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Update on Asti Bridge

If you're one of those people whose lives get easier once the temporary bridge in Asti is built, you'll want to read THE UPDATE posted this morning by Mary Jo Winter in Cloverdale, complete with a photo from Supervisor Mike McGuire. He reports that construction on the Asti Summer Crossing [...]

By | June 18th, 2013|0 Comments

Mailbag: Why cable barriers on Hwy. 101 in Ukiah?

Here's a question from a Road Warrior reader: Do you know why they are putting all the work into making a barrier in the median strip of Highway 101 in Ukiah? There is much more traffic south of Cloverdale and with less space between north and southbound lanes there is [...]

By | November 25th, 2011|10 Comments

Caltrans work on Hwy. 101

Caltrans is replacing slabs of Highway 101 between Healdsburg and Cloverdale, so drivers may encounter some traffic slowing. Spokesman Robert Haus said the concrete repairs are being done 24/7 and will continue for three to four more weeks, although no work will be done next week because of Thanksgiving. A [...]

By | November 16th, 2011|0 Comments

Anti-DUI task force gets $300,000

Sonoma County's anti-DUI campaign will continue after the state awarded a $300,000 grant for the Avoid the 13 task force. The task force, which includes all police agencies in the county and is coordinated by Petaluma police, had a three-year grant of $659,000 that ended Sept. 30. The money pays [...]

By | November 3rd, 2011|12 Comments

Mailbag: Drug crackdown on Hwy. 101

We've received a few emails lately from readers asking why they're seeing Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park and Petaluma police stopping motorists along Highway 101 from Windsor north of Cloverdale. For example, JD wrote in: "I am a courier for a pharmacy and have seen Santa Rosa police squad cars pulling [...]

By | October 7th, 2011|34 Comments

Bay Area annual pothole report

Roads maintained by Sonoma County no longer are the worst in the Bay Area -- they're second worse. In its annual pothole report, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission reported today that the county roads last year had a pavement condition index of 45, which is rated as poor. But [...]

By | June 22nd, 2011|4 Comments

Tickets plunge in Cotati, Rohnert Park, jump in Windsor

The number of traffic tickets issued last year by police in Cotati and Rohnert Park dropped by more than half while the number in Windsor soared, according to Sonoma County traffic court records. A total of 80,395 tickets in 2010 were filed for processing with the court, up from 77,351 [...]

By | June 14th, 2011|4 Comments

Mailbag: Can you ride your bike on 101?

Here's a question from a reader with an answer from the CHP: QUESTION: As you likely know, a sinkhole on Asti Road between Zanzi Lane and Old Post Office Road has closed the road for the foreseeable future. I discovered this while cycling south from Cloverdale on Asti toward Geyserville, [...]

By | January 11th, 2011|14 Comments

Windsor-Cloverdale delays on Hwy. 101

Traffic delays on Highway 101 are likely for the rest of the week between downtown Windsor and Cloverdale as construction crews replace deteriorating concrete sections of the road. Caltrans announced Tuesday that, starting Wednesday, Highway 101 will be limited to one lane in each direction at various locations from 6 [...]

By | September 21st, 2010|3 Comments

18-day DUI crackdown starts today in Sonoma County

A major crackdown on DUI drivers starts today for 18 days across Sonoma County with extra officers looking for drunken drivers and four DUI/license checkpoints this weekend. It's all part of the county's Avoid the 13 DUI Task Force's "summer mobilization" campaign, which itself is part of a nationwide DUI [...]

By | August 20th, 2010|17 Comments