News
Westbound Interstate 580 closed after big rig fire spreads to hills near Altamont Pass
LIVERMORE — A fire that began on a big rig spread to a hillside near the Altamont Pass early Friday and forced an hourslong closure to one direction of a freeway that lasted into the afternoon, the California Highway Patrol said.
The fire then spread to the vegetation, leading to heavy smoke in the area. Officials have shut down all westbound traffic on ...
The Altamont Pass was first developed for wind power in the late 1970s and at one point had nearly 6,000 turbines in operation. Much of the hilly land is owned by cattle ranchers who lease wind ...
LIVERMORE, CA – SEPT 24: A bird flies past a turbine that is no blowing in the Altamont Pass hills, where 23 new wind turbines were installed as part of the new Scott Haggerty Wind Energy Center ...
The Altamont proposal would have crossed the pass west of Tracy and traveled through the Tri-Valley to a new bay crossing near the Dumbarton Bridge, where it would have headed north to San ...
LIVERMORE — In what Alameda County officials are calling a historic milestone, the framework for the next 30 years of wind energy on the Altamont Pass has taken a step forward, with hopes it ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback