 5:04? Can't broadcast for 5 minutes straight after the start of the 5 o'clock news without a break for commercials?
Hey Mr. webcomment (or maybe it should be Mr "Know-it-all") ... when the quake hit the Bay Area (90 seconds before it arrived in Sacramento) it knocked out the signal from the Bay Area back to Sacramento. With three live shots set to go back to back from SF suddenly not available, there was no where else to go, so the producer went to a commercial break. They dumped out of the commercials when the quake arrived in Sacramento. If you're such a hot shot producer, what would you have done? Sheesh.
10TVMan I think he was asking this because the World Series was not airing on KXTV at that time. KXTV was a CBS affiliate in 1989, and the World Series was televised on ABC (then at KOVR 13) that year. Webcomment is right, in that It does seem a bit odd that a local newscast would have commercials at 5:05 when the newscast supposedly starts at 5.
@@10TVMan should have went to the weather forecast
Felt it all the way into the Sierra Nevada Foothills!
Yes, and Jennifer is still at News10.
I was working at the Santa Clara Marriott when it hit. Strong aftershock too.
I was right down the street working at Intel. They sent us home
Dick Cable with the presence of mind to suggest that the earthquake was likely not centered in Sacramento and wherever it was centered was encountering serious problems. Whatever happened to Dick?
wow, the anchor lady seems to be quietly freaking out as the news comes in. Imagine what it must be like. I remember this quake. I was living in Santa Maria at the time and we felt it really strong there too....PS...is it just a bad video, or is the camera jumping and scrambling due to the shaking?
And the Eastern span of the Bay Bridge has been COMPLETELY rebuilt, and it's a single, rather double level span.
It's single-level for vehicle traffic.
ohh this news broadcast is centered in Sacramento...so that's why they don't feel much. I was in the middle of the earthquake when it happened...and it was one of the scariest things that ever happened to me. It was the first time I couldn't even stand at all and had to crawl for cover
where you from? where you felt a 5,3? in romania?
LOL I can still feel it rockin', Dick.
I was watching the World Series when this happened.
I can imagine! The footage of the Japan earthquake last year is crazy. Growing up in NY we've only had 2 quakes that were noticeable. The Virginia quake in 2011 and a 5.0 quake in like 1987. Hearing everything shake from my bed at 6 AM was scary. I'm sure in California the magnitude overrides any familiarity that Californians have with quakes and is even scarier.
Weird, in Davis we could totally feel it... like being on a boat in intense but not dangerous waves.
Captain Sacto ( Harry Martin ) is dead ? What about Skipper Stu ( Stu Neihan ), Captain Delta
(Mitch Agrus) ?
Oct 17 1989
5:04pm
A diary.
I don’t know what just happened. I’m scared guys, I need to get some info.
Oct 17 1989
5:15pm
Alright, the bay bridge has collapsed, I think I’m gonna cry!!
Oct 17 1989
5:27pm
I just got some info, The shaker was a 7.1 magnitude????!?!?!
Were you watchin the game?
This video does not show the earthquake "live". It shows the newscast as it occurred just after the earthquake. This video is mislabeled.
You're wrong. The earthquake is still shaking the newsroom as the anchors are talking. Can't get much more "live" than that.
Is that glitchiness due to the quakes or the quality of the video?
The earthquake shook the tv transmitters
i can still feel it rocking, Dick!
Classic line...
Man I could sure go for some Kentucky Fried Chicken about now
Ok, this explains everything. Someone ordered extra crispy chicken, they took one bite and the sound made everything shake.
LOL! i picked up on that too. she can definatly still feel it rocking.
by the way Clips from Episode #107 of RESCUE 911 are on here it was the episode that had the 4th segment not shown because of this quake.
"Kentucky fried chicken"
where u there??
Dick Cable and Jennifer Smith
It was actually Loma Prieta Peak, hence the name. The peak itself can easily be pointed out from anywhere in Santa Cruz. I can see it from my house.
@robertgift The quake started while a commercial was on the air. The video picked up at the end of the commercial, just as the program went back to the anchors live.
You can see the bated fear on the newslady's face. That must have been awful to be hearing that live as it happened.
Lived in Tennessee at the time and was watching the world series when this happened the ABC national network cut in I believe it was Ted Koppel at the national desk.
What the hell is "News 10"? To the best of my knowledge we never had a channel 10 station. 9 is KQED, 11 is KNTV.
singedrac This is a Sacramento TV station.
KXTV in Sacramento. It was a CBS station back in 1989, but today it's an ABC station.
i'm suprised that they didn't cut out of commercial scince it was going on for a minute!
Oh, and about whether it's "live" or not..
Technically, it's not. Quakes take time to travel from their epicenter to other areas. Even in today's (7/29) L.A. quake there were 5 second delays with people on the phone. So the quake in SF was probably already finished rocking by the time the newscasters were feeling it in Sacramento..
It was felt in Bishop, California as well.
I have never seen such footage, DigitalGrotto. Not calling you a liar, but need a little proof a camera was trained on the bridge at the time.
trust me we have mini little earthquakes a lot in san diego and stuff will fall off my wall, but it feels like it happens for like two minutes, but when i watch the news the next day it lasted for like 10 seconds, and there are also aftershocks
this video is not a true reflection of the magnitude of the earthquake. You have to look at the other videos to get the full scale of the 89 earthquake.
I think I'd be pretty nervous if I knew there had just been a potentially very serious earthquake and had to continue presenting the news not knowing what might have happened to my family and house.
The earthquake in Japan was MUCH eerier than the disaster of '89!! Just watching the land being erased by the tsunami was just too bone-chilling to watch!
I was watching this when it happened. It WAS a very nauseating feeling.
Earthquakes are funny that way. I was working in Westchester County, NY when that Virginia quake from 2011 occurred. I went to my car for something, and when I came back everyone was outside. Apparently the building shook seriously but being 500 feet away outside, I didn't know anything had even happened. Now we were 300+ miles from the epicenter, but it's funny like how you were only 70-80 miles away from the SF quake and didn't even feel it. And that sucker was destructive.
Watch the video and look for the shaking lights on the channel 10 emblem in the back ground and listen to what they're saying. They're reffering to everything in the present tense which means it was happening AS THEY SPEAK!
I love this stuff!!!
Looking at this video .. Notice Dick Cable's hands .. & shadows of the studio -light fixtures STILL moving ... You can tell Dick is "Quite" Nervious but trying to keep his composure while "On-Air" ....... Jennifer is calm & collective .. but is concerned about what's moving around in studio-ceiling ..... ... video worth viewing & learning from
Why does he keep putting his hand toward her?
I remember when I first heard about it, I was like 18 and mopping the floor of a laundry mat I was working at, then the boss said to me "California just fell into the ocean" as I went by, and I saw the news coverage on the TV he was watching.
I'll never forget the picture of the person driving their car over the crest of the collapsed bridge into oblivion.
love the reactions of the anchors at 4:14
I met Jennifer smith at a Girl Scout function. On tv she seems a plain Jane. In person she is incredibly beautiful. Her eyes stand out the most. She’s nearly six feet tall, too
"Oh great. We're working late tonight" says the expressions on the anchor's faces.
true dat. Plus, there are multiple shakes. More than the quake itself and the aftershocks.
really? you guys face the threat of a hurricane every year around the same time, we haven't had a significant quake in northern california in almost 20 years.
I LOLed so much at how the woman's demeanor changed completely once she heard the dude from SF.