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Caltrans is installing reflective backplates at more than 5,500 signalized intersections across the state. These retroreflective bordered backplates – yellow reflective strips placed around the perimeter of traffic signals – increase traffic signal visibility during morning hours, at night, or during a loss of power.
A local non-profit provided 50-thousand hours of in-home care to their patients this past year.....that’s a fourfold increase over the last several years. Coastal kids home care provides respite services to children living with complex medical conditions in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties. Additionally, coastal kids has seen the number of children and teens accessing their mental health counseling services increase 40 percent during the pandemic. Their new Rodgers Center For Children’s Health, which should be ready to move into next month, will house clinical and administrative management, as well as outpatient therapy.
The investigation is continuing after a man was air-lifted to an area trauma center with a gunshot wound yesterday. The 4 p.m. shooting took place on Soquel Drive, between Chanticleer And Winkle Avenues. Law enforcement officers combed through the crime scene area for several hours last night, while they kept that portion of Soquel Drive closed to through traffic. Anyone with information on that shooting, or the shooter, is encouraged to contact the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department.
Burn Permits have been suspended in Monterey and San Benito counties. That’s because many areas of California are experiencing significant fire weather....and although there has been a little rain, the Central Coast is currently lacking meaningful amounts of precipitation. So far this year there have been 75 wildfires that have burned over 50 acres of California.
Firefighters remind people to maintain defensible space around their homes.
A fatal accident occurred yesterday on Summit Road, after a driver lost control of his pick-up truck. The 18 year-old Los Gatos man who was driving was declared dead at the scene of the 6:15 p-m accident. The cause of the accident, near Timmus Lane, is still being investigated.