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NORTH COAST, Calif. – The Blue Ridge-Berryessa Natural Area Conservation Partnership, a group of regional stakeholders working together to conserve the Blue Ridge-Berryessa Natural Area (BRBNA), will hold a meet and greet event to be held on Friday, Nov. 9.
The gathering will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pope Valley Farm Center, 5700 Chiles Pope Valley Road, St. Helena.
According to UC Davis, “The BRBNA focuses on Blue Ridge and the lands to the east and west of the ridge, down to the Capay Valley on the east side and over towards Coyote, Long, and Pope valleys on the west. It stretches from Monticello Dam in the south to the area north of Highway 20 between Williams and Clear Lake.”
This is an opportunity to meet the new program Director Mary Adelzadeh and learn about initiatives to conserve the natural and working landscape of the region.
At the meeting, partners and members of the public will be invited to introduce themselves and their conservation work/interests in the BRBNA.
Appetizers and drinks will be served. Please R.S.V.P. by Nov. 7 by calling Mary at 530-402-5404, or e-mail
Founded in 1997, the partnership provides a forum for public and private land managers to meet and discuss conservation activities and interests.
The group has since grown to more than 100 members, including federal and state agencies, counties and other public entities, local businesses, nonprofit organizations and conservation-minded landowners – all with the common goal of promoting collaborative conservation of the natural and working landscape of the BRBNA.
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – A Sacramento man was arrested Friday following a two-vehicle crash that closed down a portion of Highway 20 east of the Lake and Colusa County line.
Robert Towns, 21, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs after the wreck, which occurred just after 8 p.m. Nov. 2 on Highway 20 east of Mitchell Flat, several miles inside Colusa County, as Lake County has News reported.
The California Highway Patrol’s Williams office reported that Towns was driving eastbound on Highway 20, with a 17-year-old male driver – who was not identified – approaching in the westbound lane.
The CHP said Towns lost control of his vehicle, a 1992 Jeep Cherokee, and crossed the solid double-yellow lines, hitting the teenage driver, who was driving a van, according to reports from the scene.
Both of the vehicles came to rest blocking the eastbound lane and partially blocking the highway’s westbound lane, the CHP said.
Towns had a 16-month-old female toddler in his vehicle. The CHP said the toddler was in a car seat, however, it was not properly restrained in the Jeep.
A CalStar air ambulance flew Towns to Enloe Hospital in Chico. There, Towns was placed under arrest for driving under the influence and then released due to his injuries, the CHP said.
Initial CHP reports had stated that a large amount of drugs had been found in Towns’ vehicle in a diaper bag.
The teenage driver and his passenger complained of pain but refused treatment at the scene. The CHP said Enloe paramedics took the toddler and her mother to Colusa Regional Medical Center, where they were treated and released.
The CHP and a Colusa County Sheriff’s deputy opened the westbound lane and performed one-way traffic control. The eastbound lane was closed for approximately one hour.
During the roadway closure, a separate arrest for driving under the influence took place, according to the CHP.
That driver was traveling eastbound on Highway 20 and entered the collision scene, where a CHP sergeant conducting traffic control stopped him and subsequently arrested the man for being under the influence of drugs, the CHP reported.
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The majority of collisions in California that end in death or injury begin with a speeding or aggressive driver. To address this issue, the California Highway Patrol is embarking on a yearlong, lifesaving endeavor to reduce the frequency of these collisions throughout the state.
To assist the CHP in this traffic safety effort, the department has received a federally-funded grant titled, “Reduce Aggressive Driving Incidents and Tactically Enforce Speed (RADIATES).”
The CHP’s anti-speed campaign will continue through Sept. 30, 2013.
“Despite our strenuous educational efforts, excessive speed, coupled with aggressive driving, consistently cause a high percentage of fatal and injury collisions,” said CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow. “These drivers are not only a danger to themselves, but to every single driver whose path they cross.”
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defines aggressive driving as “when individuals commit a combination of moving traffic offenses so as to endanger other persons or property.”
Aggressive drivers often commit multiple moving violations in addition to speeding, such as following too closely, passing without sufficient clearance, improper lane change, driving on the wrong side of the road, improper turning movements and driving in violation of cell phone and testing laws.
Statistical data from the CHP’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System for 2010 – the most recent year for which final figures are available – indicates there were more than 132,000 collisions where speed was the primary cause, resulting in the deaths of 435 people and injury to nearly 72,000 others.
“Speed limits are not merely a suggestion, they exist for the public’s safety,” added Commissioner Farrow. “If motorist will drive within the speed limit, fewer injuries will occur on the road and more importantly, lives will be saved.”
The primary goal with the RADIATES grant is to reduce the number of fatal and injury traffic collisions attributed to speed and the number of people killed and injured in those collisions by at least five percent.
To achieve this, the CHP will deploy enhanced enforcement and public awareness campaigns statewide.
Speeding motorists may also be receiving an additional “wake up call” with an increase in the use of radar trailer deployments throughout the state.
The grant also seeks to reduce the number of fatal and injury collisions caused by improper turning and driving on the wrong side of the road, as well as the number of people killed and injured in those collisions, by at least 5 percent.
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A Clearlake woman was arrested on Sunday for several drug related charges, including taking drugs and paraphernalia into the Lake County Jail.
Chelsea Dawson, 22, was taken into custody on Sunday evening, according to Sgt. Tim Hobbs of the Clearlake Police Department.
At 7 p.m. Sunday Clearlake Police officers responded to an apartment in the 3800 Block of Old Highway 53 to conduct a parole search of 27-year-old Clearlake resident Thomas Nordahl, Hobbs said.
During the search, Dawson was contacted and found to be under the influence of a controlled substance, according to Hobbs.
He said Dawson was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance and transported directly to the Lake County Jail.
During a more thorough search by Lake County Jail staff, Dawson was found to have approximately 2 ounces of methamphetamine and a glass pipe concealed inside one of her body cavities, Hobbs said.
As a result, Hobbs said she was additionally charged with possession of a controlled substance for sales, possession of drug paraphernalia and bringing a controlled substance into the jail.
Jail records indicated she was being held on $25,000 bail. She remained in custody on Monday.
Anyone with information regarding the unlawful possession or sales of controlled substances can contact the Clearlake Police Department at 707-994-8251. Callers may remain anonymous.