Disasters
Report: Bridge base rods can't be easily inspected
More than 400 seismic safety rods that may be vulnerable to cracking or breaking are embedded in the base of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and may be difficult to inspect, remove or replace, according to a newspaper report. The 424 threaded rods are among more than 2,000 on ...
Holder: Civilian courts best to try terror cases
Attorney General Eric Holder says those who argue that civilian courts are incapable of handling terrorism cases "are simply wrong." He says that after Sept. 11, members of Congress "placed unwise and unwarranted" restrictions on where certain suspected terrorists could be held, charged and prosecuted. In the wake of the ...
Crews extinguish small hillside brush fire in Belmont
Fire crews put out a small brush fire in Belmont Saturday morning, according to Belmont police. The fire on a hillside behind the 1100 block of Village Drive was reported around 10:50 a.m., police Sgt. James Christman said. Christman said the small fire grew to about 30 by 50 feet ...
Man killed attempting to cross Rohnert Park expressway
A man who attempted to cross five lanes of traffic outside of a crosswalk was struck and killed in Rohnert Park Friday evening, police said. Terry Gray, 54, of Point Reyes Station, was attempting to cross Rohnert Park Expressway at about 5:25 p.m., police said. Witnesses told police that Gray ...
America's Cup planning endures rough waters
Olympic gold medal-winning sailor Andrew "Bart" Simpson's death during an America's Cup training run on San Francisco Bay last week was the latest and most glaring setback to befall an event that had already encountered its share of rough waters. Now, questions are being raised about the safety of the ...
Taxi crashes into Walnut Creek house, driver suffers minor injuries
A taxi driver veered off of a roadway and into an unoccupied house in Walnut Creek Tuesday afternoon, according to a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District dispatcher. The crash was reported around 12:45 p.m. in the 1200 block of Claiborne Drive, the fire dispatcher said. The cab driver was ...
Sinkhole repairs continuing in San Francisco’s Presidio Heights
A large sinkhole that appeared Monday in San Francisco's Presidio Heights neighborhood will likely take the rest of the week to repair, a spokesman for the city's Public Utilities Commission said Tuesday. The sinkhole, which is about 20 feet in diameter and 10 feet deep, was reported around 5 p.m. ...
San Jose police encounter rowdy crowd celebrating Cinco de Mayo
San Jose police quelled a crowd of about 400 people celebrating Cinco de Mayo on Sunday, including some rowdy celebrants who threw rocks and bottles at officers, a police spokesman said. Despite the problems, San Jose police credit a patrol strategy in East San Jose and downtown for a decline ...
San Bruno wants PG&E fines to exceed $1B for blast
The California agency investigating a deadly pipeline explosion and the City of San Bruno are set to propose major fines they say PG&E should pay for its negligence leading up to the blast. The City of San Bruno says the utility's shareholders should pay no less than $1.25 billion for ...
Limo driver provides new details on fatal fire on SM bridge
Investigators are trying to determine why a stretch limousine burst into flames on the San Mateo-Hayward bridge, trapping and killing five of the nine women inside on a girls' night out, including a newlywed bride. It happened late Saturday night as the Lincoln Town Car crossed the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge ...
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