Cal Fire monitoring high winds after vegetation fire burns near Altamont Pass
Cal Fire crews were working around the clock Sunday, mopping up a vegetation fire off Altamont Pass Road.
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Cal Fire crews were working around the clock Sunday, mopping up a vegetation fire off Altamont Pass Road.
Westbound Interstate 580 at the Altamont Pass reopened Friday, hours after an big-rig fire led to a closure of the freeway for nearly the entire morning commute.
All lanes on westbound Interstate 580 at the Altamont Pass are blocked Friday morning after due to a vehicle fire.
Forward progress of the Midway Fire was stopped at 262 acres, Cal Fire said.
A crash involving a big-rig on eastbound Interstate Highway 580 through the Altamont Pass in Alameda County Thursday afternoon blocked multiple lanes for hours.
A car fire Thursday night along Interstate Highway 580 quickly spread to several hundred acres near the Altamont Pass east of Livermore, fire officials said.
A car fire Thursday night along Interstate Highway 580 quickly spread to several hundred acres near the Altamont Pass east of Livermore, fire officials said.
Firefighters have fully contained a 20-acre brush fire, hours after it broke out Wednesday morning along Altamont Pass Road near Tracy, fire officials said.
A grass fire in Alameda County that grew to 44 acres was 75% contained Saturday afternoon, Cal Fire said.
An overturned big rig on Interstate Highway 580 near the Altamont Pass created hours of traffic woes Thursday morning for commuters heading from the Central Valley into the Bay Area.
CHP investigators are searching for an arsonist suspected of started seven fires along Westbound I-580 on the Altamont Pass Saturday morning.
Da Lin reports on authorities asking for the public's help as they search for the man who started multiple fires at the Altamont Pass Saturday morning (7-22-2023)
One person is dead following a traffic collision involving a motorcycle near the Altamont Pass close to the San Joaquin County line.
A big rig rolled over on the Altamont Pass Saturday morning causing a fiery crash that slowed I-580 traffic for hours. (7-8-23)
A big-rig crash and fire on I-580 at the Altamont Pass shut down eastbound traffic for hours early Saturday morning.
Crews have contained a vegetation fire early Wednesday that started Tuesday night in the area of North Flynn Road near the Altamont Pass in the northeastern corner of Alameda County.
Fire crews have stopped forward progress on a 120-acre vegetation fire started by a burning car along Interstate 580 near the Altamont Pass during the Tuesday evening commute.
Ryan Yamamoto reports on a car fire that ignited the Flynn Fire burning near Altamont Pass (7-19-2022)
Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire burning in the Altamont area of Livermore Saturday night.
A car fire on westbound I-580 at the Altamont Pass in Livermore triggered a brush fire early Wednesday evening, according to officials.
A brush fire in the Altamont Pass area near Livermore was reportedly blocking traffic along Interstate Highway 580.
Interstate 580 through the Altamont Pass in Alameda County remained snarled in both directions late Saturday afternoon following a 15-acre grass fire that burned close to the freeway.
Westbound lanes of Interstate 580 at the Interstate 205 junction were blocked by an overturned 53-foot tractor trailer on Monday night, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A vegetation fire was burning in eastern Alameda County near Livermore and Interstate 580.
A grass fire was burning east of the Altamont Pass at a landfill on the eastern edge of Alameda County.
Earlier this week, T'Chaka had its door smashed, leaving pieces of glass scattered on the dining room floor. But it didn't take long for the community to respond and help a local business.
One week after a fire destroyed Medline Industries' 1-million-square-foot medical supplies warehouse in Tracy, an employee is speaking out about what they describe as confusion, fear, and a lack of evacuation plans.
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Earlier this week, T'Chaka had its door smashed, leaving pieces of glass scattered on the dining room floor. But it didn't take long for the community to respond and help a local business.
One week after a fire destroyed Medline Industries' 1-million-square-foot medical supplies warehouse in Tracy, an employee is speaking out about what they describe as confusion, fear, and a lack of evacuation plans.
A woman and young child were hospitalized following a rescue off Baker Beach in San Francisco on Thursday after they were swept into the ocean.
A former officer for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was convicted of child sex crimes in Napa involving three family members after an eight-day trial, prosecutors announced Thursday.
A man was charged with a homophobic vandalism along with assault and hit-and-run in an attack in San Francisco's Castro District last month, authorities said.
A woman and young child were hospitalized following a rescue off Baker Beach in San Francisco on Thursday after they were swept into the ocean.
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