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Six months and 4,600 miles later, rowers claim record
Chōshi :: Japan | 8 days ago
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Mick Dawson and Chris Martin are claiming the record as the first to row the roughly 4,600-mile passage across the North Pacific ocean, on a course that extended to nearly 7,000 miles thanks to unintended detours courtesy of the weather and ocean currents.
Tags: Japan, Chōshi, Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate, Pacific Ocean, San Francisco, Ocean current, San Francisco Bay, Oceans, Chￅﾍshi Chiba, Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits, Cuisine of the Southern United States, Franchises
Bay Bridge closure backs up Marin commuters
San Rafael :: CA :: USA | 24 days ago
Credibility Marry Currie, spokeswoman for the Golden Gate Transit District, said from midnight through 6 a.m. there were big increases every hour in the number of cars on the Golden Gate Bridge compared with the same times a week earlier. The extra traffic wasn't...
Tags: Golden Gate Bridge
Windsurfer found dead in the ocean
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility The unidentified man matched the description, given by a friend, of someone who had been.
Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard Recovers Windsurfer, Golden Gate Bridge, francisco windsurfer, San Francisco, miles west
S.F.: New bus stop not close to completion
Richardson :: TX :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Three years later, the stop is still nonoperational, prompting ChronicleWatch reader Richard Tilles to wonder, "Who's responsible?" The bus stop, which features a long turnout, was designed to replace a stop at the corner of Richardson and Francisco Street,...
Tags: Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge could see corporate sponsorship, higher tolls to fund Doyle Drive
Marín :: Spain | about 1 year ago
Credibility The bridge district, Metropolitan Transportation Commission and San Francisco Transportation Authority have negotiated a tentative memorandum of understanding that calls for $75 million to be delivered to the Doyle Drive project by the bridge district.
Tags: golden gate bridge, san francisco, Doyle Drive, toll
Anti-suicide safety net for Golden Gate
San :: Mali | about 1 year ago
Credibility The plastic-covered steel net would extend six metres on either side of the bridge and would cost between $US40 million ($60 million) and $US50 million ($75 million), local media reported. It is likely to be several years before the netting is installed,...
Tags: golden gate bridge, san francisco, suicide, San Francisco Bay, golden gate, gate bridge
Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers
Sim :: Russia | about 1 year ago
Credibility Ranger Richard Lesowapir looks on as an elephant passes by, Friday, Sept. 26, 2008 in the Ol Pejeta conservancy near Mt...The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir 's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms. The huge...
Tags: kenya's elephants send text messages, golden gate bridge, look, suicide
Golden Gate Bridge toll rises by $1 to $6 today
San Jose :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The toll on the Golden Gate Bridge went up by one dollar today...Toll takers were provided with extra one-dollar bills today in preparation for the change. District spokeswoman Mary Currie said that between midnight and 10 a.m. today, toll plaza workers...
Tags: toll, toll increase, Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge toll to rise $1
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Drivers will have to pay another dollar to cross the Golden Gate Bridge starting Tuesday. The toll increase approved in July means automobile drivers paying cash will owe $6 instead of $5. Drivers using the electronic payment system FasTrak will pay $5...
Tags: golden gate bridge, toll, instead, toll increase, toll hike, gate bridge, golden gate, bridge tolls
Poll results: people split on suicide barrier 50-50
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Of those, 50.13 percent favored some type of barrier, and 49.87 percent opposed it. Adding an 8-foot-tall vertical fencing system to the existing 4-foot-tall hand rail was the most popular option among people who supported a barrier. That was followed...
Tags: golden gate bridge, suicide
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