After legendary Bay Area bicyclist is struck and killed by SUV, cyclists crusade for safety
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Alan Kalin, president of the Mount Diablo Cyclists, a club with 1,300 members, worries about road rage. “Everything’s fine out there on the road, then suddenly, it goes sideways.”Stephen Lam / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A car drives past a bicycle turnout, one of 17 installed around the popular cycling route along Mount Diablo.Stephen Lam / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Joe Shami, 86, last year completed 600 consecutive weeks of cycling to the summit of Mount Diablo.TrekShow MoreShow Less
Simmering anger between cyclists and motorists on Bay Area roads hit a new level this month when a cult cycling hero from the East Bay, 86-year-old Joe Shami, was struck and killed by an SUV April 13 at a roundabout in Lafayette. Shami was closing in on 100,000 miles ridden on his bicycle.
Clemson University trustees approved a $21 million project to widen Perimeter Road on-campus, which would make the commuter roadway four lanes in its entirety, according to a presentation given to the board.
The project would widen the two-lane sections of the road which is a high-traffic commuter road and used during athletic events and is the latest part of the university s multi-year roadway improvement project.
A traffic consultant said the highest priority for the project is to lessen traffic on State 93/Walter T. Cox Boulevard, which circles the north part of campus.
Traffic has increased on State 93 since the opening of the new College of Business and Douthit Hills dormitories, so the school wants to help ease traffic on the high-volume thoroughfare with this project.
Flores killed SLO County coed while sexual assaulting her, DA alleges
April 14, 2021
By JOSH FRIEDMAN
Paul Flores murdered Cal Poly student Kristin Smart, who has been missing since 1996, while raping or attempting to rape her, San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow alleges.
At a press conference Wednesday, Dow announced his office filed a first-degree murder charge against Paul Flores, 44, and accessory after-the-fact to murder charge against 80-year-old Ruben Flores, the father of Paul Flores.
Ruben Flores helped to conceal Smart’s body after his son committed the murder, Dow said.
During the press conference, Dow said investigators think they know a location where Smart’s body may be. He did not specify the location.
GRASS VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT
11:06 a.m. A caller from a residence near Pelton Way and Scadden Drive reported that someone’s mail in his area had been stolen.
12:14 p.m. A caller near a business at the crossing of Centennial Drive and Idaho Maryland Road reported an oil spill involving multiple 5-gallon buckets.
1:18 p.m. A caller from the 100 block of McKnight Way reported seeing a transient going through a parking lot and peering through vehicle windows to see if they were unlocked.
1:26 p.m. A caller from the 400 block of Brighton Street, near Minnie Park, reported seeing a large group of juveniles engaged in a fist fight at the park. The caller said that the juveniles climbed the fence of the park, which is closed, before a fight broke out.
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson announced his detectives found evidence related to the murder of Kristin Smart at the homes of