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Teen Survives Jump From Golden Gate Bridge

A 17-year-old high school student from Sonoma County, Calif., is now one of about two dozen people to have survived a 220-foot plunge from the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay. According to the California Highway Patrol, the teen, a junior at Windsor High School, was on a field trip with his classmates and...

California Braces Calmly for Waves From Tsunami

Waves from the Japanese earthquake are expected to hit California shortly after 11 a.m. EST, but it won't be the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters. Meteorologists estimate that Northern California will be struck first at 11:16 a.m. with waves between 3 and 7 feet high, with the swell subsiding as it moves down the coast. It...

Jack LaLanne's 10 Strangest Stunts

Few people have taken physical fitness as seriously as Jack LaLanne -- and few have taken it to the extremes he did. LaLanne died Jan. 23 of respiratory failure due to pneumonia at the age of 96 at his home in Morro Bay on California's central coast. LaLanne, who ate healthfully and exercised daily up until the end,...

The Trillion-Dollar Deficit of 2010: How Huge Is It, Really?

(Oct. 15) -- If you stacked the number of dollar bills in this year's federal deficit -- 1,290,000,000,000 written out -- you would be nearly a quarter of the way to the moon. But that's not as stratospheric as last year, when the red ink amounted to $1.4 trillion. Still, despite over a $100 billion decrease from 2009's...

At 96, Jack LaLanne Says He's Still a 'Nut'

(Sept. 23) -- When you're turning 96 and still as fit as a fiddle, people are invariably going to ask your secret. Ask fitness pioneer Jack LaLanne his secret for a long life, and you'll get a variety of answers. One day, he might say, "I can't die. It's bad for business." On another, he'll say, "I can't afford to die....

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06/02/12 Bridge Tolls to Increase in July Source: NBC - NBC 11 - San Francisco CA For motorists crossing Bay Area bridges in big-rigs, cars and trucks hauling trailers, and other vehicle combinations with more than two axles, bridge tolls are going to cost more in a month's time.
05/31/12 Biking The Bay: The Marin Headlands Loop Source: The Huffington Post Immediately beyond the city limits are some of the most scenic bike rides in the country.
05/25/12 Love at the Golden Gate Bridge Source: The Huffington Post If you left your heart in San Francisco, it might have had something to do with the Golden Gate Bridge.
05/21/12 PHOTO CONTEST: 'I Present To You A Bridge That Will... Source: The Huffington Post - Local The Golden Gate Bridge was heralded as an engineering marvel when it opened in 1937.
05/10/12 THIS IS HOW WE ROLL Source: The Huffington Post - Local The Wiggle is a one-mile, zig-zagging bicycle route from Market Street to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, that minimizes hilly inclines for bicycle riders.