Articles tagged with: Golden Gate Bridge
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A Windsor, Calif. teenager miraculously survived a 220-ft jump from the Golden Gate Bridge while on a school field trip Thursday morning, the California Highway Patrol said.
Authorities said the teenager, identified as an eleventh grade student from Windsor High School, scaled the railing on the pedestrian walkway between Fort Point and the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge and jumped to the water below.
Traffic & Transit »
Is there a such thing as sticker-shock at the toll booth? On Thursday, Bay Area drivers will find out.
Tolls on all seven state-owned bridges in the Bay Area will go up today, and for the first time since the mid-1970s, carpoolers on all bridges (including the Golden Gate Bridge) will be required to pay too.
Insight »
As a photographer, I often have my camera with me as I wander around the Bay Area because you never know what strange and curious thing you may happen to see. Well a few weeks ago, I decided to take an evening stroll across the Golden Gate Bridge and while there, I couldn’t help but notice that midway on the span is a no U-turn sign.
San Francisco, San Francisco City Guide »
A while back, the California Beat published the top five locations to photograph the Golden Gate Bridge. Shortly afterwards, a comment was left on that article by ‘Bob in Pacifica,’ who suggested that San Francisco’s Fort Miley was another good location to photograph San Francisco’s most famous landmark. So, the California Beat decided that we should check out the location ourselves to see if it should indeed be included on our previously mentioned list.
Fort Miley is located at Land’s End on the north side of Clement St. directly next to the Lincoln Park Municipal Gold Course. Parking can easily be found at the end of El Camino del Mar and all trails can be reached from this point.
Bay Area Snapshots, San Francisco, San Francisco City Guide »
It is perhaps the most iconic structure that defines the city of San Francisco: the Golden Gate Bridge.
But after seeing millions of postcards, tourist guides and magazine spreads featuring the famed suspension bridge, you want to take your own photograph of it. So, where do you go for that picture-perfect shot, just like what you’ve seen in the travel brochure?
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San Francisco City Guide, The Bay Area »
When you’re at San Francisco’s Baker Beach, keep an eye on the people around you because the closer you walk towards the magnificent Golden Gate Bridge on the north end – the folks on the beach start to wear less and less clothing.
Take heed, as this will be your only warning from us.
But for the most part, Baker Beach is that nook-n-cranny spot in San Francisco that locals only discover after getting lost on a MUNI bus or while on a jog around town. It’s an awesome place to fly a kite on a windy Bay Area afternoon and a splendid spot to break out the charcoal for a good old-fashioned barbecue in a quiet natural setting.
Fleet Week, The Bay Area »
UPDATED: PLEASE SEE OUR LATEST STORY ON 2009′s FLEET WEEK WATCH LOCATIONS.
Saturday Afternoon Update: Pier 7, listed as one of the best places to view the Angels, has been fenced off. An alternative location is from the incline to Fort Mason nearby Aquatic Park on the city’s northern waterfront.
Friday Evening Update: BREAKING NEWS: Fleet Week Parade of Ships canceled – Navy ships delayed by rough seas
By Tim Jue / Beat Staff Writer
So yesterday, we reported that a couple of the options for viewing Fleet Week festivities this year were taken off the table over safety concerns about the structural integrity of the Municipal Pier at San Francisco’s Aquatic Park and the gigantic Grandstand structure that looms in the shadow of Ghirardelli Square.
In years past, both places served to accomodate tens of thousands of Fleet Week spectators eager to get a unique vantage point to see the airshow and fighter …
