Sal Castaneda

Work to remove the toll booths on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge will begin before the end of May. The bridge will transition to an open-road tolling system. Currently the toll plaza squeeze causes backups heading into Marin County during commute hours and on weekends.

Anxious much? A Kaiser psychologist offers some Election Day tips on how to relieve some of that Election Day tension.

Southbound I:680 is blocked due to a big rig crash. KTVU’s Sal Castenada shares the latest road traffic conditions.

Talk about a traffic jam.A truck carrying a load of 40,000 pounds of strawberries overturned on northbound US Highway 101 at the Insterstate Highway 880 interchange early Wednesday morning.The California Highway Patrol was reported at 2:55 a.m.Traffic was jamming up on both highways.Clean-up efforts required a big rig tow truck to remove the strawberry truck and another truck of workers who were working to remove the strawberries.Crews also unloaded cartons of strawberries, stacking them on the…

Three people in a red Mini Cooper died Thursday morning after being struck by the driver of a Toyota Tacoma on the lower deck of the <a href=“https://www.ktvu.com/tag/transportation/bay-bridge” target=“_blank”>Bay Bridge</a>, officials said.The Mini Cooper had stopped, or possibly broken down, in the No. 4 lane on the bridge, when the driver of the Tacoma slammed into it about 4:15 a.m., San Francisco Fire Lt. Mariano Elias said.Firefighters extricated the people inside the Mini Cooper but the d…

A motorcyclist riding a Suzuki died Sunday in Alameda.The city sent an alert out about 1 p.m. to avoid the area of 9th Street and Lincoln Avenue.KTVU captured video of the aftermath, which included a four-door gray car with deployed air bags in the middle of the intersection, and the crumpled Suzuki on the other side of the street.Police did not immediately respond to KTVU’s questions. But several officers were at the site, securing the scene with crime scene tape. No other details were availabl…

Nina Mongiovi says she shouldn’t be alive right now. The 34-year-old woman says she’s only here because of the help of a man who <a href=“https://www.ktvu.com/news/police-id-suspect-in-domestic-stabbing-shot-himself-after-getting-gun-illegally” target=“_blank”>died protecting her at her Pacifica home</a>. “He died protecting me and protecting my children,” Mongiovi says about her boyfriend.On Dec. 21, her 29-year-old boyfriend, Ezra Pouch, was staying at her house on Naoimi Lane because of recen…

A Pacifica woman stabbed more than a dozen times in an episode of domestic violence last month is now speaking out and has a warning for other women.

Menlo Atherton youth football team can’t afford to travel to championship game

An Amtrak train struck an SUV on Wednesday morning after at least two witnesses said they saw the driver go around the crossing arm, and got dragged onto the tracks.

Stephen Curry’s new film ‘Underrated’ reveals what made the basketball star different and what fueled his fire throughout his career.

Darren Allison wants to bring down crime in Oakland.

If you’ve driven past Petaluma without stopping to eat, you may be missing a town with a lot to offer.

People can talk all they want about pitches, runs and steals on Opening Day. But the real talk of the town is where to get the best grub. Let’s see where Sal Castaneda likes to eat (and drink.)

A crash on the Bay Bridge has shut three lanes of traffic.

The Califorina Highway Patrol said he saw the man in the SUV fire shots about 6:45 a.m. There were no injuries but the victim’s car was damaged.

A Castro Valley photographer shot a wedding photo of a couple wearing air filtration masks and standing in a vineyard not far from the Kincade Fire. The image has gone viral on the internet.