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Yahoo
2 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
Pedestrian hospitalized in downtown Oakland car crash
(KRON) — A pedestrian is injured after being struck by a vehicle on Thursday afternoon in Oakland. The Oakland Police Department said the collision happened just after 3:45 p.m. in the 800 block of Market Street. Richmond-San Rafael Bridge reopens following crash OPD said officers located the victim at the scene who was taken to a nearby hospital by paramedics. Their condition has not been released. Police said the driver stayed at the scene and assisted police in their investigation. It has not been determined if drugs or alcohol factored into the crash. This is an active case. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the OPD Traffic Section at (510) 777-8570. Those with videos or photos that can aid police are asked to send them to cidvideos@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
2 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Guernsey States urged to act on concerns over housing plans
A parish has called on the States to act over concerns about the impact of plans to build more than 1,000 new homes over the next six new homes would be built in St Sampson's in Guernsey under the Island Development Plan's (IDA) spatial strategy, alongside plans for 89 new homes in St Sampson's Parish Douzaine said that while concessions had been made in relation to the Vazon plans, the Development and Planning Authority (DPA) had failed to act on concerns about the impact on infrastructure in their parish, including a rise in traffic volumes of as much as 50%.The DPA has been approached for comment. Karl Guille, from St Sampson's Parish Douzaine, said they had "been on the back foot" since the IDA was introduced in 2011, putting "the majority of new housing in our parish"."We are concerned that our infrastructure simply can't cope with the level of development that is being proposed," he said it was "somewhat ironic" that the Development and Planning Authority chose to recognise road safety, traffic management and other concerns raised around the planned development of 89 new homes in Vazon "when it continues to promote over 1,000 new houses in the north of the island".Guille said several road junctions were already operating over capacity and traffic volumes there were more than twice the levels seen in the west and south of the a statement issued in response to the plans, the Douzaine said it was disappointed there had not been a review to the spatial strategy to allow the "burden of development to be shared more widely".The 1,000 new homes represented 64% of the island's allocation, they added. 'Concerns largely ignored' The parish's junior constable Joe Abbotts said it was a shame concerns continually highlighted by the parish and traffic consultants in 2010 and in 2012 "have largely been ignored". "Central to those concerns is the cumulative impact such developments will have on existing roads infrastructure resulting in numerous junctions operating above capacity with significant queuing," he have also been expressed about the increased flood risk if large numbers of housing were to be built on low lying land such as in the Braye du Valle and about the impact on existing public utility infrastructure. St Sampson's Douzaine said while it appreciated that demand for housing, and especially affordable housing, was becoming increasingly urgent, the new housing would cause a "significant increase" in demand on "already constrained roads and public utility infrastructure".Parishioners of St Sampson were also "rightly concerned about the potential depreciation in the value of their homes and the deterioration in the quality of life that could arise living in such highly developed areas", the spokesperson spatial strategy prioritises housing development in and around the edges of the urban centres of St Peter Port and St Sampson and Vale. 'Extremely disappointed' A spokesperson for St Sampson's Douzaine said they were "extremely disappointed the States had not taken the opportunity to review the strategy to allow the burden of development to be shared more widely".They said some of the latest proposed amendments to the draft plan were sensible in seeking to concentrate future developments on brownfield or redundant glasshouse sites and creating some limited additional housing sites in the west and south of the these amendments "do not go anywhere near far enough in the opinion of St Sampson's Douzaine to allay existing concerns over the anticipated impact that such high levels of continued development will have on the north of the Island", they added.
CBS News
7 hours ago
- Automotive
- CBS News
Car crash and fire shut down eastbound I-80 in Placer County
BLUE CANYON — A stretch of eastbound Interstate 80 in Placer County is closed Thursday evening due to a vehicle that caught fire after crashing, officials said. Cal Fire had crews respond to the scene and said the flames spread to nearby vegetation off the side of the freeway. The crash happened shortly after 4:45 p.m. near Blue Canyon Road. No other vehicles were involved. The eastbound lanes are closed to all traffic. It was not yet clear when it would reopen. No injuries have been reported.
