Route 101 News Reports in California

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AI SUMMARY: At 8:55 am on Highway 101 North in Mendocino, there was a report of a live or dead deer on the right-hand side of the road in the vicinity of R105.00. The deer was in need of dispatch, but ... Read More

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A big-rig overturned and spilled sand across all lanes of northbound Highway 101 in South San Jose, snarling the Thursday morning commute. Read More

CHP posted another photo stating a driver was stopped for traveling 103 mph on Highway 101 southbound at Padaro Lane in Carpinteria. Read More

The driver who died after a crash on Highway 101 on Friday has been identified as 35-year-old Melisa Reyes of Santa Maria. Reyes was driving a 2009 Audi ... Read More

Rachel Hoffman, 69, of Atascadero was hit and killed Monday while walking eastbound in a crosswalk over the Highway 101 ... Read More

A pedestrian was struck and killed in Atascadero at about 10:20 a.m. Monday on the southbound Highway 101 onramp from San Anselmo Road. Read More

A man was killed Monday morning in a solo vehicle rollover crash off Highway 101 just south of Jonata Park Road near Buellton, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP). Read More

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A Santa Maria woman died after the 2009 Audi she was driving Friday afternoon collided with the median's concrete barrier on ... Read More

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A motorcyclist from Gustine in Merced County was killed on the morning of Nov. 10 when he lost control of his bike and was struck by a trailing vehicle on Highway 101 in San Jose, authorities said. Read More

More than 1,500 riders took to Highway 101 on Nov. 1 for the annual Bike the Coast event, cycling throughout San Diego County's beach cities. Participants of all ages and experience levels ... Read More

A short time later, Salinas police officers spotted one of the suspect vehicles - a white Tesla Model 3 - traveling northbound on Highway 101 at Laurel Drive, authorities said. The driver did not stop ... Read More

Caltrans says it will switch nine more meters on beginning Tuesday. Three more are expected early next year in Novato. Read More

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AI SUMMARY: At 4:46 pm, a vehicle spun out and blew a tire on the northbound lane of Highway 101 at mile marker 19.00. At 5:24 pm, the California Highway Patrol confirmed the vehicle was on the ... Read More

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A Tesla packed with giant bags of stolen marijuana led police officers and sheriff's deputies on a chase along Highway 101 from Salinas to Gilroy. The incident began at a ... Read More

CHP officers interrupted a race between a BMW and a Kia on Highway 101 in Carpinteria on Wednesday, November 19, 2025. The race took place in northbound Highway 101 lanes near Linden Ave with vehicles ... Read More

At 5:25 pm, California Highway Patrol received a report of an injured elk in the lanes at 11450 Highway 101 North near Hum. There was no associated vehicle at the scene. A request was made at 6:02 pm ... Read More

Cal Fire said it was at the scene of a major-injury crash Sunday morning. The crash was reported on southbound Highway 101 just north of Soledad. Cal Fire said crews were working to extricate patients ... Read More

At least three lanes on Highway 101 were blocked following what CHP said were two separate but possible related crashes involving five vehicles in total near SFO on Saturday night. Read More

At about 4:57 a.m. on Saturday, CHP was notified of a car with three people that had gone off the roadway and crashed into a power-line pole off of Highway 101 north-bound, according to Angela ... Read More