On Arbor Day of 1902 , noted naturalist John Muir joined Berkeley 's mayor William H. Marston in planting a giant sequoia in a yard south of the new high school buildings . The tree is apparently no longer there , pending results from a future investigation . The main building of the high school suffered moderate damage in the form of toppled chimneys , broken windows and some weakened walls as a result of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . Professor Andrew Lawson of the University of California included one of his own photographs ( shown at right ) of the damage in his famous report issued in 1908
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Berkeley High School (California)