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Examiner
| 12 months ago
Examiner Thirty-six more boat berths would be added to the San Francisco Marina Yacht Harbor under a proposal by the Recreation and Park Department. The overhaul of the Marina Yacht Harbor is sailing forward with votes Thursday on whether to spend...
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Examiner
| 12 months ago
Robert Galbraith People watch as fireworks explode over San Francisco Bay during the 75th anniversary celebration of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on Sunday. A spectacular fireworks show Sunday night dazzled the thousands of people gathered...
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San Francisco Chronicle
| 12 months ago
More Bay Area News A waterfall of light cascaded from the Golden Gate Bridge and lit up the night Sunday as fireworks turned the San Francisco Bay and shoreline into a kaleidoscope of color. Thousands of people from all over the Bay Area lined Crissy...
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DAWN
| 12 months ago
The Golden Gate Bridge celebrates its 75th anniversary today. The 1.7 mile steel suspension bridge, one of the modern Wonders of the World, opened to traffic on May 27, 1937. Tens of thousand of people came to San Francisco's waterfront Sunday to...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 12 months ago
Steel-gray morning skies gave way to a brilliant afternoon sun and both bowed out to make way for a spectacular Sunday evening fireworks display that properly celebrated the 75th birthday of the Golden Gate Bridge, arguably the most iconic structure...
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PRWeb
| 12 months ago
May 27, 2012 Acclaimed as one of the world's most beautiful bridges, The Golden Gate Bridge will be celebrating its 75th anniversary on Sunday, May 27th. Known for its beautiful design and namesake “golden” color, an estimated 9 million people from...
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CNN
| 12 months ago
Festivities that began in the morning and continued into the evening along San Francisco's northern waterfront within sight of the two legendary orange towers included musical and dance performances on stages in Crissy Field and Marina Green plus a...
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Star Tribune
| 12 months ago
Crowds are forming along San Francisco's waterfront, while San Francisco Bay is crowded with pleasure boats, tug boats and other vessels as the city celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. Officials say tens of thousands of people...
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KTUV
| 12 months ago
Tens of thousands of people were expected to celebrate the Golden Gate Bridge's 75th Anniversary Sunday, joining a party that begins that morning at 11 a.m. and is scheduled to last until 10 p.m. that night. There will be a classic boat parade and...
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National Public Radio
| 12 months ago
Seventy-five years ago, San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge opened to the public. People walked across the bridge for the first time, marveling at what was then the largest suspension bridge in the world. Before the project began, many people thought...
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Ukiah Daily Journal
| 12 months ago
A series of display panels takes the viewer from the natural history of the Golden Gate through the growing recognition of the need for a bridge, planning stages and political controversies and on to its completed construction. Original black and...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 12 months ago
aka Fredi, aka G-ma to her broods' broods -- crossed it once again, three of her G-kids in tow, this time to celebrate its birthday, its beauty, and the memories spawned by that yawning span. "It's more beautiful than ever,'' said Fredi, as she...
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Examiner
| 12 months ago
Where are the photos of glorious raptor birds, of majestic trees, of families enjoying the beauty of nature? The article omits mention of the 150,000 watts of light on 60-foot poles that will be on every night until 10:00 p.m. right next to Ocean...
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Los Angeles Times
| 12 months ago
On Saturday, thousands witnessed the same historic passage as the Iowa was towed from San Francisco Bay on one last mission a journey to Southern California and its permanent home as a floating museum on the San Pedro waterfront. The 45,000-ton...
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KTUV
| 12 months ago
Tens of thousands of people are expected to flock to San Francisco's waterfront Sunday to mark the Golden Gate Bridge's 75th anniversary. Celebrations were already under way during the Memorial Day holiday weekend at one of the world's most...
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Daily Breeze
| 12 months ago
Font Resize [ View the story "USS Iowa heads for San Pedro" on Storify ] USS Iowa heads for San Pedro Stalled for nearly a week due to hazardous off-shore weather conditions, the USS Iowa battleship finally got underway at 11 a.m...The ship was...
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Sacramento Bee
| 12 months ago
Ferry service across San Francisco Bay is being disrupted after Golden Gate Ferry workers represented by the Inlandboatmen's Union walked off the job on a one-day strike Saturday. The union's regional director, Marina Secchitano, says the strike...
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KTUV
| 12 months ago
The Golden Gate Ferry was shut down Saturday morning due to a ferry workers strike, which could last through all of Memorial Day Weekend. After giving little to no notice of their intentions in the days leading up to the weekend, dozens of ferry...
