(KRON) — Firefighters are battling a fire near the Altamont Pass Wednesday morning. The fire was initially reported at 5 acres, but has since grown to 20 acres. Forward progress of the blaze has ...

For decades, wind turbines straddling the Altamont Pass have generated clean electricity for California - at the cost of killing thousands of birds. The tall, grassy hills, raked by stiff winds in ...

Cal Fire firefighters responded to a grass fire in Altamont, in Alameda County on June 8, 2024. The fire grew to 41 acres as it was 60% contained as of 1:30 p.m. Cal Fire via Bay City News ...

The largest wind-power company in the Altamont Pass will replace thousands of turbines as part of a settlement with lawmakers and environmental groups hoping to reduce the number of golden eagles ...

SACRAMENTO -- The Pacheco Pass won out over a more northerly neighbor Wednesday in a heavily lobbied dispute over where high-speed trains should run between the San Joaquin Valley and the Bay Area.

An Antioch man driving a pickup truck on Interstate 580 died in a crash Sunday morning after careening off a cliff on the Altamont Pass, the California Highway Patrol said.

LIVERMORE — Firefighters managed to contain a vegetation fire alongside Interstate 580 lanes east of the city, authorities said. Around 2:30 p.m., California Highway Patrol officers received ...

AT&T is offering a $250,000 reward for the capture and conviction of vandals who have been cutting buried fiber optic lines in the Bay Area, disrupting phone, television and Internet service for ...

TRACY, Calif. (KTVU) - SkyFox is at the scene of an overturned big rig on Interstate 580 at 280 East of the Altamont Pass where all eastbound lanes have now reopened. The incident was reported ...

OAKLAND — An electric wind turbine company at the Altamont Pass can continue running 828 older generation windmills until 2018 despite estimates they will kill an estimated 1,600 birds during ...