TWITPICS OF EUREKA EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE

We are now seeing the damage from Saturday's earthquake that struck off the coast of Eureka. Thanks for @amyeureka who took these photos of a book store call Booklegger. A magnitude 6.5 earthquake was reported 27 miles west of Ferndale, Humboldt Coundy - near the Eureka/Arcata area.

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Inside a Ferndale antique store via @FrndEnterprise




Valley Grocery store in Ferndale via @FrndEnterprise



Via @FrndEnterprise



Itsy Bitsy Quilt Shop via @frndenterprise



Owner Dale Stemwedel sweeps at Lentz Dept. Store. #Ferndale #earthquake (Enterprise staff photo)

These from @greggferndale

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DRIVER ESCAPES IMPACT WITH CALTRAIN

Major delays to the @Caltrain system tonight after a train struck a vehicle in San Mateo at 6:20pm. @cocktailgeek alerted us to the situation and has been updating us from the beginning. He says the driver of the vehicle is ok, but there was debris all over both northbound and southbound tracks. At around 7:20pm, @cocktailgeek tells us that the train has finally been released.

Caltrain spokesperson Tasha Bartholomew says that the driver of the vehicle was able to escape before impact and the car is in a nearby ditch. Bartholomew also said Caltrain service will be delayed up to an hour.


pic via @heatherfleming

@murphstahoe made a wonderful point on Twitter tonight: "Caltrain screwup the day after samtrans reduces KX frequency of course."

Yesterday Samtrans made some major cuts to six express lines that serve San Francisco, and some changes to a few others.

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TWITPICS OF LARGE MISSION APARTMENT FIRE

There is significant damage to the third floor of a Mission District apartment that caught fire Sunday afternoon, according to @emergency_in_sf. The blog Mission Local reports that fire started sometime around 2:30pm near the intersection of 26th & Valencia. They also report that nobody was hurt in the blaze.

A number of tweeters reported seeing smoke in the area, including moyalynne - who had tipped us off on Twitter. Take a look at some of the pictures of the fire uploaded to Twitter:


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