SF News 19th Avenue Repaving Project to Start Creating Traffic Nightmares on Monday Cue more complaints about the Great Highway being closed! A project to repave 19th Avenue means that a major north-west route through the city — and part of Highway 1 — will see lane closures lasting a full year.
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.
SF News Sonoma Commuters Rejoice as a 30-Year Freeway-Widening Project Gets Finally, Finally Finished Pretty much anyone who has lived in the Bay Area any length of time and has done some driving on 101 north to Sonoma County is familiar with the infamous forever traffic situation you run into right at the Marin-Sonoma border.
SF News 10-Car Crash on Northbound 101 In San Francisco Causes Major Traffic Backup; Driver Who Fled Scene Apprehended A ten-vehicle crash on northbound 101 in San Francisco Tuesday afternoon led to some police activity as CHP officers pursued a driver who allegedly tried to flee the crash scene.
SF News Big Rig Fire Spreads to Vegetation Near Altamont Pass, Causing Temporary Freeway Closure A big rig somehow caught fire on the shoulder of I-580 early Friday morning in Livermore, near the Altamont Pass, and the fire spread to an adjacent hillside.
Arts & Entertainment Expect Traffic and Crowded Trains as Giants Night Game Coincides With Kylie Minogue at Chase Center Australian pop legend and gay icon Kylie Minogue is doing an SF show this evening, and the Giants are playing the Brewers tonight, and it's all going to be happening in the same part of town.
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.
SF News Jackknifed Big Rig, Spilled Fuel Closes Three Lanes of Southbound 101 Near SFO Southbound 101 was a mess Thursday morning for anyone trying to get to SFO, after a two-vehicle collision involving a jackknifed big rig spilled some fuel and left three lanes of the freeway blocked.
SF News Muni Is Free This Weekend, Because SF Really Doesn’t Want You Driving During NBA and Chinese New Year Events The blockbuster combination of both the NBA All-Star Game and the Lunar New Year Parade in SF this weekend has SFMTA making Muni free on Saturday and Sunday to limit traffic gridlock, and the little-used Chinatown Subway and T-Third will be in the spotlight.
SF News Overturned Big Rig Blocks Westbound Caldecott Tunnel, Snarling Traffic An injury crash involving an overturned big rig that dumped a large amount of debris in the roadway closed all lanes of westbound Highway 24 in Oakland today, causing a major traffic situation.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Avocado Truck Overturns on 101 A truck carrying 16,000 pounds of avocados overturned in the northbound lanes of 101 in San Mateo; SF officials pushback on study calling SF the country's "worst-run city"; and a 30-year-old McDonald's has closed at Stonestown.
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 Protests Block Golden Gate Bridge, All Northbound Lanes of 880 In Oakland Tax Day protests over the war in Gaza have caused a commute nightmare for anyone trying to get to San Francisco from the North Bay, or anyone traveling north on I-880 toward Oakland or San Francisco.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Overturned Trailer Briefly Blocks All of I-880 South A woman in a wheelchair was struck and injured in the Tenderloin; an overturned big rig trailer caused an early morning traffic nightmare on I-880 south; and the Warriors aren't giving up just yet.
SF News Fatal Motorcycle Crash on 101 Freeway In SF Snarls Traffic A Thursday afternoon collision on westbound 80/southbound 101 in San Francisco shut down a section of the busy freeway, and drivers were being told to find alternate routes, especially they are trying to get to the Peninsula from the Bay Bridge.
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 Big Eucalyptus Tree Comes Crashing Down On Cars In Golden Gate Park You've heard about the Bay Area's problem with big eucalyptus trees that smell nice but are nearing the end of their lives and have a habit of falling over? Well, one did just that on Crossover Drive in Golden Gate Park, causing a major traffic backup on 19th Avenue.
SF News Bay Bridge Protest Fallout: Transplant Organs Delayed; Two Motorists Claim They Were Wrongfully Detained The massive traffic nightmare Thursday morning that was caused by a pro-Gaza-ceasefire protest on the westbound Bay Bridge meant that several donated organs that were in transit to and from UCSF hospitals were delayed in getting transplanted into patients.
SF News Video: Nude Woman Fires Gun Multiple Times Near Bay Bridge Toll Plaza We have yet another story involving a Bay Area bridge, someone going through something, and a major traffic backup resulting from the situation.
SF News Justification of Friday's Richmond Bridge Closure and Subsequent Carmageddon Being Questioned Many are wondering whether the California Highway Patrol overreacted to a situation involving one man on Friday, which they said necessitated the closure of all eastbound lanes of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge for 17 hours.
SF News Person Having Mental Health Episode Shuts Down Lower Deck of Bay Bridge A person having some sort of mental health crisis was apparently pacing back and forth in lanes of traffic on the eastbound (lower) deck of the western span of the Bay Bridge Wednesday afternoon, near Treasure Island.
SF News Six Collisions Lead to 19-Car Pileup and Traffic Mess on Southbound 101 In SF A traffic nightmare unfolded on southbound 101 in San Francisco Wednesday morning following an initial collision that snowballed into multiple collisions and a 19-car pileup.
SF News Home Invasion and Car Theft Suspect Killed on San Mateo Bridge After Running Out of Gas A suspect was struck and killed by an oncoming car after exiting a vehicle he allegedly stole on the San Mateo Bridge early Wednesday, after apparently running out of gas.
SF News Early Morning Fatal Motorcycle Crash Near Bay Bridge Interchange In SF Causes Huge Traffic Headaches A fatal crash involving a motorcyclist ended up impacting traffic in multiple directions early Tuesday because of where it took place, and well into rush hour traffic was still snarled and slow all the way across the Bay Bridge.
SF News Highway 37 In Sonoma County Shut Down Following Injury Accident Involving Two Big Rigs The often trafficky Highway 37, which connects northern Marin County and Sonoma County to Napa and Vallejo, was shut down in both directions Friday after following a major injury crash involving two big rigs.
