Traffic

The bicyclist and the truck were both headed east on California Avenue, with boy riding on the sidewalk, about 7:40 p.m. when the truck made a right turn onto El Camino Real and collided with the cyclist, police said.

The collision was first reported at 5:44 a.m. on the highway at the Brokaw Road off-ramp, according to the CHP.

The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District was called to the scene at O'Hara Avenue and West Cypress Road shortly after 11 a.m., where they found a vehicle had gone off the road and into a parking lot.

The work by Cal Fire crews will be done between Bear Creek and Brush Road south of Los Gatos.

The man, whose name was not immediately released, was headed east on I-80 at about 12:40 p.m. Saturday when, at the split onto eastbound Highway 4 his Dodge Dakota pickup veered right across several traffic lanes and into a field near the interchange, the CHP said.

An 11-year-old boy was crossing the street in Antioch when they were struck by a car and killed Thursday.

State Highway 4 is closed in both directions Thursday evening just east of Discovery Bay due to an overturned big-rig, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The California Highway Patrol is seeking the driver of a truck who they say struck and killed a 12-year-old girl in a crosswalk in Castro Valley on Monday afternoon. 

CHP Officer Ross Lee said that at about 3:05 a.m. Sunday, a Yamaha motorcycle driven by the Salinas man was on the connector from southbound state Route 87 to southbound Route 85 when the cycle veered to the right and into a concrete wall.

The bridge will be closed from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday from Monday through March 13 to allow Caltrans to inspect the bridge's structural integrity as required every two years by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration.

Northbound closures are scheduled from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Southbound closures are scheduled from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m.

California State Senator Bill Dodd wants to turn Highway 37 into a toll road and use the money to raise it up to protect low-lying stretches from rising sea levels. 

”It’s very tragic anytime somebody does got out of their way to do something and puts themselves in peril," CHP Sgt. Kurtis Waldschmidt said.

Six people were taken to the hospital after a Thursday morning crash on southbound Highway 17 near Los Gatos.

A 20-year-old woman died Thursday morning in a traffic collision on northbound Interstate Highway 680 in San Jose, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Police were called at 4:26 p.m. Sunday to James Donlon near Hummingbird Lane, in southwestern Antioch. Officers arrived to find the woman nearby, having been ejected from the crashed vehicle. Police said she was pronounced dead at the scene.

The solo-vehicle accident occurred about 5:10 p.m. Saturday. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The victim, whose city of residence is unknown, was in the No. 2 lane of the off-ramp when he was struck by a 36-year-old Livermore man driving a 2013 Honda who exited the highway shortly after 1 a.m.