An early October storm hit the Bay Area on Tuesday night, making roads hard to handle, a California Highway Patrol officer said.According to CHP Officer Ralph Caggiano overnight rain led to flooding in Oakland, San Jose, Marin, parts of state Highway 17 near Santa Cruz and San Francisco.Caggiano said Caltrans has been busy clearing drains to relieve flooding and the CHP has been handling many collisions overnight. Read More
A man who was killed riding his motorcycle Tuesday evening through a county park near Woodside has been identified, according to the coroner’s office.The motorcyclist was identified as Stewart Sutter, 32, of San Mateo, according to the San Mateo County coroner’s office. Read More
California Highway Patrol officers reopened Interstate Highway 880 just before 6 a.m. today after both lanes were closed near the Oakland Coliseum while officers searched for a suspect in a stolen vehicle, CHP officers said. Read More
A 51-year-old man was found dead in his car at a Park & Ride lot off of Interstate Highway 280 near Redwood City early this morning, a San Mateo County deputy coroner said. No other cars were involved nor were there reports of a crash when California Highway Patrol authorities went to check on a disabled vehicle on the side of northbound I-280 at Edgewood Road just after midnight. Officials discovered what appeared to be a dead man in a car, CHP Officer Ralph Caggiano said. Read More
Commuters are advised to avoid Interstate Highway 580 in San Rafael, which remains closed because of an all-day police standoff involving an armed man who is barricaded in a hotel room, authorities said.San Rafael police headed to the Extended Stay Deluxe at 1775 Francisco Blvd. East around 8:30 a.m. after they learned that a suspect in a Sunday stabbing was there, police said. Read More
A connector ramp from westbound state Highway 92 to southbound U.S. Highway 101 in San Mateo reopened late this morning after big-rig crash forced a six-hour closure, a California Highway Patrol officer said.The truck overturned at about 5:30 a.m. and spilled a load of scrap metal and two recycled vehicles onto the connector ramp and the two right lanes of Highway 101, CHP Officer Art Montiel said. Read More
A Sig-alert has been issued this morning after a big-rig and its contents overturned onto westbound state Highway 92 in San Mateo, near a connector ramp to U.S. Highway 101, a California Highway Patrol officer said.The truck overturned around 5:30 a.m. and dumped debris onto the freeway, blocking all westbound Highway 92 lanes and two lanes of southbound Highway 101. The alert was issued just before 5:55 a.m., according to Officer Kevin Bartlett. Read More
Commuters who use their own vehicles were likely counting their lucky stars after BART protests wreaked havoc on public transit riders leaving San Francisco on Monday night. Unfortunately, a fire near Cesar Chavez Street and southbound U.S. Highway 101 changed that rosy outlook. Read More
An Oakland man is in critical condition today after he was shot while feeding the homeless with his family in East Oakland early this morning, a police spokeswoman said. Police responded at about 12:30 a.m. to the 1000 block of 47th Avenue after someone flagged down a California Highway Patrol officer to report the shooting, Oakland police Sgt. Holly Joshi said. Read More
A man died after a brief car chase ended in a solo car crash in Oakland early this morning and an Interstate Highway 880 off-ramp remains closed due to police activity, a California Highway Patrol officer said.Officers spotted a white Honda driving erratically on International Boulevard near 55th Avenue at around 1:20 a.m., CHP Officer Sam Morgan said. Read More
