Golden Gate Bridge

Giants Fans Should Really Avoid the Golden Gate Bridge Tonight

Our friends and co-workers in the North Bay have a great reason to skip out on work a little early tonight: The Golden Gate Bridge is experiencing painful delays, long enough that Giants fans headed to the game tonight (lucky!) might want to reconsider your transportation plans (unlucky!). The Gol ... More >>

Canadian Astronaut Mistakes Bay Bridge for Golden Gate Bridge

In space, no one can hear you scream. It follows, then, that no one can hear you when you scream that an astronaut has apparently misidentified San Francisco's most famous bridge. In his Twitter feed, Canadian spaceman Commander Chris Hadfield sends along a breathtaking photo of the Bay Area. "The G ... More >>

Juan Escamillo-Rojas and Juan Escamillo-Savoy Identified as Father and Son Who Died While Fishing

The Marin County Coroner has identified the father and son pulled from the water near the Golden Gate Bridge on Friday as 37-year-old Juan Escamillo-Rojas, and his 9-year-old son, Juan Escamillo-Savoy, both San Francisco residents. The family had been fishing in the Marin Headlands at Bonita Cove ... More >>

Drink of the Week: Golden Gate 75th Celebration in Cocktails

With the official 75th Anniversary of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge this weekend, the festivities will also come in cocktail form.* At Aurea inside the Stanford Court Hotel on Nob Hill, they're serving the St. Charles Punch ($12, Pierre Ferrand Ambre Cognac, Fonsecca Terra Bella Organic Rub ... More >>

Span of Knowledge

Occupy Decides Not to Occupy the Golden Gate Bridge After All

(Update 5:15 p.m.): The Golden Gate Larkspur and Sausalito ferries will not be in service tomorrow due to a planned strike as part of the May Day action. The ferries will resume service again after 2 p.m., according to transit officials. Hopefully, this gives ferry commuters some time to make altern ... More >>

75 and Still Beautiful

Occupy Can't Wait to Make Life Hell for Golden Gate Bridge Commuters

No more dressing up in ugly hospital gowns or sending mean Valentine's Day cards to Wells Fargo executives. It seems 99 percenters have decided it's time to go big or go home.On May 1, occupiers aren't just going to make life hell for Wells Fargo executives  -- they are going  to make life ... More >>

One Suicide Every Nine Days on Golden Gate Bridge

​Suicides often don't make the news for a variety of reasons: respect for the departed and family, and to deter future suicides. Neither is foolproof, especially in San Francisco, home of the world's most prominent suicide magnet. Fatal leaps from the Golden Gate Bridge spiked last year, per a rep ... More >>

SoMa Structure Turning Orange

​Any San Franciscan knows that the official name of the Golden Gate Bridge's distinctive hue is "international orange." On a massive, gently arching bridge, orange is a reassuring and lovely color. Transplanted to other objects, however, it harks to traffic cones, artificial cheese, prison ju ... More >>

Studio Time

We Made It, You Guys! We're in a Video Game!

Just when you thought print news had no value, Ubisoft Reflections releases with Driver San Francisco, which features a series of iconic landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge and, yes, SF Weekly. Well, it doesn't do much in terms of .... uhhh driving our news content, but as you can see below, ... More >>

Cyclists Need Air Horns, Not Bells, to Clear Crowds on Golden Gate Bridge

Move over, Large Marge​Cyclists commuting between San Francisco and Marin County face another three months of frustration as crews complete seismic work that's closed the bike path on the west edge of the Golden Gate Bridge. Rather than speed to their destinations, cyclists must now inch through p ... More >>

Allison "Alliy" Bayliss Likely Jumped from Golden Gate Bridge

Allison Bayliss ​The anxious search for Allison Bayliss, the 15-year-old missing teen, came to a tragic ending today after police reportedly said she jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge in an apparent suicide. Bayliss, a San Ramon Valley High School sophomore, was last seen on Monday at about 8 a.m ... More >>

San Francycle: The Truth About the Golden Gate Bridge Bike Speed Limit

​Okay, let's get down to brass tacks with this Golden Gate Bridge bicycle speed-limit crypto-bullshit. Here are the facts: According to a study commissioned by the Golden Gate Transportation District, on busy days the Golden Gate Bridge has as many as 6,000 cyclists. That number's going up -- but ... More >>

Another Teen Jumps off Golden Gate Bridge, Survives

Suicide attempt ​Last month, a Sonoma County teen got the attention he was looking for when he jumped 250 feet from the Golden Gate Bridge during a school field trip for shits and giggles -- although nobody was laughing. That incident seems even less humorous after this weekend when another teen j ... More >>

