Work Starts On Safety Efforts On Golden Gate Bridge To Prevent Deaths From Suicide
The entire $204 million project involves installing the equivalent of seven football fields of netting along the 1.7-mile bridge that will be placed on the struts.
The Mercury News:
Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Barrier Work Begins
Work on the Golden Gate Bridge’s suicide barrier has quietly started on the landmark. During the past several weeks, bridge managers have closed lanes late at night to allow the delivery of equipment in massive boxes to begin the construction of the barrier. “This is the beginning of the work on the bridge,” said Priya Clemens, bridge district spokeswoman. (Prado, 7/30)
In other public health news —
The Mercury News:
Golden State Killer: Genealogy Matches Spawn Golden Era In Cracking Cold Cases
John and Mei-lian Lin were having dinner and watching the news when the story broke that investigators had used a public genealogy database to help find the 72-year-old man they believe is the Golden State Killer, cracking one of California’s most notorious cold cases in decades. John Lin dropped his fork. Then he picked up the phone.With a direct line to Alameda County Sheriff’s Det. Patrick Smyth, he asked if the same novel technique could help solve the murder of his 14-year-old daughter, Jenny. In 1994, she was stabbed to death in their Castro Valley home. (Sulek, 7/28)