Road Rage On I-80 In Richmond Turns Fatal; Morning Commute Snarled
Authorities suspect road rage is to blame for a fatal crash on westbound Interstate 80 in Richmond that snarled the morning commute.
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Authorities suspect road rage is to blame for a fatal crash on westbound Interstate 80 in Richmond that snarled the morning commute.
Officials at the Golden Gate Bridge expect a spike in traffic over Presidents Day weekend, when the upper deck of the Bay Bridge will be closed for construction.
The upper deck of the Bay Bridge will be closed over Presidents Day weekend to make way for construction, bridge officials announced Tuesday.
A Richmond man was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison Friday morning in Contra Costa County Superior Court for the 2008 murder of a longtime friend.
A Peninsula college student in attendance at a Caltrans ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Bay Bridge had an unusual claim to fame: she was born on the span.
A man in a car on the shoulder of eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in Vallejo was found dead with gunshot wounds late Thursday night, Vallejo police said.
A woman who pulled an unconscious big-rig driver from a fiery crash to safety last week was presented with an award Thursday for her heroism.
A woman who witnessed a fiery crash involving a big-rig on southbound U.S. Highway 101 in San Francisco early Wednesday morning is being lauded for saving a life after she dragged the unconscious truck driver to safety.
A crash involving two big-rig trucks closed lanes of a connector ramp leading to the Bay Bridge for about four hours Friday, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
A rash of robberies along the Highway 80 corridor is forcing a number of East Bay banks to beef up security.
The bright orange catwalks leading to the tower on the Bay Bridge's new eastern span were illuminated Monday, giving residents a sneak preview of what the bridge will look like when it is completed in 2013.
When a ship from China arrives by next Monday, Caltrans crews will have all of the components in place to assemble the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge.
The northbound Interstate 880 connector to eastbound Interstate 80 in Oakland will be closed late Friday night, according to Caltrans.
Her proposal would maintain the current levels for the Transportation Trust Fund for the next two years.
Fairfield Fire Marshal Morgana Yahnke said Tuesday afternoon that Monday's seven-alarm, 103-acre vegetation fire started along a walking path between a creek and a housing subdivision near Dawson Creek Road.
Firefighters are battling a seven-alarm grass fire in the Cordelia area just outside of Fairfield.
The CHP has decided to double the number of patrols during a twelve hour stretch, beginning at nine o'clock at night.
A pedestrian was struck and killed in a hit-and-run in East Richmond Tuesday night, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Four alleged Sureno gang members from Santa Rosa were held over for trial this morning for the drive-by shooting of Vallejo musician Dewey Tucker last year.
A group of state and regional transportation officials recently traveled to China where they participated in a $200,000 celebration of the final fabrication of the new $6.3 billion eastern span of the Bay Bridge.
A 17-year-old is facing charges of auto theft, hit-and-run, and driving without a license after allegedly stealing a Hummer and leading police on a wild chase through Vallejo.
A disabled big rig and the portable building it was hauling were blocking two lanes of eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in San Francisco Thursday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
One person was killed when a car drove off of westbound Interstate Highway 80 in Fairfield Tuesday afternoon, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
The Berkeley Fire Department was fishing a vehicle out of the water at Aquatic Park Tuesday morning, a fire dispatcher said.
A California Highway Patrol officer revived a 5-year-old Dixon boy who stopped breathing during an asthma attack on Saturday, a CHP spokesman said Thursday.
