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  • New Bay Bridge
  • The Toll Bridge Oversight Committee will announce the opening date for the new Bay Bridge on Thursday.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, bay area traffic, wayne freedman
  • A big rig overturned and lost its load in Dixon spilling 26,000 pounds of tomatoes across Pedrick Road Tuesday morning.
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crash, solano county, bay area traffic
  • new Bay Bridge
  • The new Bay Bridge gets a green light from the federal government and is one step closer toward its opening day.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, bay area traffic, jonathan bloom
  • BART train
  • A Monday BART strike has been averted after a judge approved Governor Brown's request for a 60-day cooling off period.
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BART strike, oakland, BART, unions, SEIU, strike, traffic, transportation, jerry brown, dianne feinstein, barbara boxer, bay area traffic
  • Judge grants 60-day cooling off period
  • A Monday BART strike has been averted after a judge approved Governor Brown's request for a 60-day cooling off period.
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BART strike, oakland, BART, unions, SEIU, strike, traffic, transportation, jerry brown, dianne feinstein, barbara boxer, bay area traffic
  • BART, Bay Area Rapid Transit
  • A Monday BART strike has been averted after a judge approved Gov. Brown's request for a 60-day cooling off period.
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oakland, BART, unions, strike, transportation, lawsuit, bay area traffic
  • Contract talks between BART and its unions resumed Monday. Both sides have until next Sunday to avert another strike.
  • BART talks are heating up before they may have to cool down, as a cooling-off period that would avert a possible strike looms.
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BART strike, oakland, BART, unions, SEIU, strike, traffic, transportation, jerry brown, dianne feinstein, barbara boxer, bay area traffic
  • BART train
  • Gov. Brown will seek a court order on Sunday for a 60-day cooling off period if BART and its unions fail to come to an agreement.
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BART strike, oakland, BART, unions, SEIU, strike, traffic, transportation, jerry brown, dianne feinstein, barbara boxer, bay area traffic, laura anthony
  • Caltrans crews work on a fix for the broken bolts on the Bay Bridge
  • Construction crews have started pouring concrete for a saddle system that's designed to shore up broken bolts on the Bay Bridge.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, bay area traffic, laura anthony
  • BART train car.
  • Unless BART and its unions reach a breakthrough by Sunday, it seems inevitable that Gov. Brown will order a 60-day cooling off.
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BART strike, oakland, BART, unions, SEIU, strike, traffic, transportation, jerry brown, dianne feinstein, barbara boxer, bay area traffic
  • AC Transit bus at the temporary Transbay Terminal in San Francisco
  • Bay Area commuters woke up Wednesday morning, relieved to find out that AC Transit workers reached a tentative agreement.
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ac transit, strike, unions, transportation, oakland, emeryville, transbay terminal, BART, voting, bay area traffic
  • Board of inquiry panel regarding BART labor negotiations
  • The threat of another BART strike is intensifying. BART claims the transit agency's proposal and the unions' proposal are nearly $100 million apart.
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BART strike, oakland, BART, unions, SEIU, strike, traffic, transportation, jerry brown, bay area traffic
  • An AC Transit bus at the temporary Transbay Terminal in San Francisco.
  • ATU Local 192 reached a tentative agreement with AC Transit late Tuesday night, avoiding a potential strike for the bus system.
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ac transit, strike, unions, transportation, oakland, emeryville, transbay terminal, bay area traffic
  • Caltrain train
  • Caltrain is reporting delays this morning caused by a train that broke down at the Sunnyvale station.
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caltrain, bay area traffic
  • An AC Transit bus arriving at the temporary Transbay Terminal in San Francisco.
  • The union representing more than 1,600 workers for AC Transit is threatening to strike Wednesday.
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ac transit, strike, unions, transportation, BART, BART strike, oakland, emeryville, bay area traffic
  • Westbound I-80 coming off the Bay Bridge.
  • Monday, a big rig getting off the Bay Bridge caught fire during the morning commute.
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bay bridge, I-80, fire, traffic, CHP, food, bay area traffic, vic lee
  • Amalgamated Transit Union members.
  • Sunday night, a last minute board of inquiry order by Gov. Jerry Brown averted a Bay Area Rapid Transit strike.
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BART strike, oakland, BART, unions, SEIU, strike, traffic, transportation, ed lee, san francisco city hall, muni, jerry brown, bay area traffic, laura anthony
  • Highway 85 major-injury crash
  • A Siig-alert for northbound state Highway 85 in Cupertino Monday afternoon has been canceled.
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cupertino, crash, highway 85, bay area traffic
  • An oncoming BART car pulls into a station.
  • The contentious BART negotiations ultimately led to an intervention by Gov. Jerry Brown.
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BART strike, oakland, BART, unions, SEIU, strike, traffic, transportation, ed lee, san francisco city hall, muni, jerry brown, bay area traffic