On October 17, 1989, Northern California was rocked by a 6.9 earthquake that became known as the Loma Prieta Earthquake. Its epicenter was located on a section of the San Andreas Fault and caused heavy damaged to Santa Cruz County, the San Francisco Bay Area and Oakland. This was the first earthquake in the United States to have been televised live since it happened as Game3 of … [Read more...]
GoFundMe: Crowdsourcing charity
In the old days people might have turned to the government or to charities such as churches for help; today the first place many people seem to turn to is GoFundMe, a crowdsourcing website, where anyone can appeal to the public to contribute money for pretty much anything – medical bills, disaster relief, funeral expenses, acts of kindness. "Sunday Morning" Contributor David … [Read more...]