Light rail-unmarked police car collision send S.J. officer to hospital

A VTA light-rail train collided with an unmarked San Jose Police car Thursday night, injuring the on-duty officer inside.

The force of the crash pushed the vehicle several yards, leaving shattered glass on the roadway and the officer trapped inside his car on First Street just north of Highway 880.

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GPS system to predict Caltrain arrivals

The large digital message boards at Caltrain stations should be more useful in the future as the agency rolls out a GPS system to tell riders exactly when the next train will arrive at the platform.

On Thursday, Caltrain’s board is scheduled to approve a capital budget that includes an extra $700,000 for [...]

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Highway 101 near East Palo Alto cleared after crash

All lanes of northbound Highway 101 near East Palo Alto are now clear following a reported three-vehicle collision this morning, a California Highway Patrol dispatcher said.

The crash was reported at about 11:10 a.m. just south of University Avenue and may have involved a bus and two other vehicles, according to CHP officer [...]

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Californians consuming less gas

It’s the peak of the summer driving season, crude oil hit an all-time high Tuesday of $78 a barrel, and still, somehow, gas prices in California have been steadily sliding.

In fact, at $3.07 a gallon, the average cost of gas in the state isn’t much more - and in a few [...]

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Roadshow: Driving record, not driver’s age, should decide if test is needed

Editor’s Note: After a fatal crash last week involving a 68-year-old driver on Interstate 280, reader John Sturgeon - age 72 - suggested older drivers should be required to take a tougher test before renewing their licenses. This followed his trip to the Department of Motor Vehicles where he had to take only a written [...]

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Californians consuming less gas

It’s the peak of the summer driving season, crude oil hit an all-time high Tuesday of $78 a barrel, and still, somehow, gas prices in California have been steadily sliding.

In fact, at $3.07 a gallon, the average cost of gas in the state isn’t much more - and in a few [...]

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Bus fire on Interstate 880 in San Leandro extinguished

Firefighters have extinguished flames that were shooting from the right side of an articulated AC Transit bus, but two lanes remain closed on southbound Interstate Highway 880 near San Leandro this morning.

The incident began at around 7:15 a.m. and the California Highway Patrol shut down lanes Nos. 4 and 5 while emergency [...]

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Highway overpass north of Sacramento collapses, crushing truck

OROVILLE, Calif. - A highway overpass that was under construction collapsed this morning, crushing a delivery truck and injuring a bridge worker.

Firefighters swarmed the FedEx delivery truck to cut its driver from underneath a large steel beam that crushed the hood but missed the cab. A second beam landed [...]

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Gas turnabout: Californians, using less gas, defy national trend

It’s the peak of the summer driving season, crude oil hit an all-time high Tuesday of $78 a barrel, and, still, somehow, gas prices in California have been steadily sliding.

In fact, at $3.07 a gallon, the average cost of gas in the state isn’t much more - and in a few cases [...]

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California ban on parking cars for sale

The days of trying to sell your car by parking it on El Camino Real are numbered.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law a measure that effectively bans the unregulated sales, popular for years along certain stretches of El Camino and other state roads.

The law, sponsored by state [...]

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