Caltrans workers have complained that they have neither training nor equipment to clean up the camps, which can contain hazardous materials including human waste and hypodermic needles.

The union for Caltrans maintenance workers have filed a grievance, saying that employees cleaning up homeless camps are not well protected. Workers want better gear, vaccinations, training and ...

Here's what it's like for a Caltrans employee to clean up a homeless encampment after it's been vacated. Heads up: it's not pretty. Caltrans workers report lack of training and equipment for ...

Caltrans’s engineering training went through several iterations throughout the years, and with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, another format change became necessary.

Caltrans blasting crews are on call 24-7 this time of the year. ... Three years of training are required before getting a license to drill, place, ...

A former Caltrans executive who was demoted after raising concerns over freeway expansion accuses ... a former policy director of the California Bicycle Coalition and an engineer by training, ...

Caltrans staff said Saturday they have 250 ... The agency is looking for people with any licenses or specialized training to submit their qualification as part of the application process but ...

“Training on the new equipment began in the second week of March,” said Caltrans District 5 spokesperson Kevin Drabinski. “The remote-controlled equipment has been used in tandem with ...

BIG SUR – Caltrans is introducing remote-controlled equipment for use at Regent’s Slide, allowing operators to take more risk than they would with dozers and excavators that had people on board.