San Jose Firefighters Quickly Control Brushfire Along I-280
Heavy smoke billowed over Highway 280 near Saratoga Avenue in San Jose Sunday morning from a 'rapidly spreading' brushfire, authorities said.
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Heavy smoke billowed over Highway 280 near Saratoga Avenue in San Jose Sunday morning from a 'rapidly spreading' brushfire, authorities said.
The person who died was driving a 2003 Lexus on the ramp from northbound Highway 85 to southbound Highway 280 when she apparently lost control of the vehicle and drove over an elevated dirt median.
A woman struck by a vehicle while walking on a highway off-ramp in San Francisco early Sunday morning remains hospitalized in critical condition, the woman's husband said Wednesday.
Someone opened fire on a Cadillac traveling on Interstate 280 near Alemany Blvd. in San Francisco early Monday, wounding 3 people and forcing the shutdown of the southbound lanes of the freeway for several hours.
One person died early Sunday despite the efforts of other motorists to pull the driver out of a burning Honda following a chain reaction crash on Highway 280 in San Jose.
A woman was found dead in a homeless encampment near Interstate Highway 280 in San Jose Wednesday morning, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.
A pedestrian "crawling on the freeway" was struck and killed on Highway 280 in San Francisco Monday morning.
The three fires were less than one-tenth of a mile from each other.
A 67-year-old woman who was fatally struck by a car while pushing a metal handcart on the connector from northbound Interstate Highway 280 to southbound U.S. Highway 101 in San Francisco.
All lanes have reopened after a fatal accident involving a driver heading the wrong way closed all lanes on the southbound Interstate Highway 280 in Los Altos Hills Thursday morning.
Caltrans' work is right on schedule for the Interstate 280 earthquake retrofit work, and the San Francisco portion affected should reopen on time Tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m. after being closed since Thursday afternoon so work could take place during the lighter Labor Day Weekend traffic.
Commuters should brace for another closure of a portion of Interstate 280 in San Francisco this Labor Day Weekend.
An off-ramp from northbound Interstate Highway 280 in San Jose was closed Friday afternoon due to a reported brush fire, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A major highway connector ramp in San Jose has reopened, nearly four hours after a cement truck crash prompted its closure.
Multiple lanes of southbound Interstate Highway 280 in San Jose have been blocked for several hours Friday morning after a female pedestrian was struck and killed in a hit-and-run, according to the California Highway Patrol.
An on-ramp and one lane of traffic on southbound interstate Highway 280 in South San Francisco was blocked as emergency responders responded to a multi-vehicle crash that killed at least one person.
San Francisco police Tuesday clarified that what was initially reported as a shooting on Interstate Highway 280 over the weekend was actually a stabbing that occurred elsewhere in the city.
Two lanes of southbound Interstate Highway 280 in Cupertino were closed Tuesday afternoon because of a fatal big-rig crash that occurred late Tuesday morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
A man is dead after a blown tire led to a fatal car crash near Hillsborough Wednesday morning, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.
New metering lights will be turned on along Interstate 280 in downtown San Jose this week, just the first of hundreds of ramp lights that are slated to go live across the Bay Area.
A PG&E natural gas pipeline that exploded during pressure testing on Sunday afternoon, causing a mudslide across Interstate Highway 280 in Woodside, was likely damaged by a backhoe, a utility spokesman said Monday.
The connector ramp from northbound state Highway 87 in San Jose to Interstate Highway 280 was reopened following a brush fire Monday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A 51-year-old man was found dead in his car at a Park & Ride lot off of Interstate Highway 280 near Redwood City early Thursday morning, a San Mateo County deputy coroner said.
The California Highway Patrol is trying to identify a motorist who fled the scene of a fatal collision on Interstate Highway 280 in Daly City on Sunday morning, an officer said.
Several small brush fires along Interstate Highway 280 in San Bruno caused the closure of two southbound lanes late Wednesday morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
Firefighters in San Francisco rescued more than a dozen people from a burning apartment building after a fire broke out in the city's Alamo Square neighborhood early Thursday morning.
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Tech giant Meta revealed Wednesday that one of its artificial intelligence models hacked another organization during testing, the third time in recent weeks that an AI model has improperly accessed a third-party company.
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Firefighters in San Francisco rescued more than a dozen people from a burning apartment building after a fire broke out in the city's Alamo Square neighborhood early Thursday morning.
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions during testimony before the committee last week.
Neighbors said the FAA's temporary adjustment during the recent Bohemian Grove gathering dramatically reduced the number of aircraft flying over their homes. But after the event ended, the FAA returned to its normal departure procedures.
Tech giant Meta revealed Wednesday that one of its artificial intelligence models hacked another organization during testing, the third time in recent weeks that an AI model has improperly accessed a third-party company.
A California lawmaker is making a final push to pass legislation that would restrict companies from using consumers' personal data and AI to set individualized prices, with supporters hoping to send the bill to the governor before the legislative session ends.
Firefighters in San Francisco rescued more than a dozen people from a burning apartment building after a fire broke out in the city's Alamo Square neighborhood early Thursday morning.
An undercover sting operation by the San Francisco Sheriff's Office targeting online child predators resulted in the arrests of seven Bay Area suspects.
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Neighbors said the FAA's temporary adjustment during the recent Bohemian Grove gathering dramatically reduced the number of aircraft flying over their homes. But after the event ended, the FAA returned to its normal departure procedures.
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An undercover sting operation by the San Francisco Sheriff's Office targeting online child predators resulted in the arrests of seven Bay Area suspects.
The FBI has joined the investigation and is offering a reward for information into the deadly shooting at a birthday party in Morgan Hill last month, authorities said.
Officials in Santa Cruz County have declared a state of fiscal distress and are placing a sales tax measure on the November ballot, citing cuts to federal and state funding.
Alameda County officials announced a settlement in the civil lawsuit over the death of Sophia Mason, a young girl from Hayward whose killing in 2022 exposed failures in the county's child welfare system.
Three people were killed and seven others were wounded in the Saturday attack in Twin Falls, Idaho. The gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.
Tech giant Meta revealed Wednesday that one of its artificial intelligence models hacked another organization during testing, the third time in recent weeks that an AI model has improperly accessed a third-party company.
AI models are engaging in unauthorized actions — in the most recent case, creating fake identities and attempting to persuade real people to approve malicious code.
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The city initially introduced the project under the name "Pittsburg Technology Park," and approved it in 2024. Some residents said they had no idea it would be anchored by AVAIO Digital's Perseus Data Center, spanning 337,000 square feet.
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A California lawmaker is making a final push to pass legislation that would restrict companies from using consumers' personal data and AI to set individualized prices, with supporters hoping to send the bill to the governor before the legislative session ends.
Alameda County officials announced a settlement in the civil lawsuit over the death of Sophia Mason, a young girl from Hayward whose killing in 2022 exposed failures in the county's child welfare system.
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Firefighters in San Francisco rescued more than a dozen people from a burning apartment building after a fire broke out in the city’s Alamo Square neighborhood early Thursday morning.
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