Taiwanese Company Releases Animation of Teen Jumping Off Golden Gate Bridge (Video)

Iconic ... for many reasons​Last week, SF Weekly told readers about an audacious high school teen who jumped nearly 200 feet from the Golden Gate Bridge "for kicks." The kid survived, and the story went viral -- so much so that a foreign media company released a video animation with its own spin o ... More >>

Baylinks: Salmonella, American Apparel, Modern Times Bookstore

hyzercreek.comAre the days of the hipster numbered?​Wi-Fi might take the edge off earthquake disasters [SF Gate]Salmonella scare hits the Bay Area; how to figure out if you have a bad egg [SF Appeal]Evidence of a possible shipwreck floats by Golden Gate Bridge [SF Examiner]

Golden Gate Bridge Shut Down Due to Crash

A morning crash shut down the Golden Gate Bridge.​KTVU.com is reporting that the Golden Gate Bridge has been temporarily shut down this morning due to a multiple car crash. As many as six cars may have been involved in the crash, and some injuries have been reported.The accident occurred in the no ... More >>

Run a Long

Illegal Immigrant Threatens To Jump Off the Golden Gate Bridge

​Thousands of supporters on Facebook have signed up to deter a person claiming on the internet to be an illegal immigrant planning to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge, writing "I am not wanted here."The PostSecret blog posts confessions people have sent in ranging from having hairy toes, to being a ... More >>

Harlem Globetrotters to Traverse Golden Gate Bridge. What Could Go Wrong?

Those tall guys on the Golden Gate Bridge? That's right...​Yes, the rumors are true: The Harlem Globetrotters, prior to their trio of forthcoming Bay Area games, will dribble basketballs across the Golden Gate Bridge tomorrow morning. Hey, sounds like fun (they'll even do a bit of habitat restorat ... More >>

The 10 Best Movies That Wreck San Francisco

Paramount PicturesThe CoreIn real life, people are always fighting to preserve the beauty of San Francisco, but through the magic of the silver screen we can get the slightly wrong thrill of watching it get messed with just a little bit. We don't really want the Golden Gate Bridge to explode, crumbl ... More >>

Sky’s the Limit

Unusual Show of the Week: Wrekmeister Harmonies @ Golden Gate Bridge

Tired of hearing performances in the same old bars, clubs, and art galleries? How about hitting an event at the Golden Gate Bridge this Friday? Chicago composer/sound artist Wrekmeister Harmonies, (aka J.R. Robinson --pictured here both bearded and clean-shaven) creates live ambient recordings aroun ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: Zach Galifianakis and Fiona Apple

This faux club banger by comedian Zach Galifianakis and songwriter Fiona Apple sounds like Har Mar Superstar meets Weird Al. "Up in Them Guts" demands that you show off your fanny pack in return for getting a glimpse of the fanny; details Galifianakis' desire to "spray my baby batter"; and gives sh ... More >>

Cyclecidal Tendencies

News & Booze Friday Edition: Will We Allow Smoking on the Suicide Barrier?

For Whom the Bridge Tolls

Politicians want pork to pay for Golden Gate increases, but the money should be paid by drivers instead.

Free Tibet Protesters Scale Golden Gate Bridge

Examiner Wants You To Know Jumping From Golden Gate Bridge Is No Walk in the Park

Man Survives Jump from Golden Gate Bridge

Breaking: Giant Cartoon Squid Attacks Golden Gate Bridge!

Golden Gate for Sale

The people overseeing the San Francisco landmark consider selling ad space on the bridge

Day Around The [fucking] Bay -- Sorry Frownie Face Edition

Suicide Club

Ethically questionable documentary spent a year on the Golden Gate

A Bridge Too Far

The Chronicle's series of stories on Golden Gate suicides goes "radioactive."

Best Ways to Kill Yourself in San Francisco

Resolved: To Enjoy San Francisco

Some ways to make the best of the best city in the world, year-round

Get Crabs

Cruise and chow on the bay

Best Place to Propose

Lands End

Best Place to Mess Around in Public

Strawberry Hill

Best Tour of the Bay

Bulletproof Boat Party

Best Walking Tour

City Guides

Best Bike Ride

Marin Headlands Loop

Gift of the Magus

It's nice to think the right presents could make this a merry holiday season. Nice, but not particularly wise.

Too Close for Comfort

The weird coincidences between last week's terrorist attacks and David Hagberg's novels have been keeping the author up at night

Best Bike Path

Old Railroad Grade on Mount Tamalpais

Side Dish

Dud, Sunburn, Bar Hopping II, Hot Diggity

Slap Shots