Head-On Crash Shuts Highway 1 At Devil's Slide
Traffic on state Highway 1 at Devil's Slide was stalled Wednesday because of a head-on collision involving at least two vehicles, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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Traffic on state Highway 1 at Devil's Slide was stalled Wednesday because of a head-on collision involving at least two vehicles, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The Devil's Slide tunnel project is expected to mark a milestone on Thursday as paving nears completion. The tunnel is set to open to traffic later this year.
California highway officials are trying to determine the best way to clean up a rockslide that has shut down Highway 1 south of Big Sur.
A significant detour is being put into place later this year to accommodate the ongoing construction project along Doyle Drive, one of the key approaches to the Golden Gate Bridge.
A motorcyclist was airlifted from the scene of a crash on state Highway 1 along the Marin County coast Sunday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The Marin County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a person found inside a burning vehicle on Shoreline Highway south of Tomales on Thursday evening.
A Canadian man, who crawled up a ravine after he crashed his motorcycle just north of Fort Ross near Timber Cove on Tuesday afternoon, suffered serious injuries, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Highway 1 will close in both directions Saturday night from Lake Street to Highway 101 in San Francisco.
A San Jose man who died from a fall off a steep San Mateo County cliff on Friday evening was heading to the beach for a family fishing trip, according to the sheriff's office.
The northbound Interstate Highway 280 ramp to state Highway 1/19th Avenue in San Francisco has reopened after a fatal crash Tuesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Motorists and bicyclists can now travel the Pacific Coast Highway between Cambria and Carmel for the first time in nearly three months.
One person was killed in a crash on the Sonoma County coast Sunday afternoon, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
Heavy rain triggered another mudslide on California's Pacific Coast Highway, cutting off road access to a roughly 50-mile stretch of the scenic Big Sur coastline.
Caltrans is partially reopening a portion of state Highway 1 south of Big Sur Sunday that was shut down by a mudslide Thursday.
A nearly 40-mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway through the scenic Big Sur region is now cut off after a rock and mud slide blocked access following the collapse of another chunk of highway last week.
A section of Highway 1 in the Big Sur region that was closed last week when a portion of the roadway crumbled into the ocean is expected to remain closed through the middle of April.
Engineers assessing damage to a section of the Pacific Coast Highway that collapsed north of Big Sur said the popular roadway will remain closed for at least a month until temporary repairs are finished.
A stretch of California's coastal highway is closed to traffic indefinitely after a chunk of the road fell into the Pacific Ocean.
A 26-year-old woman was killed Tuesday night in a crash on Highway 1 in Pescadero that forced officials to close the roadway in both directions.
A woman jumped to her death off the State Park Drive overpass on northbound state Highway 1 in Aptos Tuesday morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
A motorist whose car plummeted 100 yards down a cliff in San Mateo County on Saturday remained in critical condition Monday, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.
UPDATE: A motorcyclist who died after he drove off state Highway 1 near Jenner on Tuesday afternoon was identified Wednesday morning as 48-year-old Douglas Scott Fennell, of Santa Rosa.
Downed trees and power lines, as well as standing water on the roadway were reported from the Santa Cruz Mountains up to Sonoma County after the major soaker set in from the North West Tuesday afternoon.
The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office is warning coast side residents to lock doors and windows and keep an eye on potentially suspicious characters driving through neighborhoods after seven home burglaries were reported in the last two weeks.
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The fire is near Deer Valley and Balfour roads. Cal Fire said Contra Costa Fire Protection District crews are also at the scene.
Just before 6:30 a.m., police were called to the 900 block of Geneva Avenue, near Paris Street, for a report of a deceased person on the street.
Police said the investigation began May 30 when a property manager of a California Street apartment building called them, and said a deceased person was found inside one of the homes.
One person died and three others, including a child, were injured in a shooting Wednesday night at a high school graduation in Northern California, officials said.
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has qualified a proposition that would end the citizens' initiative loophole, requiring that all tax measures get 2/3 for passage. It would also retroactively invalidate any new parcel tax that passed with less than 2/3.
The fire is near Deer Valley and Balfour roads. Cal Fire said Contra Costa Fire Protection District crews are also at the scene.
Just before 6:30 a.m., police were called to the 900 block of Geneva Avenue, near Paris Street, for a report of a deceased person on the street.
Police said the investigation began May 30 when a property manager of a California Street apartment building called them, and said a deceased person was found inside one of the homes.
Just before 6:30 a.m., police were called to the 900 block of Geneva Avenue, near Paris Street, for a report of a deceased person on the street.
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The fire is near Deer Valley and Balfour roads. Cal Fire said Contra Costa Fire Protection District crews are also at the scene.
Police said the investigation began May 30 when a property manager of a California Street apartment building called them, and said a deceased person was found inside one of the homes.
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Authorities on California's Central Coast arrested two people Sunday suspected of vandalizing robots performing assessments on sidewalks last week.
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