Special guest editors William T. Holmes and Robert Reitherman are pleased to announce that the special issue of Earthquake Spectra on the centennial of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake is now available online at http://ojps.aip.org/EarthquakeSpectra/ Copies of the printed issue will be mailed to members next week. Additional copies will be available for sale and order at the anniversary conference in San Francisco at $30 a copy next week only; cost for additional copies after the conference will be $35. The contents, which are featured below, include a color plate section.


THE 1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE:
AN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RETROSPECTIVE 100 YEARS LATER

CONTENTS

Volume 22 · Number S2 · April 2006

• Foreword to the Special Issue on the Centennial of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Farzad Naeim

• Preface to the Special Issue on the Centennial of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
William T. Holmes and Robert Reitherman

• An EERI Reconnaissance Report: Damage to San Francisco in the 1906 Earthquake-A Centennial Perspective
Stephen Tobriner

• The Performance of Steel Frame Buildings with Infill Masonry Walls in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Ronald O. Hamburger and John D. Meyer

• Observations of Surface Fault Rupture from the 1906 Earthquake in the Context of Current Practice
Jonathan D. Bray and Keith I. Kelson

• Liquefaction and Ground Failures in San Francisco
T. D. O'Rourke, A. L. Bonneau, J. W. Pease, P. Shi, and Y. Wang

• The 1906 Earthquake Impacts on the San Francisco and Santa Clara Water Systems-What We Learned, and What We Are Doing About It
John Eidinger, Lota de Castro, and Dennis Ma

• The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire-Enduring Lessons for Fire Protection and Water Supply
C. Scawthorn, T. D. O'Rourke, and F. T. Blackburn

• San Francisco 1906 and 2006: An Emergency Management Perspective
Lucien G. Canton

• A Japanese View of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Disaster
Shunsuke Otani

• The Effects of the 1906 Earthquake in California on Research and Education
Robert Reitherman

• A Retrospective on the 1906 Earthquake's Impact on Bay Area and California Public Policy
Jeanne B. Perkins, Arrietta Chakos, Robert A. Olson, L. Thomas Tobin, and Fred Turner

• Predicted Liquefaction of East Bay Fills During a Repeat of a 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Thomas L. Holzer, J. Luke Blair, Thomas E. Noce, and Michael J. Bennett

• Using Modified Mercalli Intensities to Estimate Acceleration Response Spectra for the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Jack Boatwright, Howard Bundock, and Linda C. Seekins

• When the Big One Strikes Again: Estimated Losses due to a Repeat of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Charles A. Kircher, Hope A. Seligson, Jawhar Bouabid, and Guy C. Morrow