ACE train kills child in Santa Clara
Authorities are trying to determine how a “very young minor” got onto railroad tracks in Santa Clara Saturday night and was hit and killed by an Amtrak train. The...Read More
Palo Alto city electrical worker dies in accident
An employee of the City of Palo Alto’s utilities department died Saturday in an accident that happened while a city crew was working to upgrade an electrical transformer, a...Read More
Get-right game: 49ers look to get back on track against Cardinals
Following their first loss, overtime hear-breaker tot he Seahawks, the 49ers (8-1) turn around on a short week to face the Arizona Cardinals (3-6-1) for the second time in...Read More
Highway 121 remains closed due to overturned, leaking fuel tanker
State Highway 121 near Sears Point remains blocked Saturday afternoon in both directions, five hours after a big-rig hauling a tanker overturned and was leaking fuel. The semi-truck was...Read More
Castro Street structure fire injures two, displaces 13
Fire crews were mopping up late Saturday morning after a four-alarm blaze tore through a Castro District building, injuring two people. The fire, reported at 4:32 a.m. at 456...Read More
Overturned tractor-trailer shuts down highway near Sears Point
The California Highway Patrol issued a traffic alert Saturday morning after an overturned tractor-trailer was blocking both directions of state Highway 121 at state Highway 37. The crash, near...Read More
Twelve-acre North Orinda prescribed burn continues Saturday
A prescribed burn will continue Saturday at an area east of the San Pablo Reservoir, officials said. CAL Fire, the East Bay Municipal Utility District and the Moraga-Orinda Fire...Read More