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Teen Girl Survives Plunge From Golden Gate Bridge

Rob Quinn — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:40:00 CDT

A 16-year-old girl has become the second teen in five weeks to fall from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and survive. The Mercury News talks to the family who initially found her, and waited with her until the Coast Guard arrived Sunday morning. Eric Hall, out for a sail with...

Teen Jumps Off Golden Gate Bridge, Survives

Matt Cantor — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:20:32 CST

Call it a miracle: A 17-year-old boy yesterday jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge ... and survived. The teen, who was visiting the bridge on a class field trip, swam to shore with a surfer’s help. He was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive, reports the San Francisco...

Lights Go Out Tomorrow for Earth Hour

John Johnson — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:53:00 CDT

Earth Hour returns tomorrow night, with cities across the world turning off the lights at 8:30pm local time. The annual event sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund is in its fourth year and growing quickly. About 30 US state capitals are expected to take part, up from 8 last...

Climb the Golden Gate Bridge? Maybe Soon

Will McCahill — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:00:13 CST

Facing giant budget holes and tired of constantly jacking up tolls in futile efforts to fill them, officials may offer tourists the chance to scale San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. The model is Sydney’s Harbour Bridge, where $200 gets you a guided climb to the top. What San Francisco’s version...

Suicide Nets Set for Golden Gate

Rob Quinn — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:19:00 CDT

A panel has approved a plan to hang nets along the Golden Gate bridge to catch would-be suicides, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The bridge's board voted 14 to 1 in favor of installing the barrier after hearing testimony from psychiatrists, suicide prevention experts, and family members of people who...

Golden Gate Guardians Study Suicide Barriers

Peter Fearon — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:48:11 CDT

The Golden Gate Bridge is an increasingly popular spot for suicides, but officials are divided over erecting unsightly barriers that might have discouraged the 35 who killed themselves there last year. The Los Angeles Times reports the agency that maintains the bridge is now studying five designs but doesn't have...

Torch Protesters Climb Golden Gate Bridge

Matt Cantor — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:28:08 CDT

With the Olympic torch due to reach San Francisco tomorrow, protesters climbed the Golden Gate Bridge today to unfurl banners reading “One World, One Dream" and "Free Tibet 08.” The climbers, members of Students for a Free Tibet, were arrested after they rappelled down the bridge’s south tower, leaving the...

Golden Gate Considers a Fence

Kevin Spak — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:00:00 CST

San Francisco may finally be coming to grips with its Golden Gate suicide instrument, from which more than 1,300 people have thrown themselves, reports the Washington Post, making it America’s No. 1 self-annihilation destination . But for years the bridge’s guardians have resisted calls to erect a barrier, believing that...

SF Voters Nix Plan to Tear Down Alcatraz

Caroline Zimmerman — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:16:33 CST

Alcatraz Island shouldn't be transformed into a global peace center, San Franciscan voters decided in rejecting a measure on Tuesday's ballot. Only 28% backed the non-binding proposal to convert the one-time penitentiary and tourist hotspot into a peace dome, the New York Times reports. But DaVid, the measure's main sponsor,...