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The allocation includes nearly $1.8 billion in funding from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) and almost $200 million in funding from Senate Bill (SB) 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
Among the projects approved is $1.6 million in support allocations toward roadway realignments and other safety improvements along Route 20 near Clearlake Oaks to east of Walker Ridge Road in Lake County.
“These state and federal investments will continue to allow Caltrans to rebuild our transportation system so that it is more climate-change resilient, reduces pollution and travel times, and improves goods movement,” said Caltrans Director Tony Tavares. “These projects will have a direct, positive impact on every Californian. Commuters, truckers, and visitors will all benefit from more reliable roadways and a safer transportation network.”
Projects the California Transportation Commission approved include:
• $11.7 million toward the construction of a retaining wall, guardrail, drainage and other roadway improvements along Route 299 near Blue Lake to east of North Fork Mad River Bridge in Humboldt County.
• $300,000 toward mitigation work, revegetation and monitoring for a safety project on Route 299 from east of Cedar Creek Road to west of Route 96 near Willow Creek in Humboldt County.
• $8.1 million in federal IIJA funding toward the construction of a cable median barrier along U.S. 101 from Route 20 to Uva Drive/North State Street near Ukiah in Mendocino County.
• $17.4 million including more than $15.4 million in federal IIJA funding and $356,000 in SB1 funding toward improvements at Jack Peters Creek Bridge No. 10-0150 on Route 1 near the community of Mendocino in Mendocino County.
• $1.9 million in support allocations toward ADA curb ramps and sidewalks, bike lanes, transit stops and other safety improvements on U.S. 101 in Eureka from Truesdale Street to south of Humboldt Hill in Humboldt County.
• $2.1 million in support allocations toward storm repairs with roadway realignments on Route 299 near Blue Lake to east of Blue Lake Boulevard in Humboldt County.
• $100,000 in support allocations toward the construction of a left-turn lane on Route 1 at Ocean Drive near Gualala in Mendocino County.
• $5.6 million in SB1 funding in support allocations for seismic retrofit at Eel River Bridge No. 04-0016 on U.S. 101 in Rio Dell, Humboldt County.
• $1.8 million in SB1 funding in support allocations toward drainage upgrades, lighting and other roadway improvements at various locations on U.S. 101 in Humboldt County from Fortuna to the Del Norte County line.
• $2.6 million of emergency allocations toward roadway repairs as well as the removal of hazardous trees along Route 96 near Willow Creek to Tish Tang Campground in Humboldt County.
• $22.4 million of emergency allocations toward drainage and roadway repairs and the construction of retaining walls on U.S. 101 near Cooks Valley in Humboldt County.
• $28 million of emergency allocations toward bridge repairs at Fernbridge No. 04-0134 on Route 211 in Humboldt County following the Dec. 20, 2022 Earthquake.
• $6.5 million of emergency allocations toward roadway and drainage repairs and construction of a retaining wall along Route 299 near Willow Creek from Bair Road to Chezem Road in Humboldt County.
• $2.6 million of emergency allocations toward roadway and drainage repairs on U.S. 101 near Hopland to north of Comminsky Station Road in Mendocino County.
• $6.5 million of emergency allocations toward roadway, embankment and drainage repairs on U.S. 101 near Willits to Haehl Creek in Mendocino County.
• $2.6 million of emergency allocations toward bridge repairs at South Willits Overhead No. 10-0001 on U.S. 101 in Mendocino County.
• $1.9 million of emergency allocations toward roadway and drainage repairs on U.S. 101 near Leggett to north of Cummings Road in Mendocino County.
• $125,000 of emergency allocations toward the removal of hazardous trees at various locations on U.S. 101 in Mendocino County.
The IIJA, also known as the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,” is a once-in-a-generation investment in our nation's infrastructure to improve the sustainability and resiliency of our energy, water, broadband and transportation systems. California has received more than $22 billion since the IIJA’s passage in November 2021.
SB 1 provides $5 billion in transportation funding annually that is shared equally between the state and local agencies. Road projects progress through construction phases more quickly based on the availability of SB 1 funds, including projects that are partially funded by SB 1.
For more information about California transportation projects funded by the IIJA and SB 1, visit RebuildingCA.ca.gov.
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. — Clearlake’s Soap Box Derby is scheduled to race through the streets once more in October.
The fourth annual event will take place from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 14, at Dam Road Extension in Clearlake.
Homemade cars in several divisions will race for the honor of being the fastest to traverse the track on Dam Road Extension.
In addition to the racing fun, there will be food and vendors.
For information on building your vehicle, registration or to be a vendor please contact Tina Viramontes at 707-994-8201, Extension 131, or
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. — Clearlake Animal Control has dogs that are continuing to wait for their new home.
The Clearlake Animal Control website continues to list 32 dogs for adoption.
This week’s dogs include “Freddy,” a 4 and a half year old male German shepherd-Labrador retriever mix. He has been neutered.
Also available is “Paige,” a female pit bull terrier mix with a short gray and white coat. She has been spayed.
The shelter is located at 6820 Old Highway 53. It’s open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
For more information, call the shelter at 707-762-6227, email
This week’s adoptable dogs are featured below.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
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A news briefing with tribal officials and legislators will be followed by a joint committee oversight hearing highlighting findings from a state auditor’s report released in June.
The review cites the CSU system’s lapses and failures to ensure the timely return of Native American remains and cultural objects.
Lawmakers will closely probe CSU officials for their responses to the audit and for an explanation of the state system’s failure to comply with the 1990 federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGRPRA, and its 2001 state counterpart, CalNAGPRA.
Only 6% of CSU’s almost 700,000 remains and items have been repatriated, according to the audit.
Key findings of the audit — which reviewed all 23 CSU campuses and conducted on-site reviews at four sites, Chico State University, Sacramento State University, San Diego State University, and San Jose State University — included:
• Twelve of the 21 CSU campuses with collections have not finished reviews required by NAGPRA, and 16 campuses have little or no repatriation activities.
• Two campuses returned remains to tribes without following NAGPRA’s requirements for notifying other tribes and six campuses violated CalNAGPRA by handling collections without first consulting with tribes.
• Campuses lack the policies, funding, and staff to support repatriation efforts.
CSU Interim President Sylvia Alva will testify at the hearing along with the following CSU campus representatives:
• Min-Tung “Mike” Lee, president of Sonoma State University, which had the largest number of collections at 185,300 during the audit period, even as the campus review of remains and items has not been completed. Only 0.2% of the collection has been repatriated.
• CSU Chico President Steve Perez, whose campus has the second highest number of collections — 150,200 — and has returned some remains or items but has not followed the process outlined in NAGPRA.
• Luke Wood, president, CSU Sacramento, with the third largest collection numbered at 115,900, with 5% percent of the remains and artifacts repatriated. Its review has not been completed.
• Amir Dabirian, provost, CSU Fullerton, a campus with 8,300 collections of which 0.2%have been repatriated.
Four CSU campuses — Monterey Bay, Stanislaus, Bakersfield and Los Angeles — have not yet provided data needed to estimate the size of their NAGPRA collections.
The state auditor reported these four campuses showed human remains in their collections and disclosed holding more than 100 boxes still needing review.