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| Mon. |
San Carlos |
Tesla to build electric sedan in Bay Area| Tesla Motors, the maker of electric-powered roadsters, has chosen the Bay Area to build a manufacturing plant for its new model. Gov. Schwarzenegger and state Treasurer Lockyer worked out the deal for Tesla Motors Inc. after lear... | |
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| Sun. |
Bay Area |
Commuters ditching cars due to gas cost Commuters across the Bay Area are trying to avoid driving because of high gas prices. BART ridership went up 4.5%, Caltrain 6.4%
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| May.13 |
Bay Area |
Bay Area Gas Price Hits $4.02 A Gallon The statewide average price has reached a record high of $3.94. Cities that top the list include San Mateo, where gas is $4.05
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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 Washington, D.C.-area Rocky Twyman came to stage a pray-in at a Chevron station and call on churchgoers to ask for God's intervention
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| Apr.11 |
Highway 80 |
Schwarzenegger opens bridge approach A new portion of eastbound I-80 will open to traffic, easing congestion that has long frustrated commuters
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| Mar.24 |
San Francisco |
City Has Nation's Top Gas Prices |
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| Mar.15 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Bridge to get congestion tolls
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City Council discusses filing for bankruptcy
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| Feb.13 |
Antioch |
Next Phase Of Highway 4 Bypass To Open
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| Jan.28 |
San Carlos |
Tesla Gets Waiver From Feds
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| Jan.18 |
Pleasanton |
Safeway Goes Green With Biodiesel Trucks
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City To Appeal $36.9M Judgment
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| Nov.6 |
Bay Bridge |
New bridge FasTrak lanes in effect The metering lights switched at 6:00 and certain lanes of commuters experienced a faster pace of lights
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| Nov.3 |
Bay Bridge |
Faster FasTrak Lane Metering Lights
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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 The new concrete overlay is cracking and flaking on the ramp that connects westbound I-80 to southbound 880
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| Oct.16 |
Bay Bridge |
FasTrak Metering Lights To Speed Up
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| Oct.9 |
Half Moon Bay |
Veggie-Fueled SUV Driver To Pay Gas Tax
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| Sep.17 |
Pacifica |
Perilous Devils Slide Construction Begins Construction began on a $322 million tunnel-and-bridge project that will replace a scenic but earthquake-prone stretch of Pacific Coast Highway
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| Sep.3 |
Bay Bridge |
Bridge Is Back In Business The bridge reopen at 6 p.m., far ahead of the originally scheduled reopening of 5 a.m. Tuesday
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| Aug.9 |
Bay Area Bridges |
49 'High-Priority' Bridges In Bay Area |
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| Jul.31 |
Highway 580 |
New BART Station Prompts 580 Lane Shift |
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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.31 |
SF Downtown |
Station Sells Gas For Record Low Price |
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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 structure. At 8:39 p.m.,vehicles exiting the bridge cruised over the new 16... | |
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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 |
Vallejo |
Steel Beams To Be Added To Maze |
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San Jose |
Gas prices for super unleaded close $4 Average prices in the Bay Area for a gallon of regular gas are at $3.47
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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 1 week that a connector ramp in the MacArthur Maze was closed due to a fiery crash, Schwarzenegger announced that it would reopen
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| May.3 |
Highway 80 |
Caltrans Begins Contractor Selection |
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| May.2 |
Highway 880 |
Maze Collapse Samples Come back Clean
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| May.1 |
Highway 80 |
Engineers Consider Options For Freeway |
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| Apr.30 |
Oakland |
Commute Goes Smoother Than Expected |
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Ballet Pioneer M. Smuin Collapses, Dies
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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 
At a station on 6th and Harrison premium gasoline went for over $4 a gallon
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South of Market |
New Traffic Switch For Bay Bridge Drivers
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S.F. Board Bans Plastic Grocery Bags
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| Mar.9 |
San Francisco |
Gallon averages $3.10 |
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| Jan.30 |
Highway 4 |
Hwy. Billboards Stir Controversy |
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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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| Oct.2 |
San Jose |
City has nation’s worst roads |
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| Sep.9 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
$6 Toll To Cross Bridge?
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| Sep.5 |
Brentwood |
New Ideas For A Safer Vasco Road |
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Bay Bridge |
Bridge Completely Reopens To Traffic
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| Sep.2 |
Bay Bridge |
Lower Deck Closed Through Sept. 5| 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 Residents and business owners have endured monstrous traffic snarls and lagging revenues since the closure in April
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Supes Pass Health Care For Uninsured
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| Jun.4 |
Bay Bridge |
Complete Bridge Work Ahead of Schedule |
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Bay Bridge |
Eastban span had 10-hour closure California Department of Transportation opened the lower deck at 10 a.m.
