How the Alaskan earthquake of 1964 affected Northern California. You may remember from our Seward, Alaska episode about the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

Pigeon Point Lighthouse (Image Courtesy of California State Parks) Pigeon Point was first lit on Nov. 15, 1872, with a five-wick lard oil lamp and Fresnel lens comprised of 1,008 prisms.

The last seven years have been anything but kind to Vivian Ghera, but giving up is not in her DNA. “Golden years? What a joke,” she said from her home near Henderson Center. “But I am stubborn.