DANVILLE (KPIX) — On Mount Diablo Scenic Boulevard, there’s a large electric sign and a barricade telling non-residents to turn around because the state park is closed to vehicles due to the stay-at-home public health order. “People drive (past the signs) — they don’t read it,” said Steve Moore, who has lived on the scenic road for close to two decades. He and other neighbors decided to make a stand Saturday morning with signs provided by the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department telling drivers to turn around at the corner of Mount Diablo Scenic Boulevard and Diablo Ranch Drive. “We thought it would be helpful to have them turn around here where it is safe and not have to go all the way to the end of the road,” Moore explained. Nicola Place said the access road to Mount Diablo State Park is already dangerous. A car hit and killed a cyclist last year near her home. She said all the tight U-turns and illegal parking make it worse. “I care. I really don’t want anybody else killed. (The death of that cyclist) was a profound event for me. I’ve lived on this road since 1998,” Place said. The volunteers… Read full this story
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