Delays on I-580 through Altamont Pass after big rig crash

Delays are expected for westbound Interstate Highway 580 early Thursday morning just east of Greenville Road after a multiple-vehicle collision between a big-rig and pick-up truck blocked the three left lanes of the freeway, the California Highway Patrol said.

Drivers stranded for hours on NJ highway

Hundreds of drivers were stranded for as long as 10 hours during the storm on two New Jersey highways. Many had to be rescued via snowmobile.

Fully automated parking garage opens in Oakland

The Hive Parking Structure, the first and only fully automatic parking garage in northern California, opened for business Monday in Oakland.  The new parking structure appears to have many advantages over traditional parking garages and more are coming...

Uber, Lyft congest cities, studies suggest

One promise of ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft was fewer cars clogging city streets. But studies suggest the opposite: that ride-hailing companies are pulling riders off buses, subways, bicycles and their own feet and putting them in cars instead.

Hurricane Harvey closes key oil, gas operations in Texas

DALLAS (AP) - Key oil and gas facilities along the Texas Gulf Coast have temporarily shut down as Hurricane Harvey pounds the region with torrential rain and high winds, virtually assuring gasoline prices will rise in the storm's aftermath. Even before the Harvey made landfall late Friday, dozens of oil and gas platforms had been evacuated, at least three refineries had closed and at least...

One lane of EB 580 now open after fatal crash

The right-hand lane of eastbound Interstate Highway 580 in the area of the Altamont Pass is closed as officers investigate a fatal crash, the California Highway Patrol said this morning.

Two dead on I-80 in separate crashes in San Pablo

A motorcyclist who died in a hit-and-run collision with a big-rig on westbound Interstate Highway 80 in San Pablo Monday morning, the second fatal crash on the same stretch of the highway today, has been identified by the Contra Costa County coroner's office.

Man killed during crash in Fremont

Fremont police report that Osgood Road between Blacow Road and Seldon Court is closed in both directions while officers investigate a fatal traffic collision.