Back Stories: Large Earthquake Shakes Los Angeles

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When big news breaks outside of the WCBS listening area, it still gets the local news treatment, like the morning of January 17, 1994. At 4:30 a.m. local time, a large earthquake shook the Northridge section of Los Angeles. WCBS worked the story from the newsroom and on the ground when reporter Tim Scheld was sent to the scene.