On this day in 1930, telephone operator Louise Gipe, a heroine of the St. Francis Dam disaster ... they could to warn them about the impending flood and relaying information to local law enforcement.

Keep in mind that many of these places will flood in spring (or after heavy rains), and some ... next to the river that is a ...

In the hours after the March 12 catastrophic collapse of the St. Francis Dam, the Hap-a-Lan dance hall ... himself was not found within two weeks of the flood, as far as historical records show.

The Site C dam, which has been mired in controversy, would flood 128 ... to Pope Francis as public viewing begins VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s ...

President Lyndon Johnson even flew out from Washington, D.C., to survey the destruction and pledge all necessary assistance ...

He became archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and elevated to cardinal in 2001 by St. John Paul II. He was elected the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, on the fifth ballot. FILE – Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis made a brief appearance on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter's Square as he continues his recovery from a near-fatal bout of double pneumonia. "Brothers and ...

Most popes are buried underneath St Peter’s Basilica, but Pope Francis decided in 2022 that he should be buried away from the Vatican, in the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome. Pope Francis ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Father Geoff Rose, president of St. Francis de Sales, says Pope Francis was a rare leader who showed us how to be better people. “I just think humility defined his papacy ...

The Vatican also said Francis had relayed in a final statement his wishes to be buried at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. When he was elected in 2013, Pope Francis said he chose his name ...

The public has the opportunity to walk the site of the March 12, 1928, St. Francis Dam disaster. At 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 15, the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society is offering its ...