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The southbound Highway 101 offramps at Price Street and Hinds Avenue in Pismo Beach will be closed from 9:15 to 11:15 tonight during and after the annual Independence Day fireworks show at the city’s pier, according to Caltrans.
Detour signs will be posted to guide motorists, but expect delays as visitors try to enter Pismo Beach or leave the city after the fireworks show.
— Antonio A. Prado
SLO County
Motorists should take special care to watch their speeds and avoid drinking and driving as the CHP announces a “Maximum Enforcement Period” for the Independence Day weekend.
During those periods, all available officers will patrol local roads. The effort began at 6 p.m. Friday and ends at midnight Sunday, according to the CHP.
The agency also suggests that drivers’ plans allow extra time for travel because highways are busier than usual.
Its announcement notes that during last year’s three-day Fourth of July weekend, 41 people died on roads statewide.
Half of those killed in accidents tracked by the agency weren’t wearing seatbelts, and one was a motorcyclist who died without a helmet, the CHP said.
CHP officers statewide arrested 1,684 motorists on suspicion of drunken driving during last year’s holiday, the agency reported.
— Antonio A. Prado
SLO County
County/Cal Fire is reminding Fourth of July revelers that all fireworks are illegal in most of San Luis Obispo County.
State-regulated “safe and sane”-labeled fireworks are allowed in Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach, Oceano, San Miguel and Templeton.
Anyone caught using, selling or possessing any fireworks in other San Luis Obispo County communities could receive a misdemeanor citation that could result in a $2,000 fine, according to Cal Fire.
The agency suggests that people who want to see fireworks attend one of four free public shows at dusk in San Luis Obispo County or at the Santa Maria Fairpark.
— Antonio A. Prado
San Luis Obispo
The accused ringleader of convicted bank robbery conspirators whom police dubbed the Big Money Bandits has pleaded not guilty to robbery charges against him in the Nov. 21, 2007, heist of Los Padres Bank in San Luis Obispo, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Leonard Jones, of the Los Angeles area, was arraigned Monday for his role in the robbery that netted $12,000 and involved four people, prosecutors say.
Jones will be representing himself after filing a motion to act as his own attorney, which Superior Court Judge Charles Crandall granted.
The preliminary hearing in Jones’ case is set for Wednesday.
— Nick Wilson
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