By Sindy Harris Special to the Herald Benicia may have noticed a cleaner Interstate 780 and its ramps lately. My husband, Steve, and I hope so, since we adopted a three mile stretch of I780 and its adjoining on and off ramps through CalTrans’ Adopt-A-Highway program several months ago. We have become a bit obsessed […]
Numerous agencies respond to third-alarm vegetation fire off Interstate 780
Staff Report The Benicia Fire Department battled an intense vegetation fire for nearly two hours Thursday evening before it was finally under control. At approximately 6:43 p.m., the Fire Department received reports of a vegetation fire in the area of Eastbound Interstate 780 between Glen Cove and Columbus Parkway, according to a news release by […]
Car flips outside of Benicia
A car flipped over on the side of Interstate 780 Wednesday. Benicia Firefighters received a call at 8:14 a.m. that a car traveling east down Highway 780 had lost control and exited the freeway, flipping over one time. The car landed 50 yards south of the highway near the Benicia State Recreation Area. Firefighters rushed […]
Fire blazes on I-780; roadside burns
A vehicle fire reported about 11:43 a.m. Wednesday destroyed a passenger car aboard a commercial tow vehicle and ignited dry vegetation on the right side of East Interstate 780 between the Southampton Road and East Second Street exit ramps, Fire Division Chief K.C. Smith said. The fire forced a shutdown of the east lanes of […]