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| Mar.26 |
Pacifica |
Devil's Slide twin tunnels now open to traffic 
Map of Devil%27s Slide Pacifica Drivers along the San Mateo County Coast are now able to avoid a dangerous cliffhanger stretch of Highway 1
| Festivities early marked the opening of the long-awaited tunnels. It's the end of 74 years of crumbling cliffs, horrific accidents and highway closures that sometimes lasted for months
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| Feb.21 |
Palo Alto |
Tesla CEO expects profitable quarter |
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| Dec.7 |
Sunnyvale |
Sunnyvale car consignment company disappears |
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| Oct.20 |
San Mateo Bridge |
San Mateo Bridge closed for repairs this weekend The closure will be through the weekend until 5 a.m. Monday. Lanes will open gradually Monday morning with the complete reopening by 1 p.m.
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| Oct.8 |
Bay Area |
Bay Area gas prices level off |
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| Oct.6 |
San Jose |
Skyrocketing Bay Area gas prices hit all-time high| In San Jose, the average jumped to $4.63 a gallon for regular gas, up 9 cents since Friday. Mid-grade jumped to $4.72 and premium was $4.83 | |
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| Oct.5 |
San Francisco |
Calif. Gas prices jump 20 cents overnight
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| Sep.3 |
Dumbarton Bridge |
Dumbarton Bridge reopens ahead of schedule Caltrans finished its work early and reopened the Dumbarton Bridge hours ahead of the scheduled 5 a.m. Tuesday reopening
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| Sep.2 |
Dumbarton Bridge |
Dumbarton repairs making good progress |
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| Aug.31 |
Dumbarton Bridge |
Dumbarton Bridge closed Labor Day weekend 
| It will close Friday night and is scheduled to reopen at 5 a.m. Tuesday morning. Caltrans will be replacing the Dumbarton Bridge's eastern seismic joint | |
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| Aug.10 |
Bay Area |
Gasoline tops $4 a gallon in the Bay Area |
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| Aug.7 |
Bay Area |
Gasoline prices to spike in Bay Area after refinery fire |
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| Jul.25 |
Palo Alto |
Tesla Motors' losses jump 79 percent |
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| Jun.22 |
Fremont |
Tesla Model S sedan deliveries begin Electric car maker Tesla will make the first deliveries of Model S, its long-awaited Model S car to customers later today
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| May.9 |
Palo Alto |
Tesla Motors to deliver all-electric Model S in June |
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| Apr.28 |
SF Presidio |
Doyle Drive demolition off to smooth start
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| Feb.20 |
Bay Area |
Bay Area could see $5 a gallon gas by summer |
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| Feb.18 |
Bay Bridge |
Bay Bridge construction running on schedule
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| Feb.17 |
Bay Bridge |
Westbound lanes of Bay Bridge closed | Westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge have closed for the weekend so Caltrans can finish a detour that will be in place until the new bridge opens | |
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Bay Bridge |
Final countdown underway for Bridge closure |
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| Dec.1 |
Highway 24 |
Breakthrough for Caldecott Tunnel's bore
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| Nov.19 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Pedestrians, bicycles return to GG Bridge |
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| Jun.30 |
Bay Area Bridges |
Higher Bay Area bridge tolls, transit fares |
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| Apr.24 |
Bay Area |
Bay Area gas average is $4.22| The national average is now $3.88, but in San Francisco, the average is $4.22 which is similar to prices across the rest of the Bay Area | |
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| Apr.22 |
San Francisco |
Phone app, website aid search for parking |
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| Apr.12 |
Bay Area |
Bay Area gas prices soar 26 cents a gallon
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| Mar.22 |
Bay Area Bridges |
1 in 5 BArea bridges structurally deficient |
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| Mar.9 |
San Francisco |
Average gas price has reached $3.96 |
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| Oct.10 |
Google |
Cars tested that can steer without drivers |
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| Oct.2 |
Highway 101 |
Crews breakthrough to other tunnel side |
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| Sep.21 |
680 |
New express lane gets off to rough start |
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| Aug.9 |
Highway 24 |
Drilling Begins On New Caldecott Bore Map of California State Route 24 Orinda Crews began drilling into the mountainside near Orinda as work got underway excavating the fourth bore by the 130-ton, 50-foot-long machine
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| Jul.13 |
Palo Alto |
Tesla working on Toyota cars |
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| Jul.1 |
Bay Bridge |
Few Problems As Bridge Tolls Go Up
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| May.28 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
$3 G. Gate Carpool Tolls To Begin July 1st |
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| May.6 |
Bay Bridge |
S-Curve Patrols To Be Reduced July 1
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| Mar.21 |
San Francisco |
