Called a front loader, the machine lifts and dumps larger trash containers used at businesses and apartment buildings over the front of truck using automated forks. The new system is meant to be safer ...

A quick-thinking driver definitely could not be accused of adding fuel to the fire, as he quickly tipped his garbage truck’s load when he spotted that the trash had started to burn. The driver of the ...

Jamal Lavallier, who works an early-morning garbage route in the Castro and the Mission, is a finalist for a national driver ...