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Giant Cranes Squeeze Under Bridges A ship carrying three new container cranes arrived at the Port of Oaklandafter passing under the Golden Gate and the Bay Bridge
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| Feb.13 |
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Plans Advance For Bridge Suicide Nets| Directors of the agency that oversees the Bridge have moved a step closer to approving a suicide barrier along the historic span | |
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| Nov.25 |
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Crash Snarls Traffic On Bridge Traffic was completely blocked late morning by a five-vehicle accident in which two vehicles overturned in the middle of the span
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| Feb.16 |
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Leipheimer Leads In Tour Of California |
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| Jan.29 |
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Quick action helped ship stranded in Bay
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| Jan.27 |
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Tanker Ship Runs Into Rocks Near Bridge| A tanker ship headed out of bay struck some underwater rocks and was in distress just west of the Golden Gate Bridge | |
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| Oct.10 |
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Bridge Officials Approve Suicide Net| The officials voted overwhelmingly to hang stainless steel nets from the sides of the span in an effort to stop people from jumping to their deaths | |
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| Oct.4 |
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Report: Net could stop suicides
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| Sep.1 |
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Bridge Toll Jumps To $6 Drivers will have to pay another dollar to cross the bridge starting Tuesday; using the electronic system FasTrak -- $5 instead of $4
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| Apr.7 |
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Torch protesters scale bridge 3 people protesting China's human rights record climbed up the bridge and tied the Tibetan flag and two banners to its cables
| The banners: One World One Dream. Free Tibet' and 'Free Tibet'. The protesters climbed suspension cables as part of an advance protest to this week's Beijing Olympic torch relay
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| Mar.29 |
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City to go dark for Earth Hour. San Francisco
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| Mar.26 |
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Bridge Chain-Reaction Crash; 9 Hurt A collision involving almost a dozen vehicles, including a motorcycle, brought traffic to a standstill for more than 1.5 hour
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| Mar.15 |
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Bridge to get congestion tolls The District's board of directors has approved a resolution to charge tolls that rise and fall with the level of traffic
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| Oct.26 |
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Bridge rejects corporate ads
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| Sep.23 |
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Sponsorship plan for bridge unpopular idea
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| Jul.30 |
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Most jumpers are from Bay Area
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| May.30 |
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Wayward Whales At Mouth Of Bay
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| May.28 |
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Bridge Celebrates Blustery Birthday San Francisco's most famous landmark opened to pedestrians exactly 70 years ago, to cross the span on foot for the first time May 27, 1937
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| Jan.27 |
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Sale of GGB Prank Part of EBay Protest |
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| Jan.2 |
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10 Arrested In Iraq Protest Authorities closed off the Bridge to pedestrians and bicyclists for several hours
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| Nov.16 |
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Bridge Sponsorship Possible The managers of the bridge are hiring a company to explore the moneymaking potential of the world-famous span
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| Sep.9 |
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$6 Toll To Cross Bridge?
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| Jul.30 |
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15,000 Runners Cross Marathon Line |
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| May.24 |
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Man fell into dangerous waters
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| Apr.30 |
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Silent Vigil for Darfur on east sidewalk
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| Mar.11 |
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Suicide Barrier Must Handle Winds
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| Nov.30 |
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Body Of Teen Found Near Bridge |
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| Nov.19 |
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Bridge Toll Takers Don Bullet Proof Vests
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| Aug.29 |
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Ostrich snarled traffic The ostrich was crossing the bridge from Marin to SF, passing through a FasTrak lane
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| Apr.27 |
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MTC OKs $1.6m to study suicide barrier
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| Apr.23 |
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New Criteria For Suicide Barrier |
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| Apr.18 |
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Golden Gate Shooter Pleads Not Guilty |
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| Apr.16 |
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Officials Ready to Study Suicide Barriers |
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| Apr.11 |
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Show of Security After Shooting
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| Apr.10 |
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Bridge Worker Shot| Police said a toll collector, 58-year old woman, was shot and robbed by Marcellus Cooksey, 42, driving a stolen car | |
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| Mar.11 |
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Officials Approve Suicide Barrier Study The board of directors of the District voted 15-1 to proceed with a study of a possible barrier on the bridge
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| Mar.5 |
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Cranes Clear Bay Spans 2 towering shipping cranes have made their way across the Bay slipping under the bridges with a few feet of clearance
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| Feb.24 |
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Tentative Approval for Suicide Barrier Hundreds of people have leapt to their death from the Bridge since it opened
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| Feb.12 |
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$6 toll idea for Gate Bridge ignored
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| Feb.9 |
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Another Toll Hike for the Bridge
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| Jan.19 |
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Filmmaker recorded suicides Bridge officials angry with Eric Steel ended up with footage of 19 deaths and several attempts
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| Jul.16 |
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Man jumped to his death from Bridge |
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| Jun.19 |
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Health Care Workers Rally
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| May.18 |
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Deer halts traffic
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| Apr.28 |
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Nat. Guard leaving Bridge security detail |
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| Mar.12 |
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District proposing fare increases |
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| Sep.6 |
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Fort Point Called Vulnerable
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| Aug.20 |
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New clock mounted at toll plaza |
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| Jun.13 |
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Collection coffer goes up |
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| Jun.8 |
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Bridge Vulnerable To Collapse From Quake |
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| May.26 |
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3.4 earthquake |
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| May.22 |
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Massive Disaster Drill
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| Apr.23 |
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Man Arrested at Top of Bridge |
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| Mar.20 |
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Suicide by jumping from bridge |
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| Mar.18 |
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Random searches of trucks |
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| Feb.22 |
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Bridge among potential targets for terror |
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| Feb.14 |
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Security zones around bridges
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| Feb.7 |
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CHP set checkpoints on bridges |
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| Jan.10 |
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Helicopter Crashes Near Bridge A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the waters near the Golden Gate Bridge. The craft was floating in the bay
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| Dec.18 |
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Mother filed lawsuit against Bridge |
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| Oct.12 |
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Arrested for calling in bomb threats |
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| Oct.2 |
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40 mph gusts |
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| Sep.8 |
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5-mile ribbon of red, white and blue 2,000 volunteers formed a human chain along the coast to remember those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks
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| Sep.1 |
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$5 toll to cross span
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| Aug.28 |
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Tall Ships Sail Into Bay |
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| Aug.13 |
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Worker died after falling from Bridge
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| Aug.11 |
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Threat prompts security boost The bridge was placed on a 'super-heightened' state of alert after potential terrorist threat
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| Jun.28 |
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Toll hiked to $5
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| May.25 |
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Anti War Protest Stopped Traffic
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| Apr.10 |
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Surfers assaulting fellow wave-rider |
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| Apr.3 |
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Bridge insurance to double
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| Jan.31 |
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2 Air force jets scrambled Bridge officials noticed 2 small airplanes circling the famous span during the evening commute hours
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| Jan.29 |
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Black ice shuts lane |
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| Nov.6 |
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FBI Admits to Warning Mistake |
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| Nov.1 |
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Possible Attack Planned for Bridges Governor Davis has issued an alert that terrorists could try to destroy landmark California bridges
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| Jul.3 |
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Man dies after head-on collision |
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| May.5 |
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Arrested after bungee jumping |
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| Feb.5 |
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Bridge stunt
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