Bridge Comes to San Francisco With a Made-in-China Label

An empty oil tanker caused minor damage Monday when it struck a tower in the middle of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while navigating beneath the hulking span, officials said. The 752-foot Overseas Reymar rammed the tower about 11:20 a.m. as it headed out to sea, according to the Coast Guard and state transportation officials. It didn’t affect traffic on the busy bridge, which is the main artery between San Francisco and Oakland, Ney said.

Last night, San Francisco flicked the switch on a massive LED light installation on the San Francisco Bay Bridge, illuminating the span with 25,000 separate lights. The 1.8-mile-long, $8 million installation, by New York artist Leo Villareal, will be on display daily from dusk to 2 a.m. for the next two years. It's bright enough to cut through the San Francisco fog:

The Golden State Warriors have released new designs for the $500-million arena they're building at the foot of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. The project will be finished by 2017 This thing looks spectacular.

A tanker has crashed into the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, according to NBC Bay Area's Twitter feed. KTVU says that the coast guard is responding.

Jeff Paster, a developer of luxury homes in California’s Marin County, couldn’t find a buyer for the brand-new waterfront mansion he listed in January for $45 million. He’s expecting that one will turn up at an auction this weekend, with a starting bid set at $25 million.

American workers will assemble the more than $7 billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, but its massive cable, key sections of the iconic tower and deck are all made in China. Lower costs and Chinese expertise are the main reasons, but critics say the decision hurts the state, which is struggling with high unemployment.

American workers will assemble the more than $7 billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, but its massive cable, key sections of the iconic tower and deck are all made in China. Lower costs and Chinese expertise are the main reasons, but critics say the decision hurts the state, which is struggling with high unemployment.

SAN FRANCISCO — A limousine taking nine women to a night on the town to celebrate a newlywed bride erupted in flames, killing five of the passengers who were trapped inside as the other four escaped with burn and smoke inhalation injuries, authorities said Sunday. Relatives said the bride was among the dead.