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FBI reports bridge terrorist threat 

SAN FRANCISCO — Various state and federal law enforcement officials increased patrols on and around the Golden Gate Bridge on Sunday after bridge district officials learned of a potential terrorist threat 11 months after attacks on New York and Washington. 

The bridge was placed on a “superheightned” state of alert after information was shared through an interagency coalition Friday, said Mary Currie, spokeswoman for the Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District. 

The California Highway Patrol, FBI, U.S. Coast Guard, Federal Aviation Administration and other agencies “all aggressively are doing exactly what needs to be done to protect and keep the Golden Gate Bridge secure,” Currie said. 

She would not elaborate on the details of the threat or specify the information’s source. However, the bridge district board’s president, Harold C. Brown, told the Contra Costa Times the FBI was gauging the credibility of a threat that terrorists planned to crash an aircraft into the span. 

Video footage, shared by Spanish authorities and thought to be the work of al-Qaida, included shots of the bridge’s suspension anchors and also featured other American landmarks, including Disneyland, Chicago’s Sears Tower and New York’s Statue of Liberty believed to be terrorist targets. 

One more Oakland homicide 

OAKLAND – The Oakland Police Department reports that it is investigating a homicide that occurred a 2:26 p.m. Sunday at the 9600 block of Edes Avenue. 

A police spokesman said a male victim was shot numerous times before being taken to Highland Hospital where he later died.