Sam Montgomery lives in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles , with her widowed father Hal , who runs a popular sports-themed diner . Feeling Sam needs a mother , Hal marries a vain gold digger named Fiona , who has socially-awkward fraternal twin daughters , Brianna and Gabriella . During the 1994 Northridge earthquake , Hal is killed when he runs to save Fiona . Due to him having supposedly left no will , Fiona receives all of his belongings , including the house , the diner , and to her dismay , Sam
1994 Northridge earthquake
1994 Northridge earthquake
A Cinderella Story