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Funding Up In The Air For San Francisco’s Central Subway
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Plans for San Francisco’s Central Subway remain on track, but much of the Federal funding needed for the project has not yet arrived. The route would begin at the Caltrain...
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About The Bay: Getting Ready For America’s Cup Crowds
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — America’s Cup is sailing towards San Francisco Bay in a hurry. Although it’s two years away, that’s not a lot of time when it comes to urban planning, and San Francisco...
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East Bay Teen Severely Injured In Santa Cruz Co. Beach Sand Collapse
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY (CBS SF) – An East Bay teen was in critical condition Monday after a sand tunnel he was digging at Sunset State Beach in Santa Cruz County collapsed on top of him over the weekend....
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Vigils Held For Orinda Teen Critically Hurt In Beach Sand Tunnel Collapse
ALAMO (CBS SF) – More than 150 people have come to two prayer sessions for an Orinda teenager who was injured at a beach in Santa Cruz County on Saturday when a tunnel he was in digging in the sand...
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San Francisco Central Subway Project Gets Green Light
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – San Francisco’s central subway project will move forward after approval of a $233 million contract to dig a tunnel underground to Chinatown. For supporters of the central subway,...
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East Bay Teen Remains In Critical Condition From Sand Collapse
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — An Orinda teenager injured Saturday at a state beach in Santa Cruz County remains in critical condition at a San Jose hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said. Ryan Buchanan, 17, was...
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East Bay Teen Injured In Sand Collapse Now In Vegetative State
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Doctors believe that Ryan Buchanan, a 17-year-old Orinda boy who was injured in June when a sand tunnel he was digging collapsed on him, is in a perpetual vegetative state, according...
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Driver Arrested On DUI After Muni Train Tunnel Crash
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Service on the San Francisco Municipal Railway underground Metro system was restored Thursday morning hours after a man drove his SUV into a Muni tunnel, causing a major...
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Devil’s Slide Tunnel Project Reaches Milestone
PACIFICA (KCBS) – The Devil’s Slide tunnel is set to open to traffic later this year and will mark a milestone on Thursday with paving of the project expected to be completed. The tunnel will carry...
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Tangled Lines Disrupt Muni Metro Service, Hassle Commuters
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Three San Francisco Muni Metro lines were out of service Thursday afternoon after a train that was moving between the Castro and Church stations pulled down some overhead...
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Man Who Drove Into SF Muni Tunnel Pleads Not Guilty To DUI
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A man accused of driving his car into a San Francisco Municipal Railway tunnel last month pleaded not guilty Friday to DUI charges, a district attorney’s office spokeswoman...
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Digging Begins For San Francisco Chinatown Subway Project
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/AP) — Crews plan to start digging up a square block of San Francisco Tuesday for a new subway tunnel to Chinatown, even though funding remains up in the air. The contractor plans...
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North Beach Group Files Lawsuit Over SF Central Subway Project
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – A key portion of San Francisco’s Central Subway project is raising concerns in the city’s North Beach neighborhood, and has prompted a lawsuit. The San Francisco Municipal...
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New Devil’s Slide Tunnel About To Open To Coastside Motorists
PACIFICA (CBS/AP) — Two slick new mile-long tunnels are poised to divert motorists away from an ocean cliff-hanging roadway dubbed Devil’s Slide south of San Francisco to a smooth, Alpine-like...
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Hidden Tunnel Reveals Engineering Secrets Of The New Bay Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – The self-anchored suspension tower may be what makes the new Bay Bridge tower iconic, but a hidden aspect of the structure actually acts as the nerve center of the new eastern...
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Devil’s Slide Tunnels Set To Open On March 25
HALF MOON BAY (CBS SF) — It appears that later this month the “coast is clear” for those hoping to travel through the Devil’s Slide twin tunnels, as a grand opening date for the $440 million,...
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Hundreds Celebrate Opening Of Devil’s Slide Bypass Tunnels
PACIFICA (CBS SF) – Hundreds gathered on a coastal San Mateo County hillside Monday to celebrate the opening of two tunnels that will replace a notorious stretch of state Highway 1 at Devil’s Slide....
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Devil’s Slide Bypass Tunnel Opens To Traffic
PACIFICA (CBS SF) – Traffic was flowing smoothly through California’s newest tunnel system at Devil’s Slide in San Mateo County Tuesday, a California Highway Patrol officer said. Beginning at about 2...
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Tunneling Work Set To Begin On San Francisco’s Central Subway Project
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Tunneling work for the Central Subway project in San Francisco is set to begin in the coming weeks, with the underground work beginning at 4th and Harrison streets. San Francisco...
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Fire Safety Tests Underway Ahead Of New Caldecott Bore Opening
ORINDA (CBS SF) – Fire safety drills were taking place in the Caldecott Tunnel’s new fourth bore Monday in preparation for the bore’s opening later this month. The drills—which involve the state fire...
