In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake ...

Join Masonry expert Peter DaRos, emeritus director of the Old Mission Santa Barbara Museum Tina Foss, with material assistance generously provided by Dr. Robert Hoover sharing fascinating information ...

But on the morning of June 29th, 1925, a massive earthquake struck Santa Barbara. “The Santa Barbara mission was having a mass when the earthquake struck… there was 20 parishioners inside ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The bells of Old Mission Santa Barbara rang out Sunday morning to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1925 earthquake that devastated the city and killed at least 11 people.

On Sunday, the EQ25 Alliance is hosting a remembrance ceremony at the steps of the Old Mission Santa Barbara to honor the 11 lives lost due to the 1925 earthquake.

Robert Bernstein details the 100 year memorial events of the 1925 earthquake that struck the Santa Barbara region.

It’s where the Old Mission Santa Barbara itself can be found, ... date back to 1926, when construction was started the year after an earthquake leveled much of the town.

1925 Santa Barbara Earthquake: Stories and Lives Remembered is free to attend, ... The mission of the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society is to help people discover, document, preserve, and ...

Brother Michael Lamm O.F.M., a Franciscan friar, stands on the steps of the earthquake-damaged Mission Santa Barbara. This photo was published in the July 1, 1925, edition of the Los Angeles Times ...