Students play during recess as fourth graders from left, Annabella Messina, Lily Elliott, Emily Vance and Brinley Hampton sit on one of the friendship benches at Tice Creek School in Walnut Creek ...

When the Loma Prieta earthquake struck on Oct. 17, 1989, Mike Price was at Candlestick Park, eager for the third World Series game between the Oakland A’s and the San Francisco Giants. He knew ...