Side effects associated with radiation therapy occur because the high doses of radiation used to destroy cancer cells can also damage healthy cells and tissues located near the treatment area. However, major improvements in radiation technology have made it more precise, leading to fewer side effects.
Here is a great documentary about Sutro Baths made by Juli Lopez, who was a student at the Academy of Art here in San Francisco. There is some great black and white footage from inside the baths! The Ruins Today... If you watched the documentary, you know that the tragedy of Sutro Baths is that it burned down in 1966. What wasn't mentioned in the video is that for several years before, the revenue it brought in wasn't enough to cover its operating and maintenance costs, and it had to close.
The Loma Prieta segment of the San Andreas Fault System had been relatively inactive since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (to the degree that it was designated a seismic gap) until two moderate foreshocks occurred in June 1988 and again in August 1989.he quake caused an estimated $6 billion in property damage, becoming one of the most expensive natural disasters in U.S. history at the time. Private donations poured into aid relief efforts and on October 26, President George H. W. Bush signed a $1.1 billion earthquake relief package for California.