Reclamation district officials in Wilton said Tuesday that it will cost $1.5 million to fill a gaping hole the size of a football field in the Cosumnes River levee, one of 11 trouble spots they have identified so far. “They’ve got to solidify a road just to get all those heavy trucks in,” said Mark Hite, a trustee for Reclamation District 800 Cosumnes, which manages the levees in the area. ... Read More

Record rains on New Year's Eve have compromised a levee along the Cosumnes River near Sacramento and left tens of thousands of Californians without power Sunday. Sacramento County warned Saturday night of "imminent levee failure" on the Cosumnes River around Wilton, urging residents to "seek higher ground immediately. KCRA-TV reported a "double levee breach" on Sunday morning. Northern ... Read More

Orange County is on track to have a big year in 2023 in terms of transportation. By the end of the year, the Orange County Transportation Authority expects to be test driving its OC Streetcar between Santa Ana and Garden Grove and drivers should be cruising new lanes on the 405 Freeway, CEO Darrell Johnson said. Late in 2023, the Transportation Corridor Agencies expect to begin construction on ... Read More

HONOLULU (AP) — Brigham Young University offensive lineman Sione Veikoso was killed in a construction accident in his hometown in Hawaii, family members said. Veikoso, 22, died Friday after a retaining wall he was helping repair during holiday break from school collapsed, his family confirmed. The Honolulu Fire Department reported that three others were injured when the 15-foot (4.5-meter) ... Read More

For the record: 5:48 p.m. Jan. 1, 2023: An earlier version of this story said the amount allocated for Golden Gate Bridge improvements was $400 billion. It is $400 million. The Golden Gate Bridge is set to receive $400 million from the multibillion-dollar infrastructure bill signed last year by President Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday. The $400 million will go toward ... Read More

Dec. 27—A newly constructed building in northwest Santa Rosa caught fire early Tuesday morning, according to fire officials. Around 2:30 a.m., the Santa Rosa Fire Department was called to the scene of a residential construction site at Guerneville and Marlow roads for a two-alarm structure fire, said Santa Rosa Fire Battalion Chief Jason Jenkins. Multiple fire agencies responded, bringing the ... Read More

Del Mar and the North County Transit District are at odds over the best way to spend $300 million the state has allocated for work needed to reroute the rails around a trouble spot on the fragile coastal bluffs. The transit district recently sent a letter to the San Diego Association of Governments asking for some of the grant money to be used to finish the long-planned San Dieguito to ... Read More

Orange County transit officials have proposed adding more boulder seawalls to better protect what is the only railroad link to San Diego along seven miles of the coast between San Clemente and Dana Point. A map presented at the last California Coastal Commission meeting showed new sections of rock revetment to be installed in several places along the rail corridor, including areas near the San ... Read More

Transit center is not expected to open until 2024 By Dolores Quintana Metro Los Angeles is well on its way to building the LAX Metro/Transit Center Station after eight months of construction as reported by Urbanize Los Angeles. The estimated cost of this new transit hub is $900 million and will eventually link LAX to the Metro train system. This station is being built at the intersection of ... Read More

Jacqui and Shane McIntosh were looking to sell their two-bedroom, single-family home in Rio Dell, Calif., so they could move closer to work. When a potential buyer scheduled a visit to their property this week, the couple hoped it might result in an offer. But hours before the buyer was set to arrive Tuesday, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Humboldt County, jolting the couple awake in the ... Read More