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Staff members of METS, Aggregate Materials Testing Branch, visited the Sacramento aggregate quarry operated by Vulcan Materials. Shown from left are, from Caltrans, Hesam Nabizadeh, Bang Nguyen, Mandy Xu, Francisco Romero, Jay Horton and Ryan Kester. At far right is Andrew Nuttall of Vulcan Materials.
Caltrans Director Tony Tavares, second from left, was among those participating in a May Is Bike Month event in Sacramento. Also participating, shown below, were CalSTA Secretary Toks Omishakin (second from left) and the agency's director of media relations, Tamie McGowen (next to Omikshakin),
The following three photographs, taken by Josh Dixon, Caltrans' Quincy area Maintenance superintendent, on June 12 show a stretch of State Route 70 shared by Butte and Plumas counties. The roadway had been beset by numerous debris slides and was closed until further notice as crews worked to clear the messes.
NASCAR series cup driver Ross Chastain joined the Caltrans safety mascot and Caroline Moreno from Headquarters' Public Affairs team at a teen driver safety event earlier this month in Vallejo.