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News report from downtown Santa Cruz
from Remembering Loma Prieta in Great Shakes

Many stores in downtown Stanta Cruz were made of unreinforced masonry. When the quake hit, bricks came tumbling down. Several people died in the rubble of collapsed stores in downtown Santa Cruz.
Video courtesy of KGO-TV News/ABC-7 News

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