SF News [Updated] Traffic Backs Up Into SF Following Two Crashes, One on Bay Bridge Approach A pair of freeway crashes Monday morning in SF, both on roadways headed in the direction of the Bay Bridge, led to injuries, a significant fuel spill, and a traffic nightmare for those trying to drive to the East Bay.
Arts & Entertainment Video: Skysurfer 'Grinds' on Bay Bridge Cables — to Promote Red Bull A stunt skysurfer jumped out of a helicopter over the weekend, and parachuted with his skysurfing board onto the cables of the western span of the Bay Bridge, briefly sliding down them.
SF News Casual Carpool is Back, Set to Launch Tuesday in Oakland’s Grand Lake Neighborhood The decades-long tradition of commuting across the Bay Bridge with random strangers is officially back after pausing during COVID. Camille Bermudez, the organizer behind the revival of Casual Carpool, announced the carpool will launch Tuesday at one Oakland location.
SF News Video: Nutty Robbery Suspect Driver Dashes Wrong Way on Bay Bridge in July 4 Melee An alleged July 4 robbery in SF led to some fleeing suspects evading police, and SFPD just released wild drone video of the suspects trying to get away by driving the wrong direction across the Bay Bridge into oncoming traffic.
SF News Carjacking Attempt in SF Sparks Bay Bridge Police Chase, Ends in Berkeley Arrests A carjacking attempt in SF’s Potrero Hill on Friday afternoon led to a police pursuit across the Bay Bridge and ended with the arrest of three suspects in Berkeley around 2:00 p.m.
SF News Driver Killed In Multi-Car Crash On Bay Bridge Friday Night One man has died and another injured after a high-speed crash involving four cars on the Bay Bridge on Friday night. The crash temporarily closed westbound I-80 lanes near the incline.
SF News Car Fire Blocks Multiple Eastbound Lanes of Bay Bridge A car towing a small motor home caught fire on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge Tuesday afternoon, creating a traffic snarl that backed up into San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment Bay Lights Relighting Hits a Snag, They Probably Won’t Be Back On Until Fall or Winter 2025 Some dimming news about the relighting of the Bay Bridge's famed Bay Lights, as the lights themselves have hit a glitch, and the display’s return appears to be delayed by at least six months.
Arts & Entertainment Anti-Radiation Group Sues to Halt the Reinstallation of the Bay Bridge’s Bay Lights With the wildly popular Bay Bridge light display 'The Bay Lights' set to return in a couple of months, a group that files radiation lawsuits on the regular is suing to prevent the display’s reinstallation, calling it a “neurologic hazard.”
Arts & Entertainment Reinstallation of 'The Bay Lights' Has Begun on the Bay Bridge, Full Display Back This Winter Work to reinstall a new set of even-more-weatherproof LEDs for the 'Bay Lights' art piece on the Bay Bridge — the third time that the work has been installed since its initial debut in March 2013 — is now underway.
SF News New BATA Proposal Has Some Bridge Tolls Rising to $11.50 By 2030 Under a recently released proposal from BATA, commuters would begin to see gradual increases to their toll payments starting in 2026 if the plan goes through.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: CHP Seizes 16 Cars From Bay Bridge Sideshow Using surveillance footage, the CHP ID'd and seized 16 cars connected to a September Bay Bridge sideshow; the mummified body found on a toilet in Union City has been ID'd; and Rep. Eric Swalwell's war of words with Pamela Price is escalating.
Arts & Entertainment SF’s Newest Park Just Opened Right Next to Chase Center, Featuring Steel Beams From the Old Bay Bridge SF’s newest park has some retro charm in the form of benches and beams from the disassembled old eastern span of the Bay Bridge, as the $32 million Bayfront Park just opened Tuesday right next to the Chase Center.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Car Catches Fire on Bay Bridge, Holds Up Traffic An alleged serial harasser of children around Golden Gate Park was arrested; someone stumbled across a dead body in a Palo Alto parking lot; and a blazing automobile snarled westbound traffic on the Bay Bridge.
SF News Oakland Moves to Clear Encampment at Toll Plaza Beach, Displacing About a Dozen As officials warned they would do in recent weeks, police and Public Works staffers arrived Tuesday morning to do a sweep at an encampment near the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza that had grown to around a dozen residents.
SF News Man In Car Crash on Bay Bridge Leaps Into Bay, Gets Coast Guard Rescue A man involved in a two-car crash on the Bay Bridge Thursday ran from the scene, perhaps to escape law enforcement attention, and jumped into the Bay, according to California Highway Patrol.
SF News Big Rig's Trailer Catches Fire On Westbound Bay Bridge Near Yerba Buena Tunnel; Accident Also on Eastbound Deck There were traffic situations in both the eastbound and westbound directions on the Bay Bridge Friday morning, with a semi truck's trailer fully engulfed in flames just east of Yerba Buena Island.
SF News SUV Catches Fire on Upper Deck of Bay Bridge A "fully engulfed" car fire Tuesday morning caused some delays and three lane closures on the Bay Bridge.
SF News 3AM Sideshow Takes Over Bay Bridge A sideshow that may have been the culmination of several others on the Peninsula Saturday night broke out around 3:15 am Sunday on the eastbound deck of the Bay Bridge, east of Treasure Island.
SF News One of Two Alleged Smoke Shop Burglars Charged With Murder In Wrong-Way Crash Near Bay Bridge Two men who were in a vehicle driving the wrong way up an I-580 ramp near the Bay Bridge toll plaza earlier this month and collided with a BMW, killing the driver, are facing multiple charges, and one has been charged with the BMW driver's murder.
Arts & Entertainment Bay Lights Coming Back On? Organizers Say They've Almost Hit Their $11 Million Goal The arts organization behind the Bay Bridge’s Bay Lights project says they’re just $250,000 shy of the $11 million they need to turn those lights back on — and this time, cover both sides of the bridge with lights.
SF News Early Morning Wrong-Way Crash Near MacArthur Maze In Oakland Kills One, Causes Major Traffic Backup An early morning three-car crash Tuesday near the Bay Bridge approach, which stemmed from a police pursuit following an alleged burglary, killed one person and injured three others, and the subsequent investigation led to hours of traffic on westbound I-580 and Highway 24.
SF News 78 Bay Bridge Protesters Accept Pretrial Diversion Deal and 5 Hours Community Service 78 of the 80 individuals arrested in connection with a Gaza ceasefire protest that took place on the westbound Bay Bridge during APEC week last November are going to be serving five hours of community service in punishment for the disruption.
SF News Three East Bay Residents Identified In Bay Bridge Crash The three people killed in an early morning crash on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge have now been identified.
SF News Two Killed After Car Stalls on Eastbound Bay Bridge, Traffic Backed Up Into SF Two people were killed in a Mini Cooper early Thursday on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge, reportedly after the car stalled and was struck by a pickup truck.
