WEST MICHIGAN -- Boaters along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan now have the freedom to activate foghorns whenever they wish, as the result of a new system implemented by the Coast Guard.

FOSTER CITY — The good news is that a new foghorn on the San Mateo Bridge will be equipped with a device to direct its blasts away from shore, sparing residents the noise. The bad news is that two ...

Read the full text version of this story at KQED’s QUEST site. East Brother Island, with the 19th-century lighthouse on the left and fog signal building on the right. On foggy mornings, I wake up to a ...

Click to open image viewer. This patent model accompanied William B. Barker's patent for a fog signal that received patent number 216,820 on June 24, 1879. The patent contains a dial, marked off with ...

Few sounds evoke the Maine coast as readily as the low, steady thrum of a foghorn. And few communities are as protective of their traditions as mariners. So it should’ve surprised no one in 2014 when ...

If one lives on the Seacoast, fog is a presence, and a rather lovely one. According to Day Officer Adam Bure, of the U.S. Coast Guard station in New Castle, fog is more prevalent in the summer months.

The good news is that a new foghorn on the San Mateo Bridge will be equipped with a device to direct its blasts away from shore, shielding residents from the noise. The bad news is that two months ...