Eco-tip: Bike Week includes pledges, prizes, reopening
Darrin Peschka and David Goldstein
Special to Ventura County Star
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If you were among the many people who turned to bicycling during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ventura County Transportation Commission has a message for you: Keep riding.
Businesses, schools and offices continue to open up amid encouraging signs that the worst of the pandemic is behind us. For many people, that means the number of vehicle trips is likely on the rise as they shuttle children to activities, drive to work and go about daily errands. As life starts getting busier again, now is the time to keep cycling top of mind.
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SANTA CRUZ, CA The California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, has called on people camping at the intersection of Highways 1 and 9 to leave the area ahead of a construction project, Lookout Santa Cruz reported.
Caltrans will sweep the encampment Monday morning 72 hours after campers were warned that they needed to pack up, Lookout reported. People who will not leave will face arrest, according to a photo of the sign obtained by Lookout.
Advocates for unhoused persons in Santa Cruz argued that the move could potentially endanger campers placed in shelters, where COVID-19 could more easily spread.
Todd Fitchette
A significant shortage of truck drivers to haul agricultural goods from the fields to processing could hamper half of California production later this summer. Industry is asking for the easing of truck weight limits on California roads to allow for more efficient movement of commodities. Local, state, and federal policy issues left unchecked will continue to hamper trade regardless of the number of container vessels at anchor along the coast.
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Getting agricultural exports through seaports and onto their global destination was the topic of several hours of discussion by the California Board of Food and Agriculture as the logjam of shipping vessels at anchor continues.
I-5 Freeway Closed North Of Santa Clarita By Overturned Big Rig
The southbound side of the I-5 Freeway was temporarily closed Thursday morning due to an overturned big rig near Lebec, north of the Santa Clarita Valley.
Around 3:45 a.m. California Highway Patrol (CHP) officials began receiving reports of a slowdown on the 5 Freeway near Lebec due to an overturned big rig in the southbound lanes, according to CHP incident logs.
In the Grapevine: SB I-5 at Lebec ALL LANES CLOSED due to overturned semi truck from approximately 3:45 a.m. Traffic diverted off at Lebec Rd. Unknown duration. #SlowDownhttps://t.co/xbyTKqK844https://t.co/JHjzH1sx4Vpic.twitter.com/ZwBaUzbnva
Severed Human Foot Found in Middle of California Freeway Prompts Police Probe
On 5/5/21 at 9:38 AM EDT
A severed human foot found in the middle of a California freeway has prompted a police investigation.
The foot was discovered in the center median of 210 Freeway in San Bernadino by a California Department of Transportation worker on Monday morning.
The employee was conducting routine maintenance in the area near State Street when he made the grisly find around 9:15 a.m. on May 3, the California Highway Patrol said in a news release, reported by the
San Bernardino Sun. It did not look like a fresh injury, Sergeant B. Robinson of the California Highway Patrol told the