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4th Bore Of Caldecott Tunnel To Open As Soon As Saturday Morning
ORINDA (CBS SF) – The bottlenecks and backups faced by motorists heading toward the Caldecott Tunnel will be a thing of the past as soon as Saturday morning with the opening of the tunnel’s brand new...
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4th Bore Of Caldecott Tunnel Opens To Motorists
ORINDA (CBS SF) — The new westbound fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel in Orinda has officially opened to the public Saturday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The bore, which is...
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Caldecott Tunnel 3rd Bore, WB Hwy. 24 Closed Midnight to 5 A.M. Sunday
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The third bore of the Caldecott Tunnel and part of westbound state Highway 24 near the tunnel in Oakland will close for several hours early Sunday morning to enable the removal of an...
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Tour Construction Inside San Francisco’s Central Subway Tunnel
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The tunneling taking place under San Francisco for the Central Subway project is set to be finished within the next 2 months. KCBS’s Anna Duckworth took a tour of the work site...
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Abandoned Mine Shaft On Cal Campus Could Help Warn Of Coming Quakes
BERKELEY (KPIX 5) – University of California, Berkeley seismologists are digging into the school’s past in hopes of creating a better warning system for California earthquakes. Behind a sturdy, rusted...
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Man Dies After Tunnel In Sand Collapses On Half Moon Bay Beach
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_20140723112526380AA.mp4 HALF MOON BAY (CBS SF) — A man died on a Half Moon Bay beach after a tunnel he was digging collapsed, burying him under four feet...
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Overnight Closures Planned For Caldecott Tunnel Bore Over Next Two Weekends
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Motorists can expect delays during overnight closures of an eastbound bore of the state Highway 24 Caldecott Tunnel from Oakland to Orinda over the next two weekends as crews work on...
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Williams’ Family Supports Renaming Waldo Tunnel; Project Moves Ahead
The Robin Williams tunnel petition from back in August is moving forward—and it has the family's support…
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Hetch Hetchy Drinking Water Delivered Through 1st-of-its Kind Tunnel...
REDWOOD CITY (KCBS)— A first-of-its kind tunnel dug underneath San Francisco Bay began delivering water from the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park on Wednesday. Water officials at...
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2nd Transbay Tube Being Studied
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — BART has released a comprehensive plan for the next decade that could include a second transbay tunnel in its effort to increase Bay Area service. The agency unveiled the...
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Here’s What’s Happening With That Robin Williams Tunnel Petition
Have you been wondering over the last couple months about whatever happened with that petition to rename the tunnel on the Golden Gate Bridge after Robin Williams? Here’s your answer.
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3-Day Partial Closure Of San Francisco’s Van Ness Avenue Begins Friday Night
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — There’s never really a good time to shut down a busy street in San Francisco, but at 12 a.m. Saturday that’s exactly what happens on Van Ness Ave. between Post Street and Geary...
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San Francisco Doyle Drive Weekend Closure Postponed To July 9th Through 13th
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Transit officials announced Doyle Drive’s extended weekend closure has been rescheduled for July 9th through the 13th to avoid the 4th of July holiday weekend. The postponed work...
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BART To San Jose Project Goes Underground With $4.7B Tunnel
SAN JOSE (KCBS) — BART trains will be running all the way to San Jose by next year. Transit officials are already planning for phase two of the project, tunneling under downtown San Jose. The five...
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Smoke In Tunnel Near Civic Center Muni Station
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Fire fighters responded to reports of smoke in the Muni tunnel near the Civic Center station Monday morning. Crews determined the smoke was due to debris in a fan room and the...
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Caltrans Set To Build Tunnel For Wildlife Under Highway 17
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS (KPIX 5) – Highway 17 through the Santa Cruz Mountains is not just a busy commuter route, but also a busy pathway for wildlife. Caltrans is set to build a tunnel to protect animals...
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Report: Secret Drug Smuggling Tunnel Discovered Under Former KFC
ARIZONA (CBS Local) – A tunnel that stretches from a former Kentucky Fried Chicken in Arizona all the way to a home in Mexico was discovered last week by investigators, who believe the secret...
View ArticleMuni’s Twin Peaks Light-Rail Tunnel Reopens
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The Twin Peaks Tunnel, which has been closed for the past two months undergoing major upgrades, reopened to serve three light-rail routes Saturday, with a fourth service set to...
View ArticleOvernight Closure Of Main Muni Metro Tunnel To Impact San Francisco Transit
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Starting next Monday night at 9:30 p.m., the SFMTA will shut down the Muni tunnel between the Embarcadero and West Portal stations so crews can repair aging systems. This is...
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Car Flips In Dramatic Crash On EB 80 Inside Tunnel On Treasure Island
TREASURE ISLAND (CBS SF) – Officers responded to a dramatic crash inside the Treasure Island tunnel on eastbound Interstate 80, Saturday night. The accident happened around 10:30 p.m., according to the...
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