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| May.30 |
Bay Bridge |
Bridge To Close Over Weekend |
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Town To Seize of Wal-Mart Land
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| May.16 |
Half Moon Bay |
Businesses suffer from highway 1 closure
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| May.15 |
Highway 80 |
Caltrans Re-Opens Lane In Pinole |
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| May.9 |
Bay Area Bridges |
More FasTrak Lanes On The Horizon |
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| May.6 |
Richmond |
Hole Fixed On San Rafael Bridge |
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| May.4 |
Los Gatos |
Winter Storm Repairs Begin On Hwy. 17 |
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| Apr.18 |
Pacifica |
Explosions Rock Boulders Along Highway 1
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| Apr.17 |
Pacifica |
Controlled Blasts For Devil's Slide |
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| Mar.1 |
Bay Bridge |
FasTrak Lanes Slowing Down Motorists
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County To Pay Hell's Angels $1 Million
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| Jan.22 |
Bay Bridge |
Caltrans Adds More FasTrak
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Mayor Accuses Conductors Of Stealing
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| Oct.11 |
San Francisco |
CarShare: millions of gallons of gas saved |
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| Sep.26 |
Highway 680 |
Toll For Solo Carpool Proposed |
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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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| Sep.6 |
South of Market |
Harrison Street Off Ramp Closes |
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MUNI truck accident victims gets $27m
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| Aug.11 |
Richmond |
San Rafael Bridge Retrofit A Bargain |
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| Aug.9 |
San Francisco |
Gas Prices Reach $2.71
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| Jul.11 |
San Francisco |
Parking Meter Fines, Rates Increase |
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| Jun.27 |
Bay Bridge |
New FasTrak lanes open without incident The new 3 lanes are located on the far right of the toll plaza
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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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Naval Weapons Station be closed
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| May.6 |
Pacifica |
Groundbreaking For Devil's Slide Tunnel
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| Apr.29 |
Highway 880 |
Bottleneck Eased by New Interchange |
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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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| Feb.9 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Another Toll Hike for the Bridge |
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| Jan.27 |
Orinda |
Caldecott Tunnel Expansion by 2012 |
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City considering fee on grocery bags
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| Oct.23 |
San Francisco |
Premium gas rings up at $2.70 per gallon |
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| Oct.7 |
San Francisco |
Gallon of regular unleaded $2.34 |
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| Jul.19 |
Dumbarton Bridge |
Cash lane converted to FasTrak lane |
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| Jul.11 |
San Mateo Bridge |
FasTrak Expands on Bridge |
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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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| May.25 |
San Francisco |
Drivers pay around $2.43 for gallon |
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| Mar.12 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
District proposing fare increases |
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| Nov.18 |
San Mateo Bridge |
Speed limit to increase to 65 mph |
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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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Bush to ask 87 billions more for Iraq
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| Aug.25 |
San Francisco |
Gallon of unleaded gasoline is $2.13 |
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| Aug.20 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
New clock mounted at toll plaza |
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| Jul.29 |
Golden Gate Park |
Supes nix parking meters |
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| Jun.23 |
South San Jose |
New Ramps Set to Ease Commute |
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| Jun.2 |
San Jose |
Some Carpool Lanes Get the Ax |
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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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| Mar.2 |
Bay Area Bridges |
More FasTrak Lanes To Coming |
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| Dec.22 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Zero-emission vehicles ride free |
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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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| Jun.27 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Bridge board considers $5 toll |
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| Jun.21 |
San Francisco |
S.F.-Oakland congestion 2nd worst in US |
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Politically Correct Coffee Plan
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| May.8 |
Pacific Heights |
Author Steel holds 26 parking permits |
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| Apr.2 |
San Jose |
Light rail project to close lanes |
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| Dec.25 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Toll hike possible |
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| Dec.12 |
Berkeley |
Berkeley Wants To Flag Pedestrians |
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| Jul.19 |
Danville |
SUV-only parking |
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| Jan.7 |
San Francisco |
Commute to Worsen Until April |
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| Dec.31 |
Pacifica |
Tunnel bypass Highway 1 washouts |
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| Dec.28 |
Hayward |
FasTrak on San Mateo Bridge |
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| Nov.30 |
Bay Bridge |
FasTrak gets slow start |
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| Mar.9 |
Crockett |
New Carquinez Bridge groundbreaking |
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