Traffic Archives

70-year-old pronounced dead after driving off-road on State Route 46

January 17, 2023 5:04 pm Drew Ascione

A 70-year-old male driver of a 1998 Dodge Ram dually died while driving on State Route 46 west of Bethel Road., according to the California Highway…

Potholes on local highways caused by recent storms creating bumpy road conditions

January 17, 2023 11:48 am Dave Alley

Recent rain storms have helped open many potholes on local roadways, creating bumpy road conditions for…

Updates on highway and major road closures in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties

January 13, 2023 1:07 pm Lily Dallow

Amidst the waves of winter storms hitting the central coast, Caltrans and California Highway Patrol provides current updates on road closures in…

Orcutt Road at Righetti Road in SLO closes amid threat to structure

January 12, 2023 11:06 am Drew Ascione

California Highway Patrol San Luis Obispo has closed Orcutt Road at Righetti Road as it is structure begins to collapse due to the recent rainstorm…

Santa Barbara MTD to resume regular weekday service Thursday

January 11, 2023 7:11 pm Lily Dallow

Santa Barbara MTD announced it will resume a normal weekday schedule beginning with the start of service on…

Small plane makes emergency landing on Highway 246 in Lompoc

January 11, 2023 1:21 pm Drew Ascione

A small plane made an emergency landing on Highway 246 and Vineyard View Lane at 12:34 p.m. Wednesday, according to the responding Santa Barbara…

Latest traffic updates in SLO county

January 11, 2023 11:44 am News Channel 3-12, Lily Dallow

Here is our News Channel 3-12 most up-to-date information from Caltrans and California Highway Patrol on the status of road closures and reopenings…

Highway 101 opens in both directions, other highway closures remain

January 10, 2023 6:42 am Lily Dallow

Caltrans and California Highway Patrol announced that both north and southbound Highway 101 has been reopened from Santa Barbara through…

Heavy rain leads to road closures and concerns in Montecito and La Conchita

January 10, 2023 1:37 am Tracy Lehr

MONTECITO, Calif.-RIsing flood waters made nearly submerged flood signs along N. Jameson Lane in Montecito on the fifth anniversary of the deadly…

Santa Barbara MTD suspend bus services Monday night to resume Tuesday afternoon

January 9, 2023 5:38 pm Drew Ascione

Santa Barbara MTD bus services will stop service at 6 p.m. Monday night due to extreme weather conditions with plans to resume operations at noon…

All on and off-ramps closed on Highway 101 between Cabrillo and State Route 150

January 9, 2023 3:55 pm Lily Dallow

California Highway Patrol has closed all Highway 101 on and off-ramps between the Cabrillo Blvd exit and State Route 150 exit in Carpinteria due to…

Highway 101 and Highway 154 closures, no northbound route to Santa Ynez Valley

January 9, 2023 10:43 am Lily Dallow

California Highway Patrol has closed Highway 101 at Mariposa Reina and Highway 154 at Highway 246 and 192 due to multiple rock…

Roadway flooding and closures in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties

January 9, 2023 8:05 am Lily Dallow

According to the California Highway Patrol incident report log, there have been more than 100 weather-related incidents on the roadways in San Luis…

Both north and southbound Highway 1 closed in Guadalupe from flooding

January 9, 2023 7:08 am Lily Dallow

The closure takes place from Division to Oso Flaco, about a mile north of the Santa Barbara / San Luis Obispo County line, and has no estimated time…

Highway 1 reopens for brief period Friday

January 6, 2023 9:38 am Drew Ascione

Highway 1 on the Big Sur Coast from elephant seal viewing area 10 miles south of Ragged Point SLO to south of Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn in Monterey…

Highway 154 reopens following hours-long weather closure

January 5, 2023 6:43 am Lily Dallow, Patricia Martellotti

Highway 154 reopened Thursday afternoon, after it was closed for more than eight hours due to a rock slide and weather…

Emergency services respond to car rollover in a ditch off Telephone Road and Fallen Leaf Drive

January 5, 2023 2:33 pm Drew Ascione

California Highway Dispatch services are responding to a flipped-over car on its roof in a ditch 15 to 20 feet off the roadway in the 1400 block of…

Several Santa Maria area roadways flooded during storm

January 5, 2023 11:35 am Dave Alley

This week’s rain storm has caused several Santa Maria area roadways to become flooded over the past 24…

Highway 1 reopens by Oso Flaco Lake Rd west of Nipomo

January 5, 2023 5:47 am Lily Dallow

California Highway Patrol reopened Highway 1 as of 9:40 a.m. after closing it earlier Thursday morning due to flooding by Oso Flaco Lake Rd west of…

55-year-old Arroyo Grande man identified as pedestrian killed by Amtrak train in December

January 3, 2023 5:28 pm Drew Ascione

Grover Beach Police identified the pedestrian struck and killed by an Amtrak train in early December as 55-year-old Ronald Frank Gupton.…