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Mailbag: When do Santa Rosa (and Lake County) get upgrades?

Friday, at 6:01 by

With road work going on around the North Coast, two Road Warrior readers would like to know when it will make their lives easier. Hearn Avenue overpass As I read the Press Democrat story on the widening of the “narrows” section on Highway 101, it would be good to find out why Santa Rosa cannot find money to do the same for the two overpasses over highway 101 south of Highway 12. Both take you back to Santa Rosa Avenue, and having… Read More »

South Santa Rosa intersection getting extra police attention

Friday, at 2:57 by

Santa Rosa police this coming week will monitor one of the city’s most collision-prone intersections — Corby Avenue at Hearn Avenue, which  last year was tied for third with 10 collisions. As part of a weekly, Monday through Friday, special enforcement program, Officer Jeff Adams says officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cellphones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. Each week, the officers pick one of the city’s… Read More »

Santa Rosa’s 25 dangerous intersections

Thursday, at 3:36 by

Planning to drive through the intersection of Stony Point and Sebastopol roads in Santa Rosa? Better be careful. It again ranks No. 1 in the city for highest number of reported collisions. The Roseland-area intersection racked up 16 collisions last year, twice that of 2011 when it tied for sixth place but down from 20 in 2010 and 19 in 2009 when it ranked No. 1 for both years. 2011′s No. 1 — Highway 12 at Mission Boulevard — fell… Read More »

SRPD targets collision-prone intersection

Friday, at 6:52 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers this coming week will monitor one of the city’s most collision-prone intersection — Santa Rosa Avenue at Hearn Avenue, which  last year was tied for second with 13 collisions. As part of a weekly, Monday through Sunday, special enforcement program, Officer Jeff Adams says officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cellphones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. Each week, the officers pick one… Read More »

SRPD targeting southside intersection

Friday, at 6:45 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers this coming week will monitor one of the city’s most collision-prone intersection — Corby Avenue at Hearn Avenue, which  last year was tied for second with 13 collisions. As part of a weekly, Monday through Sunday, special enforcement program, Officer Jeff Adams says officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cellphones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. Each week, the officers pick one of… Read More »

Mailbag: More complaints about Santa Rosa intersections; Petaluma project

Friday, at 6:17 by

Our previous Mailbag column generated comments and questions from readers: From Tim: I have been doing a lot of driving in the Coddingtown area as of late and noticed an area of concern: Can you have someone look into the intersection of Cleveland Ave. & Guerneville Road? Specifically, going eastbound on Guerneville and turning north onto Cleveland the light stays green for LESS than 10 seconds. The dangerous part is most drivers are not aware of this, and I witnessed… Read More »

2nd south Santa Rosa intersection under police watch

Sunday, at 6:00 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers this coming week will monitor one of the city’s most dangerous intersections — Santa Rosa Avenue at Hearn Avenue, which last year was tied for second with 13 collisions. Last week, just a block away, police were keeping an eye out for violators across Highway 101 at Hearn and Corby Avenue, also tied for No. 2. As part of a weekly, Monday through Sunday, special enforcement program, Officer Jeff Adams says officers particularly will be… Read More »

South Santa Rosa intersection gets extra police attention

Saturday, at 6:16 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers this coming week will monitor one of the city’s most dangerous intersections — Corby Avenue at Hearn Avenue, which last year was tied for second with 13 collisions. As part of a weekly, Monday through Sunday, special enforcement program, Officer Jeff Adams says officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cellphones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. Each week, the officers pick one of… Read More »

Santa Rosa’s 25 most dangerous intersections

Monday, at 9:00 by

Here are Santa Rosa’s most dangerous intersections, based on the number of collisions at each in 2011 as reported by the Santa Rosa Police Department. Each week during the year, Santa Rosa motorcycle officers typically spend part of their day at one of these intersections, looking for traffic violators, with the idea of trying to make them safer. No. 1 Highway 12 at Mission Boulevard, with 18 collisions in 2011. In 2010, this intersection ranked second with 17 collisions. To… Read More »

$66 million for school safety

Saturday, at 3:59 by

Caltrans last week awarded a total of $66 million to cities and counties across the state for projects to make it safer for students to walk or ride their bikes to school. Nearly $2 million was designated for school safety projects in Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma counties. Caltrans spokesman Phil Frisbie Jr. said when the work will be done is up to each agency involved but the funding is good for seven years. The North Coast projects are: –In Clearlake,… Read More »