Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

A section of State Route 246 on the Central Coast is getting a $1.3 million facelift

A section of State Route 246 is being beautified
Caltrans
A section of State Route 246 is being beautified

Improvements to the half-mile section of Highway 246 – the Chumash Museum Highway near Santa Ynez - will start this week.

Artistic fencing is being installed, along with native plant landscaping, an upgraded irrigation system using recycled water, decorative crosswalks and better directional signage.

The beautification project is part of a wider Clean California initiative to remove trash, create jobs and transform public spaces, explained Colin Jones from Caltrans.

Caltrans and its partners will break ground on the new Chumash Museum Highway Beautification project on Thursday.

Caroline joined KCLU in October 2020. She's won LA Press Club's Southern California Audio Journalist of the Year Award four times, in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2026.

Since joining the station she's also been awarded with 12 Golden Mikes, 9 Los Angeles Press Club Journalism Awards, 4 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards and five Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Excellence in Writing, Diversity, Use of Sound & more.

Caroline started her broadcasting career in the UK, in both radio and television for BBC News, London's number one station 95.8 Capital FM, and Sky News — and was awarded by Prince Philip for her services to radio and journalism in 2007.

She has lived in California for 13 years and is a duel American and British citizen...and a very proud mom to her daughter, Elsie.