CALIFORNIA Workers end quake rescue efforts

Two bodies were removed from the wreckage; one person remains missing.
PASO ROBLES, Calif. (AP) -- Rescue efforts were called off as darkness fell over this central California city after a magnitude-6.5 earthquake that rocked the state's coast, killing two people, injuring dozens more and prompting fears that aftershocks might cause more damage in the days to come.
Residents from San Francisco to Los Angeles were shaken by Monday's quake, the first to cause fatalities in the state since a magnitude-6.7 temblor hit Northridge in 1994.
The bodies of two women were pulled from under the roof of Paso Robles' 1892 clock tower, which pitched into the street and crushed a row of parked cars in this San Luis Obispo County community of 25,000 about 20 miles east of the epicenter.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger planned to tour downtown Paso Robles today.
The main shock was centered in a sparsely populated area about 11 miles north of the coastal town of Cambria. It was immediately followed by at least 50 aftershocks larger than 3.0, the biggest of which was estimated at 4.7, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The state Office of Emergency Services said there was a 90 percent or greater probability that aftershocks of 5.0 magnitude or greater would follow in the next week.
Rescue efforts
By Monday night, search and rescue crews in Paso Robles had combed all seriously damaged buildings and were confident they had found all the quake's victims, though the owner of one car crushed in the rubble still had not been located.
"We're out of rescue mode, and now it's just going to be general debris removal," said Battalion Chief Scott Hall of the Ventura County Fire Department.
Earlier in the day, the bodies of Jennifer Myrick, 19, of Atascadero and Marilyn Zafuto, 55, of Paso Robles were found on the street outside a dress shop, Police Sgt. Bob Adams said.
"It appeared as though they were trying to get away," he said.
A young boy suffered a broken arm and another person received minor injuries when a bakery collapsed; citywide, there were reports of about 40 minor injuries, Adams said.
Officials inspected more than 80 downtown buildings, and all remained off limits Monday night. About 10,000 homes and businesses were without power in the San Luis Obispo area, said John Nelson, spokesman for Pacific Gas and Electric.
The quake was felt in the control room of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant operated by PG & amp;E. Nelson said there appeared to be no damage to the plant and that it was functioning normally.
Impact on buildings
The quake shook the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, the estate of the legendary publisher William Randolph Hearst. The castle reported no injuries and no immediate signs of any serious damage but was evacuated as a precaution. It was scheduled to be open today.
The quake also shook the federal courthouse in San Francisco, 165 miles to the northwest of the epicenter, and sent the building's upper floors swaying for about 30 seconds. People in downtown Los Angeles, 185 miles southeast, felt a sustained rolling motion.
"It was pretty sharp," said Sharyn Conn, receptionist at the oceanside Cypress Cove Inn in Cambria, population 6,200. "It really went on and on. I just got everyone under the door frames and rode it out."
Damage elsewhere
Other than Paso Robles, damage appeared minor elsewhere in the region known for wineries and horse ranches. Several people were reportedly hurt by falling barrels at a winery, authorities in San Luis Obispo County said.
In Paso Robles, residents described a scene of falling bricks, collapsing ceilings and panicked Christmas shoppers as more than 40 structures -- including the downtown clock tower building -- were damaged.
The historic structure, sometimes called the Acorn Building, was made of wood and unreinforced masonry, Adams said -- a type of construction no longer allowed under modern building codes.
The quake struck in a known fault zone on a series of faults that run parallel to the San Andreas Fault, said Lucy Jones, scientist in charge of the U.S. Geological Survey office in Pasadena.