The 1927 Carquinez Bridge is dying a slow ... of the bridge and began to lower it -- from its position 130 feet above the strait -- toward the waters below. From there, it will be placed on ...

The Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline encompasses more than 1,400 acres of bluffs and vistas in the rolling hills above Crockett. Managed by the East Bay Regional Park District, the area is a ...

Embers jumped the freeway and ignited above the California State University ... Costa side of the straits,” Hill said. The Carquinez Bridge is in a hot spot for the Bay Area’s oil refineries.

The $6.4 billion Bay Bridge opened Labor Day weekend about 10 years behind schedule and far above original cost estimates. By contrast, the Carquinez Bridge new span cost $114.2 million.