Vehicle fire in eastbound bore of Caldecott Tunnel extinguished; lanes reopened
Eastbound lanes on Highway 24 at the Caldecott Tunnel were blocked for part of the Wednesday evening commute after a vehicle fire in one of the bores.
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Eastbound lanes on Highway 24 at the Caldecott Tunnel were blocked for part of the Wednesday evening commute after a vehicle fire in one of the bores.
Eastbound traffic on Highway 24 at the Caldecott Tunnel has been halted Wednesday afternoon, as crews respond to a vehicle fire. Michael Hunt of the Oakland Fire Department provides an update to CBS News Bay Area reporter Ryan Yamamoto.
A vehicle fire inside the Caldecott Tunnel blocked all eastbound lanes of Highway 24 in Orinda Monday morning, the California Highway Patrol said.
CHP and fire crews respond to an injury accident on westbound Highway 24 just past the Caldecott Tunnel involving a big rig Wednesday morning.
Incidents involving a big-rig fire in San Leandro blocking the northbound SR-238 connector to Interstate Highway 880 in San Leandro and an overturned big-rig on westbound Highway 24 at the Caldecott Tunnel are causing major traffic delays Wednesday morning, CHP said.
Gianna Franco reports on two big-rig accidents in San Leandro and Oakland seriously slowing traffic Wednesday morning.
An eastbound bore of the Caldecott Tunnel will be closed overnight on three nights next week for maintenance work following a vehicle fire inside the bore earlier this week, according to Caltrans.
An eastbound bore of the Caldecott Tunnel was temporarily closed Tuesday morning because of a vehicle fire, the California Highway Patrol said.
The recent heavier rains have residents living in the hills above the Caldecott Tunnel growing increasingly concerned as they watch more and more of the hillside slide down into the canyon.
John Ramos reports on growing concerns over a landslide on the hill over the Caldecott Tunnel.
With the variety of accident-avoidance technology now available on passenger cars, there is growing interest in making it mandatory on big rig trucks, which could have made a difference in a tragic accident 40 years ago that changed California's rules of the road.
With the variety of accident-avoidance technology now available on passenger cars, there is growing interest in making it mandatory on big rig trucks, which could have made a difference in a tragic accident 40 years ago that changed California's rules of the road.
A 20-year-old man suspected in a September highway road rage shooting in Oakland near the Caldecott Tunnel was arrested, the California Highway Patrol said Thursday.
A shooting just outside the Caldecott Tunnel Thursday afternoon involved two cars that had been racing across the Bay Bridge, authorities said.
A vehicle crash on Highway 24 at the Caldecott Tunnel blocked one of the bores and backed up traffic in the area Tuesday morning before being cleared.
The first and second bores of the Caldecott Tunnel on Highway 24 will close overnight Tuesday and Wednesday for maintenance work.
Caltrans is shutting down the third bore of the Caldecott Tunnel on Highway 24 overnight on June 23 and June 24, due to maintenance work. Motorists should expect delays.
Working overnight, Caltrans crews were able to install four portable generators at the Caldecott Tunnel, allowing the vital commuter link to remain open during Pacific Gas & Electric's Public Safety Power Shutdown.
A motorist escaped safely Sunday morning after a Subaru Forester caught fire in the eastbound first bore of the Caldecott Tunnel, briefly shutting down traffic
A wrong-way driver on Highway 24 near the Caldecott Tunnel early Sunday triggered a horrific head-on crash that left two people dead and five others injured
California Highway Patrol officials now say a second person suffered injuries in a shooting inside the Caldecott Tunnel between Oakland and Orinda on Sunday evening.
At least one person was injured in a shooting inside the Caldecott Tunnel on Sunday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Caltrans will close one of the two eastbound Caldecott Tunnel bores during overnight hours on three days this week to complete an annual inspection.
A man was shot on westbound state Highway 24 and pulled over just west of the Caldecott Tunnel in Oakland on Tuesday morning.
An intense standoff and search in the Caldecott Tunnel caused a traffic mess, and ended in an arrest and 2 injured officers.
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The crash happened on Highway 1 in Pacifica and closed traffic in both directions.
After the fall of Da Nang, and with Saigon under attack, then-President Gerald Ford announced "Operation Babylift" where dozens of flights brought about 26,000 Vietnamese babies and children to the U.S. for adoption.
A Bay Area chocolatier said that in the last six months, her supplier raised the price of cocoa by 20%, then 40%, and then an additional 20%.
Sheriffs office resumes program after a federal appeals court ruled that requiring warrantless searches for participants in the city's electronic monitoring program does not violate constitutional rights.
Last week, across the country, non-profits doing work for the Department of Justice got news grants they were operating under were summarily cancelled by the Trump administration.
The crash happened on Highway 1 in Pacifica and closed traffic in both directions.
After the fall of Da Nang, and with Saigon under attack, then-President Gerald Ford announced "Operation Babylift" where dozens of flights brought about 26,000 Vietnamese babies and children to the U.S. for adoption.
A Bay Area chocolatier said that in the last six months, her supplier raised the price of cocoa by 20%, then 40%, and then an additional 20%.
Sheriffs office resumes program after a federal appeals court ruled that requiring warrantless searches for participants in the city's electronic monitoring program does not violate constitutional rights.
The crash happened on Highway 1 in Pacifica and closed traffic in both directions.
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