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How to drive safely in the rain

With dozens of accidents around the North Coast blamed on the rain, it's time to slow down and be extra alert. The first rains of the season always lead to more accidents because roads are slicker, partly due to oil built up on the pavement, and motorists aren't used to [...]

By | October 22nd, 2010|3 Comments

Watch out for deer country

It’s Wine Country here, but it’s also Deer Country. And it’s this time of year – deer mating season -- that the CHP says drivers need to be particularly alert for deer darting out onto roads, especially along rural roads. “I hit a deer while rolling code (3) at about [...]

By | October 17th, 2010|13 Comments

So your son/daughter wants to be a cop

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 [...]

By | September 28th, 2010|0 Comments

Trying to get an appointment at the DMV?

You need to go to the DMV to get a license, an ID card or such, why not make an appointment online? Well, good luck. Local appointments are tough to get these days, although the DMV says you can go to a DMV office without an appointment and wait your [...]

By | September 1st, 2010|9 Comments

Major Highway 101 repairs starting in Ukiah

Construction crews Monday will start a $10.4 million project to repair Highway 101 from south of Ukiah to just north of West Road in Redwood Valley. Workers initially will repave the highway's shoulders bordering the median from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Traffic will be restricted to one lane [...]

By | August 27th, 2010|0 Comments

Traffic delays this week across North Coast

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.. [...]

By | August 23rd, 2010|2 Comments

Highway 101 in Ukiah to be upgraded

By late August or early September construction crews should be replacing deteriorating sections of Highway 101 in Ukiah as part of a $10.4 million project. Caltrans announced Wednesday that crews will rip out failing concrete sections between the south Ukiah exit and just north of West Road in Redwood Valley [...]

By | July 29th, 2010|1 Comment

Hwy. 101 changes in Ukiah

Driving through Ukiah on Highway 101 will be a little different today. Caltrans crews are to be out this morning putting up three signs that will give northbound drivers new instructions to help speed the flow of traffic through Ukiah. Two signs -- one a quarter-mile south of Talmage Road [...]

By | May 19th, 2010|3 Comments