Golden Gate Bridge

The coronavirus pandemic has kept thousands of people at home due to shelter-in-place orders. This has resulted in a dramatic drop in bridge tolls and transit fares.

The Golden Gate Bridge District announced Friday that it will close the south end parking lots and the Caltrans’ Vista Point parking lot entrance this weekend to prevent overcrowding in light of the novel coronavirus. The district has placed signage around the bridge’s entrances encouraging travelers to continue practicing physical distancing and other coronavirus safety protocols. Visitation at the...

A 70% drop in daily tolls this week has led the Golden Gate Bridge District to cut bus and ferry service as the agency faces a potential loss in revenue of $1.5 million a week because of the Bay Area’s shelter in place order.

Raw chopper video shows the Grand Princess cruise ship, with at least 21 people on board infected with the coronavirus, enter San Francisco Bay on its way to the Port of Oakland.

Free hugs will be available New Year’s Eve on the Golden Gate Bridge as part of an effort to lessen loneliness, according to the movement HugTrain, which is organizing the event. A HugMaster and others will be gathering at 11:30 p.m. at Vista Point on the southeast corner of the bridge before setting out to watch fireworks and maybe...

The installation of a suicide net on the Golden Gate Bridge is running two years behind schedule. Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District General Manager Denis Mulligan said Thursday the construction of the net is going well, but the problem rests with the installation on the bridge. The original company tasked with installing the net was acquired by another…

The installation of a suicide net on the Golden Gate Bridge is running two years behind schedule. Sharon Katsuda reports.

New legislation aims to phase out mile-long fishing nets off the California coast that have entangled and killed sea life, including endangered species, by the thousands over the past few decades. The gear, known as drift gill nets, are mainly used to catch swordfish but often net far more than what fisherman are actually targeting, according to an analysis by...

A tree fell in the Presidio. Did anyone hear it? If not, it’s unlikely anyone would’ve also missed the sound of the massive crane hoisting the fallen 90-foot Monterey Cypress out of the park last week — two sections weighing in at over 40 thousand pounds — floating across the timbered skyline as gracefully as if they’d been Lincoln Logs.

Against the backdrop of one of the world’s most scenic settings — The Golden Gate Bridge — sailors Maggie Shea and Steph Roble were bogged down in some of the worst sailing imaginable.

Maryam Sharifzadeh, the second person and first woman on record to swim the 22 miles of shoreline around San Francisco all in one shot, says the frigid water and rough surf are the ultimate test of mental fortitude.

Maryam Sharifzadeh, the second person and first woman on record to swim the 22 miles of shoreline around San Francisco all in one shot, says the frigid water and rough surf are the ultimate test of mental fortitude.

Officials on Thursday held a “groundmaking” ceremony for a park that will eventually connect the Presidio of San Francisco with Crissy Field.

A heady breeze whipped up roiling swells just outside the Golden Gate Bridge as sailor Randall Reeves pointed his 45 aluminum boat Moli toward the famous structure, bringing home his successful quest to become the first sailor to make a solo expedition around the Americas and Antarctica continents in one season. The homecoming took place 380 days after he set out.

Then-San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos was a declared foe of the the city’s Embarcadero and Central Freeways long before the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake struck them each a debilitating blow.

Malou and Ross went to Marin County in Northern California on a weekend getaway. First stop? Paddleboarding at Stinson Beach. As seen on California Live on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.

Salesforce founder Marc Benioff runs a $130 billion software empire from the tallest skyscraper in San Francisco. But he is deeply troubled by what his industry has done to worsen an economic divide and other issues polarizing people down on the streets.