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The Golden Gate Bridge stands against the darkening sky over Fort Point in San Francisco. - Karl Mondon — Bay Area News Group

Happy Birthday, Golden Gate Bridge

SAN FRANCISCO >> Over the Golden Gate Bridge’s eight decades of existence, iron workers, welders and engineers have helped keep it updated — a job that’s never done.The span turns...
Visitors enter Muir Woods National Monument in January. The forest receives about 1 million visitors a year. - Alan Dep — Marin Independent Journal

Muir Woods free for next two weekends

The Muir Woods National Monument will be free to enter this weekend and next as part of National Park Week.The National Park Service is waiving entrance fees at more than...
A car sits crushed under a collapsed apartment building in San Francisco’s Marina District the morning after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989. While the quake was major, it did little to relieve pressure from faults outside the Santa Cruz Mountains, according to the USGS. - Martin E. Klimek — Marin Independent Journal File

Bay Area earthquake probabilities increase

SAN FRANCISCO >> The chance of a major earthquake rocking the Bay Area has just increased, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities has updated...