SF News U.S. Olympian, Surfer, and Famed Bay Area Swim Coach Richard Thornton Dies at 65 1980 U.S. Olympic swim team member, former U.S. national team swim coach, and four-decade coach of San Ramon Valley Aquatics Richard Thornton died while heading out to surf in Santa Cruz on Thursday, according to his family.
SF News First Woman Completes Swim From Farallones To San Francisco A San Francisco woman completed her 30-mile journey across shark-infested waters to become the first woman to swim from the Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate Bridge. Kim Chambers, a 38-year old New
