STATE : Bay Quake Recalled Year Later

SAN FRANCISCO — Parties and prayers. Songs and seminars. Memorial services and the mournful tolling of church bells at 5:04 p.m.

In dozens of ways--joyful, reflective, somber--millions of Northern Californians today shared memories and emotions unleashed by the terrifying earthquake exactly one year ago.

All along the jagged, 70-mile path of destruction, survivors recalled the 7.1-magnitude quake.

“We will remember those we lost and celebrate the spiritual fortitude our city showed after the earthquake,” said Mayor Art Agnos, who asked churches to ring their bells at the time the quake struck in memory of the 67 people who died.