Dominic Fracassa

3 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Dominic Fracassa

Firefighters at the scene of a blaze that burned multiple homes in San Francisco’s Inner Richmond neighborhod. San Francisco Fire DepartmentA large fire in San Francisco's Inner Richmond neighborhood early Friday morning displaced 35 people and required the work of about 140 firefighters to extinguish, officials said. The fire started shortly before 2 a.m. Friday in the rear of an apparently residential building on the 500 block of Fifth Avenue. What caused it wasn't immediately clear.

3 weeks ago | sanluisobispo.com | Dominic Fracassa

California Highway Patrol officials on Monday warned motorists about a small sinkhole that emerged on the off-ramp to The Alameda from northbound Interstate 880 in San Jose. Officials closed the off-ramp as crews worked to repair the sinkhole. As of noon, there was no estimate for how long the ramp might be closed.

3 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Dominic Fracassa

Officials at the scene of a sinkhole that emerged on an Interstate 880 off-ramp in San Jose. California Highway PatrolCalifornia Highway Patrol officials on Monday warned motorists about a small sinkhole that emerged on the off-ramp to The Alameda from northbound Interstate 880 in San Jose. Officials closed the off-ramp as crews worked to repair the sinkhole. As of noon, there was no estimate for how long the ramp might be closed.

4 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Dominic Fracassa

A crash on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge closed all of the span’s lanes. Jessica Christian/The ChronicleA crash on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge closed down all lanes on the span Thursday morning, according to California Highway Patrol. Additional details about the crash weren’t immediately available, but CHP said on social media that the accident occurred “at midspan” on the bridge. CHP said the lanes had reopened a little over an hour after sending a social media alert about the crash.

1 month ago | sanluisobispo.com | Annie Vainshtein |Dominic Fracassa

May 20-A pre-dawn explosion and fire at the San Leandro BART Station caused "major service issues" for the transit agency in the East Bay on Tuesday, as service remained down at several stations for much of the day. The fire, which damaged BART equipment, forced the transit agency to halt service south of its Lake Merritt Station. There was no Blue, Green or Orange Line service between the Berryessa, Dublin/Pleasanton and Lake Merritt stations for several hours, BART officials said.