Police standoff on I-80 in Richmond ends with suspect's arrest
Interstate 80 in Richmond is back open after a police standoff led to a shutdown Sunday afternoon. (4-2-23)
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Interstate 80 in Richmond is back open after a police standoff led to a shutdown Sunday afternoon. (4-2-23)
On Thursday evening, the snow that was falling in Nyack quickly turned to rain. The area is around 5,000-foot elevation, and it was a wet drive up I-80 East to get there. The rain was pounding the roads that were already blanketed with snow.
With I-80 open to all vehicles, with no chain restrictions on Thursday, drivers and commercial vehicle drivers were focused on getting through before a weekend storm brings more snow. Also, Boreal, Palisades, and other ski resorts were packed with visitors eager to enjoy the fresh powder and clear interstate.
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a massive sideshow that shut down lanes of the eastern span of the Bay Bridge early Sunday morning.
Caltrans has kept Interstate 80 open for travelers heading home from the ski slopes on Monday, despite all the snow that's dumped in the mountains. Many Skiers and snowboarders only drove home at the last possible hour, after a three-day weekend of action.
Many skiers and snowboarders headed to Boreal Ski Resort got a late start – as many of them were stuck in traffic. It was a beautiful day today -- no wind and more than a foot of fresh powder. You’d think this place would be packed, but several issues on i-80 eastbound lanes meant riders got a late start.
A new wildfire broke out in Placer County Tuesday afternoon, prompting evacuation orders and the closure of Interstate 80 in the area.
Three lanes of Interstate 80 at Gilman Street in Berkeley will be closed overnight Thursday and Saturday to accommodate repairs to the overcrossing after an oversized truck struck and damaged it earlier this week.
A Caltrans landscape maintenance worker was killed Friday morning while working along Interstate 80 in Solano County.
A three-year construction project began Monday to add toll express lanes along the heavily-traveled Interstate 80 corridor between Fairfield and Vacaville.
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Police in American Canyon reported the arrest of two men on Sunday after a pursuit of a suspect in a stolen vehicle led them all the way to Richmond.
The Alameda County Deputy Sheriff's Association on Thursday announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the death of recruit David Nguyen, who died in an Oakland freeway shooting Tuesday.
The Alameda County Sheriff's Department recruit who was fatally shot in the latest deadly freeway shooting in the Bay Area has been identified as 28-year-old San Francisco resident David Nguyen.
Caltrans Director Toks Omishakin posted a video on social media Wednesday urging drivers from the Bay Area and around the state to avoid non-essential mountain travel until weather conditions improve.
A major Christmas weekend storm caused whiteout conditions with 100 mph winds, closing key mountain highways and ski resorts amid blowing snow in the Sierra Sunday with forecasters warning that travel could be difficult for several days.
Drivers who rely on Interstate 80 through Solano County will be forced to take a major detour late Saturday through early Sunday as Caltrans performs demolition work.
A woman riding in a vehicle was shot dead along the westbound approach to the Bay Bridge toll plaza Thursday morning.
Good Samaritans jumped in to help after a fiery crash along westbound Interstate 80 near Vacaville on Monday morning.
A man was arrested in connection with a road rage shooting near Interstate 80 in Fairfield over the weekend.
A stretch of westbound I-80 in Placer County was completely blocked Friday afternoon due to a semi truck rollover crash.
Two people were detained and a driver was hospitalized following a high-speed pursuit that ended in a crash on westbound Interstate 80 past the Carquinez Bridge Wednesday night, authorities said.
The assistant principal of San Francisco's Lowell High School was hospitalized with serious injuries following a freak accident on Interstate 80 on Memorial Day.
People who have been living in their cars and in tents in a state-owned parking lot under Interstate 80 in San Francisco are slated to be removed on Monday but their advocates are arguing they have the right to stay under state law.
The Solano County coroner's office has identified a 27-year-old Sacramento man who died in a solo-vehicle crash on westbound Interstate Highway 80 east of Vacaville early Thursday morning.
