The faithful guardians of San Francisco’s yesterdays will gather before dawn Friday to celebrate a disaster that almost killed the city. The gathering at Geary, Kearny and Market streets at 5:13 a.m.

The finish is filled with orange flowers, rye spice, and black tea, “Each year, we aim to celebrate the anniversary of San Francisco’s rebirth after the devastating earthquake of 1906,” Liz ...

When the great San Francisco earthquake destroyed much of San Francisco and the city’s medical facilities in April 1906, more than 40,000 people took shelter and sought treatment in a tent city in ...