The state Transportation Commission last week approved several road projects for Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma counties, with the biggest chunk being $45 million to replace the Highway 101 bridges over the Petaluma River with wider spans to allow car-pool lanes. Click here to read about that. Among the other projects [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Local police are cracking down today on drivers who not going hands-free with cellphones or are texting. It's part of a month-long, zero-tolerance campaign by dozens of police agencies statewide to ticket drivers who are being distracted by using their cellphones, texting or even such things as eating or grooming. [...]
Relief is coming this summer for some local drivers tired of banged up roads. Federal money saved from road projects around the state has been funneled to Sonoma County for four repaving projects: --Leveroni Road, from Arnold Drive to the Sonoma city limits. --Bodega Highway, from Jonive Road to Sexton [...]
Question from a Road Warrior reader: On Arnold Drive in Sonoma near Juanita Juanita's Restaurant, there's a posted speed sign of "Ending 50" or something to the effect that 50 mph is now ending (ahem). Well, you're left trying to figure out what speed you're supposed to be driving at [...]
Dozens of teenagers across the North Coast are learning the ins and outs of police work, including arrest procedures, vehicle stops, traffic control, criminal investigations and, in some cases, firearms training. It's all part of the Explorers program offered at several police agencies and administered by the Boy [...]
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 [...]
As Staff Writer Lori A. Carter reported: As Sonoma County motorists deal with Highway 101’s seemingly endless repairs, beginning today, another major artery will be under construction: Highway 116. The 3-mile portion of Highway 116 between Adobe Road near Petaluma and Arnold Drive in Sonoma, a stretch known as Stage [...]