SF News Solo Crash On Bay Bridge Ties Up Westbound Traffic After Occupants Abandon Car Westbound traffic was backed up on the Bay Bridge Thursday afternoon after a grey Toyota crashed into a bridge railing and the occupants all got out and ran away to Treasure Island.
SF News Sunday Night Sideshow In SF Blocks Bay Bridge, Spawns Numerous Smartphone Videos A Rincon Hill sideshow briefly blocked the entrance and exit to the Bay Bridge Sunday night, and Twitter Karen-dom is furious at the lack of arrests.
SF News Bay Area Traffic Is Fully Back, and On One East Bay Bridge It's Worse Than Pre-COVID People have been saying it for a couple months now: Traffic around the Bay Area is pretty much back to pre-pandemic levels. But what transportation planners warned of last year appears to be coming to pass — it's going to be worse than before until BART use ramps back up.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Driver Jumps Off Bay Bridge Following Major Crash A Coast Guard search was underway Wednesday night following a multi-car crash on the Bay Bridge and a driver who reportedly jumped into the water, more CVS stores get the COVID vaccine, and poll finds 1 in 5 Americans lost someone to the pandemic.
SF News Early Morning Shooting on Bay Bridge Leaves One Man Critically Injured A man was shot in the chest on the right shoulder of the eastbound lanes of the Bay Bridge just past Treasure Island Wednesday morning, and he is in critical condition.
SF News Biker Killed on Bay Bridge Identified; Stockton Man Arrested for His Murder The 20-year-old dirtbiker who was killed in a collision on the Bay Bridge on Sunday while trying to evade CHP officers has been identified as Christopher Lee of Beaumont, Texas.
SF News Motorcyclist Killed On Bay Bridge After Day Of Cops Chasing Dirtbike Sideshows Around SF Hundreds of motorcyclists, many on off-road dirtbikes and ATVs, paraded around SF and nearby cities on Sunday mostly evading capture by authorities. But when two motorcyclists tried a daredevil move on the eastern span of the Bay Bridge, it ended with one of them dead.
SF News New Monthly Toll Invoices for Bay Area Bridges Start In January — With Penalties for Late Payment FasTrak Luddites beware! Starting at midnight on New Year's Eve, drivers without FasTrak tags or existing License Plate Accounts with the Bay Area Toll Authority will begin receiving monthly invoices for toll crossings on seven Bay Area bridges.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Bay Bridge Traffic Returns to Pre-Pandemic Levels Coronavirus death rates are dropping across the country but crowded hospitals may change that, Sonoma County officials really want to get out of the "Purple" tier, and Bay Bridge traffic is basically back to pre-pandemic levels in case you were wondering.
SF News Person In Crisis Prompts Police Shutdown of I-80 In San Francisco, Large Backup A major traffic jam on I-80 in San Francisco occurred Wednesday morning due to a police incident that began around 10 a.m., closing all eastbound lanes of the freeway approaching the Bay Bridge.
SF News ‘Go Slow’ Protests For Breonna Taylor to Possibly Block Bay Bridge and Golden Gate as Word Spreads On Social Media Protesters were being encouraged to “pick a bridge” on Thursday and “go slow” in order to bring further attention to the lack of justice in the police killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville — and the Dumbarton Bridge is being targeted as well.
SF News Scenes of Solidarity: Photos and Videos From This Weekend's Demonstrations Across the Bay Area As you've maybe heard: traffic on the Bay Bridge is starting to lift after a 50-plus-car caravan protest temporarily blocked the westbound lanes. But this weekend was also filled with dozens of other local nonviolent demonstrations, one being a "blackout march" at City Hall.
SF News Exploded Minivan Causes Major Backup on Westbound Bay Bridge A vehicle on fire caused one of the first major traffic jams of the pandemic on the Bay Bridge Friday morning, with SF-bound congestion backed up all the way to Emeryville.
SF News Study Predicts Post-Lockdown Traffic In Bay Area Will Be a Nightmare As everyone readjusts to leaving the house more often and perhaps going back to work, they may not feel safe riding public transit or carpooling for a while, which could make for some ugly commute experiences for months to come.
SF News A Police Chase-Related Crash Blocks Three Eastbound Lanes of the Bay Bridge A police chase following an apparent carjacking and a subsequent crash has led to three lanes being blocked on the Bay Bridge. And yes, there are actually quite a few people still trying to go back and forth across the Bay.
SF News Major Accident Closes Three Eastbound Lanes On Bay Bridge Seriously impacting the commute out of SF toward the East Bay this evening is a major crash just past Treasure Island on the eastbound, upper deck of the Bay Bridge.
SF News District 18 Assemblymember Introduces Bill That May Bring Bus Lane To Bay Bridge Assemblymember Rob Bonta introduced Assembly Bill 2824 Thursday which, loosely paraphrased, could help usher the construction of a bus lane on the Bay Bridge, theoretically easing traffic along the motorway and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
SF News Shooting Near Toll Plaza Halts Eastbound Bay Bridge Traffic A shooting Friday morning caused a snarl in commuter traffic on the Bay Bridge, particularly for those trying to get to the East Bay.
SF News Idiot Takes E-Scooter Onto Bay Bridge Some damn fool — apparently a tourist — took an e-scooter onto the Bay Bridge to head eastward during the evening commute on Wednesday. And no, he was not hurt or killed so he now must be publicly shamed.
SF News Loma Prieta at 30: 'I Was the Guy Driving the Pickup Behind the Disappearing Car in the Video on the Bay Bridge' An immediately famous bit of video shot on the Bay Bridge in the moments after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake showed two cars driving on the damaged eastern span, with one, a sedan, dropping into the gap created when a 50-foot segment of the upper deck collapsed.
SF News Car In Flames Causes Rush Hour Backup On Westbound Bay Bridge A burning vehicle on the San Francisco approach of the Bay Bridge caused a significant traffic backup for commuters Monday morning.
SF News Tesla Driver Arrested After Reportedly Driving to Oakland the Wrong Way on the Bay Bridge A Tesla driver was taken into custody Monday morning after allegedly driving the entire way east across the Bay Bridge in the westbound lanes of the upper deck.
SF News Vehicle Fire On Lower Deck Of Bay Bridge Closes Lanes, Causes Friday Night Traffic A van on fire in the far lefthand, eastbound lane of the Bay Bridge Friday night led to four out of five lanes being closed as emergency crews responded.
SF News Man 'Dangling' From Bay Bridge Causes Rush-Hour Shutdown A man who apparently got out of a vehicle on the upper deck of the Bay Bridge and was then hanging off a rail on the side of it Thursday afternoon caused all westbound traffic to be halted for over a half hour.
SF News Eastbound Bay Bridge Traffic Backed Up Into SF Following Rollover Crash If you're reverse-commuting to Oakland or otherwise need to get to the East Bay this morning, you may want to consider BART. Three of five eastbound lanes have been blocked since around 8 a.m.