CBS News
10 hours ago
- Business
- CBS News
Kennedy Expressway construction is a month ahead of schedule
Anyone who deals with bumper-to-bumper traffic on the Kennedy Expressway as part of the daily commute is in for some good news. The Kennedy Construction Project just so happens to be a full month ahead of schedule. It is far from complete, but drivers can expect some changes. Effective Sunday, June 1, traffic leaving downtown Chicago and heading northwest will be able to use both the express and local lanes to continue between Addison Street and the Kennedy-Edens junction at Montrose Avenue to get to O'Hare International Airport. Since the third and final phase of the Kennedy Construction Project began in March, drivers in the express lanes have not been able to exit onto I-90 toward O'Hare, and have been forced to follow the Edens, or I-94, to Foster Avenue. However, the preparation for this change will cause some annoyances betwixt 11 p.m. Saturday and 10 p.m. Sunday. The Illinois Department of Transportation said effective at 11 p.m. Saturday, May 31, the express lanes will close altogether. An hour later at midnight Sunday morning, the outbound Kennedy will be reduced to one lane between Addison Street and Montrose Avenue, and intermittent ramp closures will also take place along that stretch. These closures will end at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 1, when the new configuration will be in place. In the new traffic configuration, the outbound lanes will shift slightly to the left on the new pavement between Addison Street and Montrose Avenue, and the reversible lanes will remain open in the outbound direction — with two mainline outbound lanes closed at a time. The reversible mid-gate entrances and exits will stay closed, IDOT said. This change, again, is happening a month ahead of schedule. But the whole project still isn't set to be over until Thanksgiving. IDOT issued a reminder about closures planned for next month: On Thursday, June 5, the Ontario Street and Division Street on-ramps to the outbound Kennedy will close for about two weeks. On Monday, June 9, the outbound Kennedy off-ramps to North and Fullerton avenues will close for about two weeks. Currently, the Ogden Avenue on-ramp to the outbound Kennedy is closed, the outbound Kennedy off-ramp to Ohio Street, and the Armitage Avenue on-ramp to the outbound Kennedy are all closed. They are all expected to reopen the week of June 9.
CBS News
10 hours ago
- General
- CBS News
Semi crash in I-25 construction zone in Northern Colorado led to extended closure, Construction will continue for 3 more years
A semi crashed into a bridge on Thursday morning, causing both directions of Interstate 25 to shut down in Northern Colorado for all of the morning and the early part of the afternoon. The crash happened in a stretch of the interstate that has been undergoing expansion construction. The Colorado Department of Transportation confirms crashes in the construction zone have been on the rise. The interstate fully reopened at approximately 3 p.m. CDOT has been working to expand both north and southbound lanes from Dacono through Fort Collins for years now. The project has completed work between Loveland and Fort Collins and is now focused on the stretches south of Loveland. CDOT's Jared Fiel said the construction zones between Loveland and Fort Collins also saw a spike in crashes during that work, however the rates dropped quickly after construction completed. While unable to confirm what caused Thursday morning's crash, Fiel said a majority of the collisions taking place in the construction zones are connected to excessive speeds. "We really need people to be aware this is a construction zone," Fiel said. While some may say the lanes appear to be smaller in the construction zones, Fiel said that is not the case. He said the cement barriers being closer to the lanes creates an optical illusion of a smaller lane, and leaves less margin for error. "Those lanes are just as wide as every other lane, it just appears tighter because the barrier is close," Fiel said. "It's nerve racking. You have to pay attention. You got to be on your toes, you know," said Max Salen, a truck driver passing through Colorado. Salen was transporting his truckload from Canada to Kansas. In his trek through Colorado he was instructed to avoid a portion of I-25 through Northern Colorado. "I have a wide load, I don't know what is going on," Salen said. When he heard about the construction and the Thursday morning crash, he said it did not surprise him too much that the area was more dangerous than other stretches. "It is a whole thing. Even my permit is telling me to go around all that stuff," Salen said. Salen said it is more challenging to navigate construction zones in such large trucks, especially when other drivers in smaller vehicles are speeding and cutting trucks off. "I'm always looking for someone stupid and to cut by you. It comes with the job," Salen said. "Oh yeah. Guys will whip around you. They don't care. But you have to account for that." Construction in the area isn't expected to be completed until 2028. Fiel said they have installed rumble strips to notify drivers they are entering work zones. CDOT is also in the testing phase of introducing speed cameras in the construction zones which would eventually issue citations to drivers for exceeding construction zone speed limits. "We know this eventually is going to make tings safer. What we need right now is for people to be paying attention, especially in a work zone," Fiel said.
