I lived on el Cerritos and woke up just before dawn with the quake. Grabbed a jacket and gun and went down to the boulevard to see what was happening. The city was blacked out. Street punks were smashing windows and looting. Pipes burst in the galaxy theatre and the two escalators became waterfalls. Strangely beautiful as the sun came up.
The walk of fame buckled and Bugs Bunny’s star had come loose. Spent most of the day trying to figure how to get it into my trunk without being seen. Consider that one of the great missed opportunities of my life.