While still under construction, the suicide prevention net on the Golden Gate Bridge showed significant results in 2023 and is expected to continue to reduce deaths this year, officials said. Last ...

I have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area my entire life, but until 1996, when I became executive director of a nationally certified crisis intervention and suicide-prevention center, I didn’t know ...

The scene played out many times at a general hospital in Marin County, always with palpable urgency. An ambulance would radio from the Golden Gate Bridge, reporting that someone had jumped from the ...

The five-year, $224 million project to install nets on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to reduce the number of suicide deaths is saving lives as intended. In 2024, there were eight deaths that ...

Editor’s note: This story contains discussion of suicide. If you are in distress, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline 24 hours a day at 988, or visit 988lifeline.org for more resources. One year after ...

An addition to the most iconic span in the Bay Area was commemorated on Monday, with some saying the finished project was a long time coming. Walking along the Golden Gate Bridge, Dayna Whitmer headed ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. It is a suspension bridge that crosses the Golden Gate, a strait that leads to the San Francisco Bay. The bridge is 8,981 feet long (1 ...

REACHED OUT FOR HELP, 988 DAY ALSO FALLS IN LINE WITH NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH. AND THIS MORNING WE ARE HEARING FROM THE MAN WHO TRIED TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE BY JUMPING OFF THE GOLDEN GATE ...