Time Summary:
0:31 interview starts

0:48 Describes relationship to Santa Cruz, including being born and raised and then returning

1:34 Describes experiencing the earthquake from a house in the Oakland hills while working as a disaster journalist for a Chicago paper

3:34 Describes falling into reporter mode and the media and communications situation at that time

4:55 His community in Chicago learned he was ok because he was able to report in news to the national desk of his paper

5:33 Relates concerns about his sister in Boulder Creek and the difficulty of getting news about Santa Cruz

6:11 Describes difficulties of getting into Santa Cruz via highway nine on the night of the earthquake

7:23 Describes arrival in Boulder Creek, including power outtages, damage, people standing outside

7:52 Describes making it to his sisters house and her emotional distress

8:25 Continued down to Santa Cruz that same night to get water and batteries and learn what else had happened

9:09 Describes Pacific Avenue upon his arrival at 10 or 11 that night

9:27 Went to observe the situation at Dominican Hospital ER, describes how they had things very under control

10:19 Returned to the center of Santa Cruz to talk to people before returning to Boulder Creek around 4am

10:40 Describes the feelings of the people he talked to, who were in shock and upset

11:51 Describes a problematic lack of public information, especially the first night

12:33 Discusses personal and public understandings of the immediate and long term consequences of the earthquake

13:11 Compares level of reporting on other areas to attention placed on Santa Cruz County, including Watsonville

15:53 Describes the process of returning to report on the topic and how he processed his emotions regarding the consequences of the earthquake

16:38 Weighs earthquake related changes to non-earthquake related changes in Santa Cruz's physical landscape

20:12 Describes how people carry earthquake trauma, emotionally and in response to sudden movement

21:01 Describes his relationship to the Cooper House and disagreement with it being torn down

22:06 Observes a prevailing governmental attitude in various cases in California of local governments wanting to get rid of buildings that act as visual cues to the earthquake

23:55 Describes personal emergency response efforts, emphasizing that you can't count on any outside support

25:09 Describes the surreal nature of memories from the days immediately after the earthquake

25:48 Discusses how even after thirty years, his mind sees the state of Pacific Avenue as the "new" version

26:12 Expresses gratitude to have witnessed the earthquake first hand, compared to the difficulty of having to watch it unfold from a distance