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MERIDIAN, Calif. — Motorists may expect travel delays Thursday, June 23, on State Highway 20 at the Meridian Bridge on the Sutter-Colusa County line.
The bridge is scheduled to be closed intermittently between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. as Caltrans crews open the swing bridge to conduct their annual routine inspection of the historic steel structure over the Sacramento River.
Motorists should expect delays of up to 20 minutes during each of the two planned openings.
Motorists are advised to find alternate routes during the temporary highway closure, which is subject to change due to unexpected weather or other events.
Electronic roadside message boards will be used to post the latest information.
Built in 1977 to replace an earlier bridge destroyed by fire, the swinging, turntable bridge is swung open once a year for inspection.
The U.S. Coast Guard requires the structure remain operational to allow large maritime vessels to pass through.
Caltrans advises motorists to “Be Work Zone Alert.” The department will issue construction updates on Twitter @CaltransDist3 and on Facebook at CaltransDistrict3.
For real-time traffic, click on Caltrans’ QuickMap or download the QuickMap app from the App Store or Google Play.
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The Chico Police Department said the name of the teenage suspect is not being released due to his age.
Police said that at 6:30 a.m. Friday, custodial staff at Chico High School located a severely injured 71-year-old female on the Warner Street side of Chico High School Campus, on the grounds of the school’s athletic stadium.
The agency said its Patrol Unit, Violence Suppression Unit and crime scene investigators conducted the investigation.
Investigators determined that the victim regularly utilized the campus track for exercise.
Approximately an hour after the conclusion of the Chico High School commencement ceremony, the victim was exercising at the facility grounds, police said.
Authorities said the woman was pursued and attacked from behind by a suspect with a large, bludgeoning weapon.
The teenage suspect fled the area and the incapacitated victim was left on the facility grounds until her discovery the following morning, police said.
Investigators determined the identity of the suspect to be a 14-year-old male.
He was located and arrested for attempted murder at 2:30 p.m. Friday.
Additional details about the case were not immediately available.
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NORTH COAST, Calif. — Cal Fire said its law enforcement officers have arrested a man on suspicion of setting a fire in Monte Rio in Sonoma County last week.
Jack Stanley Seprish, a 43-year-old transient, was arrested in the case, officials said.
At 6:12 p.m. Thursday, May 26, firefighting resources from Cal Fire’s Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit along with Monte Rio Fire Protection District and Sonoma County Fire District responded to a vegetation fire in Monte Rio located in the 9500 block of Bohemian Highway.
While firefighters were at the scene a second fire was reported nearby, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire said residents reported seeing a white male adult later identified as Seprish in the area of the fires.
After a search of the area by law enforcement officers from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office, the California Highway Patrol and Cal Fire, Seprish was located by sheriff’s deputies, who arrested him, transporting him to the Sonoma County Jail on a charge of burglary to a house in the area of the fires.
As the result of an ongoing Cal Fire law enforcement investigation, Seprish has since been charged with 10 counts of arson to forest land for 10 separate fires to which he has been linked.
Seprish was arraigned on Tuesday afternoon, and bail has been set at $920,000.
If you suspect an arson-caused fire, call Cal Fire’s anonymous hotline at 1-800-468-4408.
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The project also includes new guard railing, and the addition of numerous safety features.
Preliminary work will begin on May 23, with nightly one-way traffic control. SR 99 will be fully closed to through traffic tentatively on June 6th for seven weeks. Please see the attached detour map to plan your commute/trips accordingly.
The $7.5 million project includes 90 working days, with 40 calendar days requiring the SR-99 closure. The entire project is expected to be completed by mid-August 2022.
To stay up to date on highway projects, please follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Project information can also be found on the District 2 webpage.
The public can also call 530-225-3426 during working hours or send an email to
Updated highway conditions for California can be found on QuickMap and on One-Stop-Shop for the Western U.S.
Contractor Viking Construction Co. Inc., North Region Construction and Caltrans District 2 thank the traveling public and local communities for their patience during the construction of the project.
