South Grade Road

TREES REMOVED FROM ALPINE’S SOUTH GRADE CURVE TO IMPROVE VISIBILITY FOR MOTORISTS

By Miriam Raftery

Photo:  South Grade Road before the S curve near Scenic View Park

January 12, 2021 (Alpine) – In response to complaints over obstruction of visibility for drivers, several large trees have been removed from the s-curve on South Grade Road in Alpine near the intersection with Scenic View. A smaller oak tree growing below power lines was also taken out, confirms Hector Licon Jr., vegetation manager for the County Public Works Department.


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WOMAN ASSAULTED BY MEN IN SILVER PICKUP TRUCK IN ALPINE

 

July 14, 2014 (Alpine) – A woman who was parked on South Grade Road in Alpine at 8 p.m. on Monday, July 7th, has told Sheriff’s deputies that two men in a silver Ford Ranger pickup truck pulled over and then sexually assaulted her.


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