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  • July 2008

    • Golden Gate Guardians Study Suicide Barriers

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 8, 08 10:48 PM CDT

      Golden Gate Guardians Study Suicide Barriers

      The Golden Gate Bridge is an increasingly popular spot for suicides, but officials are divided over erecting unsightly barriers that might have discouraged the 35 who killed themselves there last year. The Los Angeles Times reports the agency that maintains the bridge is now studying five designs but doesn't have the $25 million to $50 million they would cost. Options include adding nets and raising the existing pedestrian barrier from 4 to 12 feet. More »

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      Golden Gate Bridge

  • April 2008

    • Torch Protesters Climb Golden Gate Bridge

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Apr 7, 08 4:28 PM CDT

      Torch Protesters Climb Golden Gate Bridge

      With the Olympic torch due to reach San Francisco tomorrow, protesters climbed the Golden Gate Bridge today to unfurl banners reading “One World, One Dream" and "Free Tibet 08.” The climbers, members of Students for a Free Tibet, were arrested after they rappelled down the bridge’s south tower, leaving the sign aloft, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • San Francisco  • Olympic protests  • torch relay  • Golden Gate Bridge

  • March 2008

    • Golden Gate Considers a Fence

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Mar 3, 08 10:00 AM CST

      Golden Gate Considers a Fence

      San Francisco may finally be coming to grips with its Golden Gate suicide instrument, from which more than 1,300 people have thrown themselves, reports the Washington Post, making it America’s No. 1 self-annihilation destination . But for years the bridge’s guardians have resisted calls to erect a barrier, believing that thwarted suicides will just kill themselves elsewhere—despite a mountain of scientific evidence to the contrary. More »

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      California  • San Francisco  • suicide  • Golden Gate Bridge

  • February 2008

    • SF Voters Nix Plan to Tear Down Alcatraz

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Feb 7, 08 5:16 PM CST

      SF Voters Nix Plan to Tear Down Alcatraz

      Alcatraz Island shouldn't be transformed into a global peace center, San Franciscan voters decided in rejecting a measure on Tuesday's ballot. Only 28% backed the non-binding proposal to convert the one-time penitentiary and tourist hotspot into a peace dome, the New York Times reports. But DaVid, the measure's main sponsor, says he's about to throw in the towel. More »

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      California  • San Francisco  • prison  • peace  • Golden Gate Bridge  • Alcatraz

  • July 2007

    • SF Studies Bridge Jumpers, Ponders Barriers

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jul 31, 07 2:48 PM CDT

      SF Studies Bridge Jumpers, Ponders Barriers

      After a decade of official silence about Golden Gate Bridge jumpers, San Francisco officials yesterday reversed course and released a study of  suicide statistics, the Chronicle reports.  Having seen a slight increase in suicides in recent years—three people jump each month—officials concluded that it was time to abandon the copycat theory. More »

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      San Francisco  • suicide  • bridge  • Golden Gate Bridge

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