CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
November 11, 2007 | From the Associated Press
A preliminary Coast Guard investigation has determined that human error caused a cargo ship to crash into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. On Saturday, crews intensified efforts to rescue wildlife and clean up the resulting oil spill. "There were skilled enough individuals on board this ship," said Rear Adm. Craig Bone, the Coast Guard's top official in California. "They didn't carry out their missions correctly."
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 8, 2013 | By Lee Romney, Los Angeles Times
OAKLAND - State and regional transportation officials announced plans Wednesday for a retrofit to the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that will cost up to $10 million and effectively do the job of nearly 100 massive bolts that failed earlier this year. Questions remain, however, about whether the world's largest single-tower, self-anchored suspension span will open on Labor Day weekend as planned. The new span will replace the one that partially collapsed in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 8, 2013 | By Maria L. La Ganga and Patrick McGreevy
SAN FRANCISCO - The much-delayed and over-budget eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will not open as scheduled on Labor Day weekend, transportation officials announced Monday, eliciting disappointment but little surprise in a region dependent on the soaring structure. The Bay Area's second-most-famous visual icon was severely damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing a motorist and unleashing a generation of controversy. The new span was scheduled to open in September with a splashy party costing more than $5 million and possibly including a bridge walk, a bike ride and a recreational run. But in March, it was discovered that 32 bolts on the structure had fractured.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
October 31, 2009 | Associated Press
Crews trying to repair the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge ran into problems Friday, stopping work as they waited for new steel plates needed to strengthen the troubled span. The bridge will probably stay closed through the weekend, and it was unclear if it would reopen for the Monday morning commute.
NEWS
April 2, 1989 | United Press International and
Starting Monday, the fine for illegally using the car pool lanes on the east approach to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will increase more than 300%. The new fine for drivers who get nabbed using the lanes either by themselves or with only one passenger will be $236, up from $71. The lane is reserved for cars carrying at least three people.