Suddenly, motorists who find themselves jammed up on Highway 101 peer out their windows at a tantalizing sight: The diamond lane appears to be empty.

WALNUT CREEK — Cara De Jong woke up, splayed out and covered in blood, on the corner of Treat Boulevard at the end of September. She had landed there after a four-door sedan collided into the side of her Urban Arrow cargo bike during her Monday morning commute to the office, while she was turning left onto Buskirk Avenue shortly before sunrise.

Four people, including a child, were involved in a terrifying DUI crash on Interstate 280 in San Jose on Oct. 26, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash happened around

Deputies with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office shot and killed a man armed with a knife during a traffic stop Monday evening in San Jose, police said. The fatal encounter

Monte Parker, 57, was arrested Friday night as Fairfield police investigated the circumstances surrounding the collision.

Organizers expect big numbers, with protesters citing concerns about immigration enforcement, limits on free speech and an increase in authoritarian rhetoric from the Trump administration.

This is only the latest in a drumbeat of job cuts at Chegg: June 2024, November 2024, May and now, for a total of 1,396 layoffs. The company declined to respond to SFGATE’s questions and request for comment but in a Monday news release wrote that it is “restructuring” to cut costs.