Gas price reached $3.09 |
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| Jan.27 |
Bay Area Bridges |
Bridge Tolls Going Up July 1st |
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| Jan.10 |
24 |
Caldecott 4th Bore Construction Begin The Improvement Project will construct a fourth tunnel to connect Alameda and Contra Costa counties to help alleviate traffic congestion
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| Dec.9 |
Bay Bridge |
$2 Increase Likely For Commute Hours
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| Nov.17 |
Port of Oakland |
Rules To Keep Some Trucks From Port |
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| Sep.29 |
SF Downtown |
Market Street Restrictions Begin |
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| Sep.19 |
Bay Bridge |
Crews To Close Lanes, Inspect Repairs |
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| Sep.8 |
Bay Bridge |
Bridge Reopens After Crack Fixed The Bridge reopened just in time for the start of the work week. Crews were able to make a crucial repair a day ahead of schedule
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| Sep.7 |
Bay Bridge |
Bridge Reopening Remains In Limbo |
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| Sep.4 |
San Francisco |
CHP: Traffic light during morning commute |
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| Sep.3 |
Bay Bridge |
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Closed As planned, the bridge was shut down to traffic at 8 p.m. so crews can do seismic retrofit work on the span
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| Aug.10 |
eBay |
eBay, GM team up |
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| Jul.14 |
San Francisco |
Gas average below $3 |
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Contra Costa County |
Firm To Pay $2.5M For False Air Reports Shore Terminals LLC that operates a tank farm pleaded guilty to submitting false annual reports to the Bay Area Air Quality Management Distr...
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| Jun.16 |
San Francisco |
San Francisco's gas average hit $3.09 |
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| May.17 |
San Francisco |
SF's Gas Is Priciest In The State |
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| Apr.7 |
SFO |
SFO wins grant for hydrogen station |
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| Mar.16 |
Highway 101 |
Commute on Highway 101 improving |
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| Feb.11 |
San Francisco |
Gallon of regular gas now costs $2.23 |
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| Feb.9 |
South of Market |
Bridge Off-Ramp Reopening After 3 Years |
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| Jan.31 |
Chevron |
Annual profit soars to record
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| Dec.28 |
San Jose |
Tesla Motors puts factory plans on hold
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| Dec.21 |
San Francisco |
Price of gas lowest in nearly 5 years
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| Dec.15 |
Concord |
98 Cars Vandalized At Audi Dealership The vandalism at Diablo Audi over the weekend caused at least $500,000 in damage. They keyed every single car on the lot
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| Sep.16 |
San Jose |
Tesla Motors To Build Electric Sedan But with plans in the works for a new headquarters and factory, the startup hopes it's taking the first step toward making electric cars
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| Sep.1 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Bridge Toll Jumps To $6
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| Jul.22 |
San Jose |
Plug-in hybrids generate buzz |
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| Jun.30 |
San Carlos |
Tesla to build electric sedan in Bay Area
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| May.13 |
Bay Area |
Bay Area Gas Price Hits $4.02 A Gallon |
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| Apr.29 |
San Francisco |
Average Gas Price Reaches $4 A Gallon The average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline in San Francisco is marking a record-setting price for the city
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| Apr.27 |
San Francisco |
Choir prayers for lower gas prices |
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| Apr.11 |
Highway 80 |
Schwarzenegger opens bridge approach |
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| Mar.15 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Bridge to get congestion tolls |
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| Jan.18 |
Pleasanton |
Safeway Goes Green With Biodiesel Trucks |
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| Nov.6 |
Bay Bridge |
New bridge FasTrak lanes in effect
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| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
SF Gas Prices Highest In Country |
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| Oct.20 |
Highway 880 |
MacArthur Maze Closed To Repair Cracks
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| Oct.16 |
Bay Bridge |
FasTrak Metering Lights To Speed Up |
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| Sep.17 |
Pacifica |
Perilous Devils Slide Construction Begins
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| Sep.3 |
Bay Bridge |
Bridge Is Back In Business
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| Jul.9 |
San Mateo Bridge |
Bridge Increases FasTrak Lanes |
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| Jun.18 |
80 |
I-80 Tops List Of Most Congested |
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| May.24 |
Highway 580 |
Maze Reopens Despite Expert's Doubts A portion of the MacArthur Maze reopened just 25 days after the accident, but one expert raised questions about the safety of the new struct...
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| May.17 |
West Oakland |
Contractor: Maze To Reopen Next Week
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| May.16 |
Highway 580 |
Giant Steel Beams Added To Maze
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| May.15 |
San Jose |
Gas prices for super unleaded close $4
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| May.7 |
Highway 580 |
Caltrans Awards I-580 Work Contract |
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Highway 880 |
I-880 Connector Reopens For Commute
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| May.2 |
Highway 880 |
Maze Collapse Samples Come back Clean |
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| Apr.10 |
Bay Bridge |
Bridge To Be Closed On Labor Day
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| Mar.28 |
South of Market |
Gas Reaches $4 A Gallon At Shell Station
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South of Market |
New Traffic Switch For Bay Bridge Drivers
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| Jan.1 |
Bay Bridge |
Bay Area Bridge Tolls Increased |
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| Oct.19 |
SF Downtown |
Howard Street Closed For Over A Week |
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| Sep.9 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
$6 Toll To Cross Bridge? |
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| Sep.5 |
Bay Bridge |
Bridge Completely Reopens To Traffic |
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| Sep.2 |
Bay Bridge |
Lower Deck Closed Through Sept. 5 Map of building Bay Area Bridges The eastbound closed for demolition on the approach's upper deck from Beale Street west to the Clocktower Building
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| Aug.3 |
Pacifica |
Hwy 1. At Devil's Slide Reopens
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| Jun.4 |
Bay Bridge |
Eastban span had 10-hour closure
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| May.16 |
Half Moon Bay |
Businesses suffer from highway 1 closure |
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| Apr.18 |
Pacifica |
Explosions Rock Boulders Along Highway 1 |
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| Mar.1 |
Bay Bridge |
FasTrak Lanes Slowing Down Motorists |
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| Jan.22 |
Bay Bridge |
Caltrans Adds More FasTrak |
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| Sep.9 |
Western Addition |
New Central Freeway Opens Octavia Boulevard takes the place of the old off-ramps and cars will dissipate to several city streets
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| Aug.9 |
San Francisco |
Gas Prices Reach $2.71 |
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| Jun.27 |
Bay Bridge |
New FasTrak lanes open without incident
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| Jun.24 |
Bay Bridge |
Compromise Deal Reached on Bridge Bay Area tolls will increase $1 under to keep in place the designs for a soaring suspension Bay Bridge
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| May.6 |
Pacifica |
Groundbreaking For Devil's Slide Tunnel |
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| Apr.6 |
Bay Bridge |
Welders: New Bridge Unsafe The FBI is investigating disturbing claims that the new span being built is riddled with defective welds
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| Feb.15 |
SF Downtown |
Drivers to Pay Toll in Downtown? |
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| Feb.12 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
$6 toll idea for Gate Bridge ignored |
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| Jan.27 |
Orinda |
Caldecott Tunnel Expansion by 2012 |
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| Oct.23 |
San Francisco |
Premium gas rings up at $2.70 per gallon |
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| Jul.1 |
Bay Area Bridges |
Bridges Tolls Go Up a Buck Voters approved Measure 2, raising $125-million a year for a number of transportation projects
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| Nov.8 |
Vallejo |
Zampa Bridge opened by Gov. Davis Fireworks greet nation's first major suspension bridge in 30 years, a 3,400-foot span across the Carquinez Straits
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| Aug.25 |
San Francisco |
Gallon of unleaded gasoline is $2.13 |
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| Apr.8 |
SF City Hall |
Parking fee hike approved |
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| Mar.30 |
San Francisco |
Fell Street Off-Ramp Closed For Good |
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| Mar.5 |
San Francisco |
Regular fuel costs average $2.19 a gallon |
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| Oct.29 |
San Mateo Bridge |
More Lanes Ready |
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| Jun.28 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Toll hiked to $5 |
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| May.8 |
Pacific Heights |
Author Steel holds 26 parking permits |
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| Dec.28 |
San Mateo Bridge |
FasTrak on San Mateo Bridge |
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| Mar.9 |
Carquinez Bridge |
New Carquinez Bridge groundbreaking |
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