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Extra traffic enforcement at west Santa Rosa intersection

Saturday, at 4:47 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers this coming week will monitor one of the city’s sixth most dangerous intersections — West Third Street at Stony Point Road, which last year had 8 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 the… Read More »

SW Santa Rosa intersection this week’s SRPD target

Sunday, at 8:31 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers this coming week will monitor one of the city’s sixth most dangerous intersections — Stony Point Road at Sebastopol Road, which last year had 8 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 the city’s… Read More »

Mailbag: Stony Point speed limit? U-turns in front of schools?

Friday, at 8:19 by

Here’s a question from a reader: I’m wondering if you can clarify the speed limit on Stony Point Road between Rohnert Park Expressway and Petaluma Blvd. North. If you are heading south on Stony Point, just a bit after Rohnert Park Expressway, there is a sign that says “End 50 MPH.” There is not another speed limit sign posted heading south after that one sign.  To me, that means I can go 55 mph.  Is that right? If you are… 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 »

Santa Rosa’s new most dangerous intersection

Sunday, at 9:07 by

  There’s a new No. 1 in Santa Rosa when it comes to being the city’s most dangerous intersection: Highway 12 at Mission Boulevard. With 18 reported collisions last year, it dethroned Stony Point Road at Sebastopol Road, which had been the city’s most collision-prone intersection for two years in a row. But last year Stony Point-Sebastopol had 8 crashes, down from 20 in 2010 and 19 in 2009. Highway 12-Mission ranked No. 2 both in 2010 with 17 collisions… Read More »

Santa Rosa’s most dangerous intersection target of police scrutiny

Monday, at 9:43 by

Santa Rosa police officers this week will monitor the city’s most dangerous intersection — Stony Point Road at Sebastopol Road, which last year had the most traffic collisions with 20. As part of a weekly special enforcement program, officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cell phones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. To read about the city’s other top intersections for collisions, CLICK HERE. To read about how… Read More »

Santa Rosa intersection under police scrutiny

Sunday, at 6:39 by

Santa Rosa traffic police officers this Monday through Sunday are scheduled to monitor one of the city’s ninth most dangerous intersections — Occidental Road at Stony Point Road, which last year was tied with seven traffic collisions. As part of a weekly special enforcement program, officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cell phones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. To read about the city’s other top intersections for… Read More »

SRPD’s target: Westside intersection

Sunday, at 7:00 by

Santa Rosa traffic police officers this Monday through Sunday are scheduled to monitor one of the city’s ninth most dangerous intersections — West Third Street at Stony Point Road, which last year was tied with seven traffic collisions. As part of a weekly special enforcement program, officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cell phones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. To read about the city’s other top intersections… Read More »

Did CHP, Caltrans do enough in 101 closure?

Tuesday, at 7:41 by

When two trucks collided during the morning commute a couple of weeks on Highway 101 in Cotati, northbound lanes were closed for hours, leaving many commuters fuming. Some Road Warrior readers wondered if the CHP and Caltrans could have done more to alleviate the massive congestion that the closure caused. “It would have been very helpful to start diverting traffic off in Petaluma or Penngrove. It was ridiculous that there were no CHP to direct traffic so it continued to… Read More »

Pumpkin Patch Crawl is back

Wednesday, at 10:30 by

The Pumpkin Patch Crawl is getting an early start on Highway 101. Every year for the last 18 years or so, Jim Groverman of Petaluma has created a pumpkin patch in north Petaluma between Stony Point Road and 101. Families by the hundreds, if not thousands, flock to his patch to find the right pumpkin for Halloween and to try to get through his corn maze. The patch doesn’t open until Friday, Sept. 30, but the patch already is causing… Read More »