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Trucks and commercial vehicles are allowed to cross the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connecting Staten Island and Brooklyn, New York City. Tolls are charged in both directions and the toll rate is dependent on the number of axles. During high winds, for safety reasons there may be restrictions placed on high profile vehicles such as box trucks and tractor-trailers using the bridge. Read more...
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All vehicles crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in the direction of San Francisco are required to pay a toll charge. Toll payments cannot be made on the bridge, so rental car drivers have the option of paying the toll through their rental company, but this is likely to be more expensive and subject to convenience fees. Alternatively, one-time toll payments Read more...
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The Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center is situated in the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historic Park in Richmond, California. Located in the old Oil House of the adjacent former Ford Assembly Plant, there are displays and interactive exhibits exploring the contribution of American civilians on the home front, women in particular, during the Second World War. The Read more...
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Lake Piru’s swim areas and beaches are open from the Friday before Memorial Day weekend through the Friday after Labor Day. There are designated areas for swimming and wading at Reasoner Cove beach, the shore line between the northernmost outcropping of Reasoner Cove north to Juan Fernandez Launch ramp, the Juan Fernandez beach, Cow Cove, Skiers Cove, Santa Felicia Cove, Read more...
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The Angel of the North sculpture is situated on a hill overlooking the A1 road at Low Eighton, near Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. The 20 metre (or 66 feet) tall steel sculpture of an angel, designed by Anthony Gormley, was completed in 1998. Read more...
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Glee actress Naya Rivera died by accidental drowning, aged 33, at Lake Piru in Ventura County, California on July 8th, 2020. Rivera rented a pontoon boat on the lake with her 4-year-old son, Josey, and was reported missing when she failed to return. Her son was found alone on the boat. A search team found her body in the northeastern Read more...
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Most of the city of San Francisco should be able to receive the following free over-the-air TV channels with an antenna. Some areas may not receive all stations due to signals being weakened or blocked by nearby buildings, trees or hills. Name Channel Callsign Transmitter KTVU FOX 2 2.1 KTVU-DT Sutro LATV 2.2 KTVU-DT2 Sutro Movies! 2.3 KTVU-DT3 Sutro Buzzr Read more...
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Australian Olympic snowboarder Alex Pullin died, aged 32, on 8th July 2020 while diving on an artificial reef at Palm Beach in Gold Coast, Queensland. He was pulled unresponsive from the sea and attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful. The cause of death was drowning. Read more...
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SEC on New Jersey Transit trains stands for Secaucus and means that the train stops at Secaucus Junction. Secaucus Junction is a rail hub where passengers can transfer between trains running to and from New York Penn Station, and services going to and from Hoboken Terminal. New York Penn Station trains run on the upper level tracks and the Hoboken Read more...
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An application for a San Francisco Public Library card may be made online or by completing a paper Library Card Application form. Presentation of valid photo ID and proof of residential address is required in-person at any SFPL location in order to process the application and issue a library card. Residents of California are entitled to a free San Francisco Read more...
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Sign Hill Park has several trails leading to the big concrete letters forming the SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO THE INDUSTRIAL CITY hillside sign. The Ridge Trail runs above the sign along the crest of Sign Hill from Ridgeview Court (where there is a small parking lot) to Spruce Avenue. At the water tank, you can descend below the letters on Letters Read more...
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After spending the summer of 2004 at a rented house in Palo Alto, the early Facebook team decamped to a new rented property on Westbrook Avenue in Los Altos, California. Dubbed Casa Facebook, the company was based here from September 2004 to January 2005, during the period that site reached 1 million users for the first time and was still Read more...
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The corporate headquarters of electric carmaker and renewable energy technology company Tesla are located on Deer Creek Road on the Stanford Research Park in Palo Alto, California. In addition to Tesla’s corporate offices, the site houses engineering and research staff and a powertrain manufacturing facility. Tesla relocated here in 2009 from its previous headquarters in San Carlos. The complex was Read more...
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Foothills Park in Palo Alto is open to everyone, regardless of residency, following a policy change introduced by Palo Alto City Council on December 17th, 2020. The lifting of admission restrictions has resulted in increased visitor numbers and the park gate closes if capacity limits are reached. Dogs are only permitted in Foothills Park on weekdays and must be on Read more...
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The longest seaside pier in Wales is Llandudno Pier, which has a total length of 2,295 feet (or 700 metres), of which the original main pier is 1,234 feet (or 376 metres). Located on the North Wales coast and stretching out into the Irish Sea, Llandudno Pier was constructed over two years from 1876 and later extended landwards to the Read more...
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Trwyn Du Lighthouse was built in 1838 by Trinity House at the north entrance to the Menai Strait. Situated at Penmon, the Isle of Anglesey’s easternmost point, the distinctive black and white banded circular stone tower lighthouse marks the passage for ships between the island and the nearby island of Ynys Seiriol (also known as Puffin Island). Originally manned by Read more...
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There are alligators on Sanibel as the island’s extensive freshwater wetlands, marshes and swamps provide an ideal habitat for the reptile. Alligators tend to avoid saltwater, so care should be taken near areas of freshwater, and brackish water where freshwater and saltwater mix. Swimming outside posted swimming areas is not advisable, and swimming at night should be avoided as alligators Read more...
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A park pass is not required to visit or stop in the city of Revelstoke itself as it is outside the Mount Revelstoke National Park boundary. However, a park pass is required if you stop, stay or hike trails within Mount Revelstoke National Park or the adjacent Glacier National Park. A park pass can be purchased at the Parks Canada Read more...
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Rapper, businessman and community activist Nipsey Hussle was shot dead on March 31st, 2019, outside the Marathon Clothing store he co-owned in a neighborhood strip mall at Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard in South Los Angeles. The 33-year-old, whose real name was Ermias Joseph Asghedom, was taken to hospital where he was declared dead. Eric Holder, reportedly known to Hussle, Read more...
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The railway station connected to Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport (also called Fiumicino Airport) is around a 10 to 15-minute walk after baggage reclaim, following the overhead signs for ‘Trains’. Two train services operate between Fiumicino Airport and Rome city center: The Leonardo Express non-stop airport service to and from Rome’s Termini Station with a journey time of just over Read more...