Traffic collisions, including fatal crashes, handled by the Sonoma County CHP rose in 2010 compared to 2009, but fewer drivers received tickets, the CHP says. A total of 2,405 collisions were investigated last year by the local CHP, which covers all of Sonoma County but part of the Sonoma Valley. [...]
Caltrans is giving up on its effort to fix a stretch of Highway 29 in Lake County until summer when it will spend millions to pave the road. Spokesman Phil Frisbie Jr. said that after rainstorms and then cold weather canceled two efforts to smooth out a 1,000-foot long stretch [...]
After last summer's chip sealing project on Highway 29 in Lake County went bad, Caltrans this week plans to grind a stretch bordering Hidden Valley in an attempt to smooth the rough road. The work, weather permitting, will be 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday with one-way traffic [...]
After a public outcry, Caltrans is speeding up plans to spend millions to repave stretches of Highways 29 and 175 in Lake County that were chip sealed just this past summer at a cost of $2.1 million but left drivers fuming over the rough results. "The chip seal project, which [...]
Caltrans is planning these key lane closures in Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake and Marin counties this week: SONOMA COUNTY --Highway 101, from Steele Lane to Windsor River Road, northbound and southbound at various locations, with one lane closed at about 7 p.m. Monday to Friday and a second at 10 p.m.. [...]
The CHP and some Bay Area police departments are participating today in a second crackdown on drivers who illegally use cell phones. The law requiring drivers to go hands-free when using cell phones easily is one of the most ignored laws in the state. Plus holding a cell phone while [...]
Caltrans is warning that the state budget stalemate may delay dozens of highway projects around the state, including ones in Lake and Mendocino counties. No Sonoma County project was on a list of affected road work. In Lake County, a plan to improve Highway 53 from Clearlake to Highway 20 [...]
Saturday night's DUI/license checkpoint in downtown Middletown in Lake County yielded one arrest, the CHP reported. Sgt. David Stark said 251 vehicles were stopped on Highway 29, eight drivers were given sobriety tests and one was arrested on suspicion of DUI. Seven drivers were cited for not having licenses.
The CHP will be conducting a DUI/license checkpoint from 6 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday in Lake County. The CHP said officers will be using state-of-the-art, hand-held breath devices to test suspected drivers for alcohol intoxication. Drug use experts also will be on hand to check for drug-impared drivers, [...]