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As firefighters made progress on the Lower Fire, the Shasta County Sheriff's Office downgraded all evacuation orders to warnings, and Highway 299 reopened to traffic with controls in place.
Highway 299 in the Ingot area east of Redding has reopened after a vegetation temporarily closed the road earlier Monday. The road was closed in both directions after flames from an RV on fire ...
Two people were killed Wednesday night when the pickup they were passengers in went down an embankment and overturned on Highway 299 west of Redding, the California Highway Patrol said.
Long-term roadway excavation will be underway from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Aug. 1, from 4 to 5 miles east of Burnt Ranch. One-way traffic control will be in effect with 10-minute delays.
A second fatal collision happened Thursday on Highway 299 between a car and a semi-truck, the California Highway Patrol reported. "This collision was the second fatal collision this day (Thursday ...
Local residents will have brief opportunities Tuesday to go around a rock slide that has closed Highway 299 in far northern California since Dec. 12. A temporary detour around the 100,000 cubic ...
The westbound state Route 299 to northbound Highway 101 ramp is estimated to reopen in February 2024, according to Caltrans. The project will create a third lane that will extend between the state ...
The following is a release from the Arcata Fire District: On Tuesday, July 2 at 1:38 A.M., the Arcata Fire District was dispatched to a commercial vehicle fire on HWY 299 at exit 3A. The first ...
One person was killed in a head-on crash on Highway 299 just before noon Thursday that immediately sparked a fire when flames from the burning vehicles spread to nearby vegetation near Whiskeytown ...
A steep hillside 28 miles west of Weaverville slid onto Highway 299, dumping rocks as big as a small house and enough material to fill 5,500 dump trucks, said Trisha Coder, a spokeswoman for the ...