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Drilling Begins Today on Fourth Bore of Caldecott Tunnel
ORINDA, Calif. (KCBS) – Crews will begin drilling into the mountainside near Orinda on Monday as they start work on excavating the fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel. The 130-ton, 50-foot-long tunnel...
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Bay Area Drinking Water To Flow Beneath The Bay
MENLO PARK (KCBS) — The aging pipes mounted atop wooden trestles a century ago to send water from the Hetch Hetchy River to the Bay Area will be replaced by a unique tunnel beneath the San Francisco...
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Businesses Anxious For Devil’s Slide Tunnel To Open
PACIFICA (KCBS) – Merchants along the San Mateo County Coastline are anxious for the Devil’s Slide Tunnel Project to open. Many shop owners see the stretch of Highway 1 as a critical lifeline, one that...
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New East Bay-Peninsula Crossing Getting Another Look
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS / AP) – Bay Area transportation officials may soon take another look at the idea of building a new tunnel or bridge across the bay. A committee of the Bay Area Toll Authority on...
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San Jose Weighs Downtown Aesthetics Of High-Speed Rail Route
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – An elevated track or a tunnel? That was the question being tossed around ahead of a Tuesday San Jose City Council meeting about high speed rail plans. KCBS’ Matt Bigler Reports:...
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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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