Three marine terminals at the Port of Oakland are operating partially and the largest terminal is closed Thursday after truckers effectively shut down terminals Wednesday in protest of California's gig worker law, port officials said.

The protests started Monday and were making the container congestion at the port worse, according to the port, whose officials are urging an end to the shutdown.

California adopted the gig worker law, Assembly Bill 5, in 2018, establishing the rights of many independent contractors as employees. Independent contractors have opposed it because they argue it limits the flexibility of their work arrangements.

The courts have upheld it. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review it, letting the ruling in lower courts stand.

Robert Hight is on a winning streak this year in his Funny Car, a type of drag racing car with a fiberglass body and an engine in front of the driver. Hight grew up in Alturas in Northern California and worked his way up from being a crewman to one of the most accomplished drivers in the sport.

Hight is now a three-time world champion and drives for John Force Racing, the most successful team in American motorsports.

Hight comes to the Bay Area this week to participate in the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals from Friday to Sunday at Sonoma Raceway, fresh off two consecutive wins in Norwalk and Denver.

He spoke to Bay City News about his personal connection with Sonoma Raceway, the competition he faces from his own records and fellow drivers, and he reveals his favorite restaurant in the area.

San Jose police responded Thursday afternoon to a bomb threat at Unitek College that has prompted the evacuation of the campus.

The threat was reported at 2:55 p.m. at the school in the 6800 block of Santa Teresa Boulevard. Officers are doing a sweep of the campus and are asking people to avoid the area.

One man was killed and another man was wounded in a shooting early Thursday morning in Antioch, police said.

Officers responded at 12:59 a.m. to reports of gunshots fired in the 300 block of Lawton Street.

The two victims were located in a residential driveway, and investigators determined they had been injured in a drive-by shooting, police said.

Officers immediately began to administer first aid and called for paramedics, but one victim, a 34-year-old man, succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. The second victim, a 45-year-old man, was transported to a hospital and is currently in stable condition, according to police.

No arrest has been made in the shooting and police have not released any suspect information.

Two men have been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting near Lafayette in March, the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday.

Don-Juan Watson, 19, and Jalin Washington, 20, were arrested after sheriff's deputies served warrants at a home in Antioch. They are accused of killing 20-year-old Basel Jilani in the area of Taylor Road and Gloria Terrace around 1 p.m. on March 23, sheriff's officials said.

The pair are also suspects in robberies around the Bay Area. Watson was booked into county jail on suspicion of murder, two counts of robbery and conspiracy, while Washington was booked on suspicion of murder, two counts of robbery, conspiracy, burglary, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and allowing someone to discharge a firearm from his vehicle, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Both suspects are being held without bail.

A motorcyclist died in a crash at a U.S. Highway 101 off-ramp in Millbrae on Wednesday night, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.

The crash was reported shortly after 9:45 p.m. in the area of the Millbrae Avenue off-ramp from southbound Highway 101, CHP Officer Art Montiel said.

A San Francisco man in his 50s appeared to try to go off the highway at the off-ramp but lost control of the motorcycle and crashed into a wall, Montiel said. He succumbed to his injuries at the scene.

The man's name was not yet available from the San Mateo County coroner's office.

The off-ramp was closed for more than two hours, reopening early Thursday morning, according to the CHP.

A 48-year-old man had his initial court hearing Wednesday on assault with a deadly weapon charges for allegedly stabbing another man at San Francisco International Airport a day earlier, prosecutors said.

Samuel Day is accused of stabbing a 23-year-old airport employee in the baggage claim area of SFO's Terminal 3, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office.

San Francisco police responded around 4:55 a.m. Tuesday to the report of the stabbing and learned that Day, who is suspected to have mental health problems, was seen running around the luggage carousels with a steak knife and then suddenly stabbed the airport worker in the back, prosecutors said.

The employee was taken to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital with a 2-inch stab wound. The injuries are not considered life-threatening.

Day ran off following the stabbing but was arrested shortly afterward and gave no explanation for why he stabbed the airport employee. He was sick and unable to come to the initial arraignment hearing Wednesday, so the hearing was continued to Thursday, prosecutors said. Day remains in custody with bail set at $100,000.

Caltrans has scheduled two full weekend closures of eastbound Interstate Highway 80 at the Green Valley Road exit in Fairfield and the eastbound I-80 connector to southbound Interstate Highway 680 as crews continue work on the I-80/I-680/state Highway 12 interchange project.

The Green Valley Road exit closure will run from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. The I-80 connector to I-680 closure will begin at 10 p.m. Friday and run until 5 a.m. Monday as well.

Highway 12 will also be closed for three consecutive nights beginning on Friday at 10 p.m. until Saturday at 8 a.m. The closure will then restart on Saturday at 11 p.m. and reopen on Sunday at 9 a.m. The final night of closure will begin on Sunday at 8 p.m. and reopen on Monday at 5 a.m. Traffic will be rerouted to Red Top Road.

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