An account of the political situation
in San Francisco in 1906 sheds interesting light on how the city responded in the quake's aftermath. I can't help but see parallels with New Orleans, as the city grapples with the aftermath of Katrina
.
It was written by UC Berkeley Alum Kevin Starr
, a professor at the University of Southern California and state librarian emeritus. Random House has just published his California, A History.

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