Westbound traffic into San Francisco has come to a screeching halt this morning as police try and talk down an armed man who said he was holding his family hostage inside his SUV. The man called emergency dispatchers around 7:10 am and told them he had a pipe bomb in his car, according to the […]
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Should casual carpoolers pay for new Bay Bridge toll?
For dozens of years, there has been an informal code of conduct for casual carpooling: A driver stops, picks up two people — one who sits in the front, the other in the back — and drives across the Bay Bridge. Usually, the radio is turned to an NPR station. But today’s advent of a […]
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When the bridge is out, what about the ferry?
With no Bay Bridge, wouldn’t it be nice to have a ferry from Berkeley into the city? That’s always been my thought, but I’m being persuaded otherwise by David Fielder, a friend who is one of the most visible opponents of the planned Berkeley Marina ferry service. Certainly when you begin to look at the […]
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Bay Bridge Update: Thursday Earliest for Reopen
The earliest the Bay Bridge will reopen is tomorrow, Thursday, and it could be several days after that, according to Caltrans spokesman Bart Ney who spoke to Kron4. Read the full report here. [Photo: farm1.static.flickr.com]
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Bay Bridge closing down after cable snap
The Bay Bridge is being closed down after cables on the upper deck fell and hit three cars earlier this evening causing major traffic headaches to commuters heading westwards from the East Bay. A photo of the incident was captured by larfo and posted to Twitter (above). Kron4 has video and is reporting that the strand […]
