Just after 5 p.m. on March 1, Platina Maintenance Supervisor Lonnie Swartout was working on State Route 36 westbound, clearing snow on the roadway near Three Towers, east of the junction with State Route 3 in Caltrans District 2. ...
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Among the artifacts of daily life so ordinary that they give no hint of their extraordinary origins are the yellow, sand-filled crash cushions found on highways in all 50 states. It’s unlikely that many motorists give them a secon ...
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The California Transportation Foundation (CTF) will co-sponsor the annual Statewide Fallen Workers Memorial Ceremony on the west steps of the State Capitol at 11 a.m. on April 26. The ceremony remembers and honors those employees ...
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Since 1921, 188 California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) employees have been killed on the job. One of the biggest hazards highway workers face is inattentive, or distracted motorists. Each year, Caltrans honors its fal ...
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The largest fire in California’s history, the Thomas Fire, started in Ventura County Dec. 4, destroying hundreds of homes before spreading to Santa Barbara County. On Dec. 15, Caltrans’ Santa Barbara Maintenance crews helped contr ...
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On Feb. 2, a decade-long journey to memorialize the life and legacy of civil rights icon Rosa Parks in the Inland Empire was finally completed with the unveiling of a bronze statue in her honor. The journey to this historic unvei ...
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