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North Santa Rosa intersection focus of police crackdown

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers will be keeping an eye out Monday through next Sunday for traffic violators at Bicentennial Way at Mendocino Avenue, which was tied for the ninth-highest number of collisions last year with seven. As part of a special enforcement program, officers particularly will be looking for [...]

By | May 8th, 2011|3 Comments

Never a cop around … but …

You've heard it and probably said it yourself: There's never a cop around when you need one. Well, today there was. While waiting to walk across Mendocino Avenue at Fourth Street in downtown Santa Rosa, the light turned green and just at that instant a Mustang ran the red. But [...]

By | March 8th, 2011|9 Comments

Police target intersection near SRJC

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers will be keeping an eye out Monday through next Sunday for traffic violators at Mendocino Avenue at Silva Avenue, which had the fifth-highest number of collisions last year with 12. Officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using [...]

By | February 13th, 2011|0 Comments

Santa Rosa intersections with most collisions

Here are 24 intersections in Santa Rosa where you want to be particularly careful because, for one reason or the other, they had the most collisions last year: No. 1: Sebastopol Road at Stony Point Road, with 20 collisions in 2010 compared to 19 in 2009. It ranked No. 1 [...]

By | February 8th, 2011|22 Comments

Santa Rosa police ticketing violators at busy intersection

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers will be keeping an eye out Monday through next Sunday for traffic violators at Mendocino Avenue at College Avenue, one of the city's busiest intersections. Officer Jeff Adams said in a statement that the officers particularly will be looking for drivers who run the red [...]

By | February 5th, 2011|6 Comments

North Santa Rosa intersection targeted by police

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers will be keeping an eye out Monday through next Sunday for traffic violators at Fountaingrove Parkway at Mendocino Avenue. Officer Jeff Adams said in a news release that officers particularly will be looking for drivers who run the red lights there, are not wearing seat [...]

By | January 22nd, 2011|4 Comments

Mailbag: How about a turn signal at 7th and Mendo?

You have questions, we'll try to get the answers for you. Here's one from a reader: Question: I wonder why the intersection of Seventh Street and Mendocino Avenue does not have a green arrow light for left turns. Heading east; pretty bad. When one is crossing the street going west, [...]

By | October 12th, 2010|1 Comment

Santa Rosa police targeting a dangerous intersection this week

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers will be keeping an eye out this week for traffic violators at Mendocino Avenue and Fountain Grove Parkway -- one of several intersections ranked as the fifth most dangerous. Officer Jeff Adams said in a news release that officers particularly will be looking for drivers [...]

By | September 18th, 2010|5 Comments

Santa Rosa’s most dangerous intersections

Here are Santa Rosa's most dangerous intersections, based on the number of collisions at each in 2009 as reported by the Santa Rosa Police Department: No. 1: --Stony Point Road at Sebastopol Road, 19 collisions. Tied for No. 2: --Highway 12 at Mission Boulevard, 16 --Dutton Avenue at [...]

By | September 9th, 2010|40 Comments

Multiple Hwy. 101 lane, ramp closures this week

Caltrans plans the following projects and lane closures this week in Sonoma County, subject to weather, etc.: --Highway 101: Santa Rosa Avenue to Rohnert Park Expressway, one southbound lane will be closed 11 p.m. Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday, 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. --Highway 101: Southbound Wilfred on and [...]

By | June 14th, 2010|0 Comments