{"id":299786,"date":"2026-05-04T22:16:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/299786\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T22:16:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:16:04","slug":"dirt-bike-takeover-shuts-down-bay-bridge-70-bikes-impounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/299786\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirt bike takeover shuts down Bay Bridge; 70 bikes impounded"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

Dirt bike riders shut down the Bay Bridge, stranding commuters in traffic for more than an hour.<\/p>\n

Riders moved from westbound to eastbound lanes, abandoned bikes and took off from the scene, with at least two people arrested.<\/p>\n

About 60 bikes were impounded, one suspect jumped into the bay and was rescued, and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

OAKLAND, Calif. – A group of dirt bike riders caused chaos on the road Sunday evening, briefly shutting down the Bay Bridge<\/a> and stranding commuters on the bridge for more than an hour.<\/p>\n

Chaos on Bay Bridge<\/p>\n

What we know<\/p>\n

\"<div>A<\/p>\n

A person who was allegedly part of a dirt bike takeover tried to just in the bay. May 3, 2026 Photo: Oakland Fire Department<\/p>\n

The California Highway Patrol responded to calls of alleged illegal activities<\/a> by the dirt bike riders on the westbound side of the bridge a little before 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

An hour later, the dirt bike riders made their way to the eastbound lanes toward Oakland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The chaotic sequence stranded bystanders and drivers in standstill traffic for more than an hour on the bridge.<\/p>\n

Eventually, CHP was able to get the riders to clear out, with a large group of the suspects ditching their bikes and taking off on foot.<\/p>\n

According to the Oakland Fire Department, one of the alleged bikers jumped into the bay.<\/p>\n

That person was rescued and arrested for allegedly trying to dodge police. That biker was one of at least two people arrested that evening.<\/p>\n

Roughly 70 bikes were impounded following the bridge shutdown, and no injuries were reported, Oakland police said.<\/p>\n

\"<div>Oakland<\/p>\n

Oakland police recover more than 70 dirt bikes and ATVS on the Bay Bridge. May 3, 2026 Photo: OPD<\/p>\n

Dirt bike takeovers<\/p>\n

Big picture view<\/p>\n

\"<div>Oakland<\/p>\n

Oakland police recover more than 70 dirt bikes and ATVS on the Bay Bridge. May 3, 2026 Photo: OPD<\/p>\n

Dirt bike takeovers are not uncommon.<\/p>\n

One occurred in 2023<\/a> in San Francisco’s Richmond district, another took place in September 2025 in Oakland.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

In March, <\/a>the CHP reported its officers were successfully able to block a large group of bicyclists and motorcyclists from taking over the Bay Bridge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Dirt bike riders shut down the Bay Bridge, stranding commuters in traffic for more than an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[24379,3269,859,107370,75277,143,27296,145,144,2452],"class_list":["post-299786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-bay-bridge","tag-bikes","tag-california-highway-patrol","tag-dirt-bike","tag-eastbound-lanes","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-fire-department","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-oakland-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}