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All of the major spans across San Francisco Bay, including the Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge, have concrete buffers called fenders that surround the supports.

There are eight major bridges across San Francisco Bay, and more than 2,800 large ships come into the bay every year

The ship collision that collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge raised the question: Could it happen here?

Early Tuesday morning, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore plunged into the water after a ship lost power and slammed into one of its supports

There are eight major bridges across San Francisco Bay, and more than 2,800 large ships come into the bay every year

There are eight major bridges across San Francisco Bay, and more than 2,800 large ships come into the bay every year

The requirement for regular inspections that was shelved 11 years ago is back on the table — along with a slew of other rigorous, and potentially costly, measures designed to come as close as possible to preventing another catastrophe like Champlain Towers.

Campus members reflect on earthquake preparedness at UC Berkeley Flora Huynh/Staff Following the collapse of a condominium building in Florida, members of the UC Berkeley community took the time to reflect on existing building regulations and the campus’s overall earthquake preparedness. The destruction, which occurred June 24, may have been caused by excessive weight on the building’s columns, causing the tower to lean, according to Khalid Mosalam, campus professor of structural engineerin...