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4:31 A.M. JAN. 17, 1994
The first hours after the earthquake
tested the Santa Clarita Valley's
resources and the will of residents
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CUTOFF
Bridges and overpasses came tumbling
down, isolating the valley from points
south
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DAYBREAK
With sunrise came a clearer view of the
damage - and the realization that
recovery would be an arduous process
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THE DAYS AFTER
On Tuesday, Jan. 18, residents began
picking up the pieces and relief flowed
into the valley. As the days turned into
weeks, the expression "earthquake
stress" was coined and everyone dealt
with it in their own way
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Stopped cold
A car sits amid rubble after Highway 14 slammed Images:
down onto Interstate 5. Photo by Rich Shveyda

Cover: The Highway 14-lnterstate 5 interchange
is reduced to rubble after the earthquake. Photo 6.7 1919-1994
by Rich Shveyda
Publisher Darell Phillips
General Manager William H. Fleet
Page three: A child's doll lies near the edge of a
Signal Editor Andrew Voros
collapsed Interstate 5 overpass. Photo by Shaun
"Images" Editor Tim Whyte
Dyer
Photo Editor Kevin Karzin
Technical Advisor Paul Sisson
Page four: Santa Clarita resident Randy Good
(left) talks about quake damage with neighbor "Images" is a publication of The Signal and Saugus
Enterprise, Copyright 1994.
George Colvin. Photo by John Demos