After the latest fatality on Highway 17, Caltrans will speed up a safety study on Highway 17 to extend a median barrier at Laurel Curve. The California Highway Patrol had repeatedly requested the barrier be extended. “We’ll consider all options,” Caltrans spokesman Colin Jones said Monday. “Everything is on the table.” CalTrans has recently began […]
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New California Child Car Seat Laws in Effect
California is the latest state to tell 6 and 7-year-olds to they must continue in their car seats. A new measure that took effect Jan. 1 will require car seats for children until they are 8, or 4 feet 9 inches tall. Under current law in the state, kids must be in car seats until […]
One dead in Redwood City accident
California Highway Patrol discovered unidentified man in Redwood City off Interstate Highway 280. CHP officers responded to reports of a body on the roadway on the Farm Hill Boulevard offramp of I-280 at around 1:18 a.m., according to CHP officer Art Montiel. The man was traveling south on I-280 and lost control of the vehicle just […]
Motorist found dead after I-580 crash
A unidentified motorist was found dead in a vehicle along Interstate 580 early this morning after authorities were called to reports of a wreck, the California Highway Patrol said. The CHP received a call around 2:27 a.m. after a passing motorist spotted a crashed vehicle in the eastbound right-hand shoulder near First Street. Officers called […]
Two more Caltrain fatalities over the weekend
One of two people struck and killed by Caltrain cars in separate incidents on Saturday. Jayne Cox, 27, of Folsom, has been identified by the San Mateo County coroner as the woman killed at 12:13 p.m. Saturday near the Menlo Park station, after being hit by a southbound train. Approximately an hour earlier, a man […]
